Dave & Alisha: January Recap

Thursday, February 7, 2013

January Recap

Dave says: We had a lot of fun in January but somehow never got around to updating our blog. The month started on a good note as I had my first ethics paper accepted for publication. I have several more that are in progress right now. I am also done with classes and studying for comprehensive exams that will take place at the end of March. On my living room floor there are 13 giant stacks of readings that I have been reviewing. I am estimating that it is about 10,000 pages of materials that I am expected to review for the exam.

We also did some fun hiking in January. We went up Romero canyon with Sam on a cool Saturday morning at the beginning of the month. It had some good scrambles and some not-so-good bushwacks and we finished up in the snow at Romero pools.

We made it up to Phoenix one weekend to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday. We also got to help Christine move some heavy dressers upstairs into her new house.

The weather has generally been great for cycling. We have been doing to Tuesday hill ride and Alisha has been putting in some serious miles. She's been doing group rides or training with her friends Lauren and Katharine a lot. We took an afternoon trip to the Pima Air and Space Museum with Lauren, Katharine, and her husband George who knows a ton about the planes there. The collection is pretty impressive and I think the SR71 is the coolest.

Alisha's cross country coaching has been going well in January. She put on her first meet which was a success and there will be another one this Friday. Alisha also won her first bike race of the season last Saturday at the U of A crit. Despite a flat, four-corner course she was able to make a good move at the end and hold off the competition. We have plans for some more events and I may try a bit of mountain bike racing this season as well.