Been For Dam Ever I know

So I have been a super huge slacker i know, well as far as blogging goes anyways. Heres a little of what ive been up to...

Rage Triathlon Lake Mead, NV

This past weekend a few friends from work and i w

ent down to Vegas to do an Olympic Tri. We got hooked up with a sweet house to stay in and the weather was awesome. We went from wet spring Utah 40s-50s to sunny 80s. It was awesome. The race went ok. It was definitely not an easy course however. I finished 4th in my division whi

ch i am pleased with. The winner of my division also won the entire race so i felt even better about that. The only bad things about the trip was the fact that my AC decided to not work and my friend who traveled with me got way too much sun and now shes a lobster. All in all though it was a great trip. Too short though.

Chillin by the pool after the race and had a sweet BBQ.

Dom Burchett 2h58m, Rob Ayres 3h2m, Heath 3h3m after race.

Dom and Rob getting ready for race.

Sushi Dinner Fundraiser...

Some friends of mine had the horrible misfortune of losing their newborn baby so our friends rallied to do what we could. Our plan was to have a sushi dinner. One of my buddies being a sushi chef prepared close to 1000 pieces of sushi and i made something like 3 gallons of miso. We ended up with over 40 people coming and were able to raise close to our goal to help our buddies out. It was a great turnout and i got to see a lot of my friends i hadn't seen in a while.

Phone Photo Dump

A little while back a friend did a photo dump from her phone and challenged friends to do the same. So here they are...

Gum Wall...Utah State University...someones art project where people added their gum.

Giant cupcake given to me by the fire recruits at their graduation cause i called them camp cupcake all the time.

Christmas dinner at the station. Some of teh best prime rib ive had.

longest beard in 5 years...21 days off work will do that.

mud i slipped in walking to my car after work...tore my knee open something fierce.

Niece Wren at Bear lake just before moving to Buffalo

Snake that scared the crap out of me in City Creek Canyon

My precious...cant wait for warm weather again

bike stayed where it is but i went into that rocky creek

left uniform at work and this is how i got it back next shift.

Hope you liked em...now its your turn.

showdown with a BUCK

On Saturday i finally got home to Logan after driving to Provo after work in the morning to attend a wedding. I was super tired when i got home and headed right for a nap. When i woke up i still needed to get my workout in and since it was only a cool 35 degrees in stead of single digits like it had been i headed out for a jog. About 20 or so minutes into it i was running around Providence Cemetery when i was stopped in my tracks by a huge 4 point buck. I didn't even see it till i was like 20 feet away. After checking my pants for chocolate pudding i realized i was in a staring contest with this buck. One i knew i was not going to win. i tried clapping, yelling, etc and the buck stood his ground. He didn't even flinch. All of a sudden internet videos ran through my head of people getting mauled by deer. I then decided that slowly retreating was the best option and kind of side stepped around the big guy. it wasn't till i was well away the he moved. The guy just went back to eating grass, probably thinking how cool he was for scaring the hell about of some runner. It wasn't 15 minutes later that i found my self in a similar circumstance, but this time it was 2 bucks and a doe. I couldn't believe it. Thank goodness they just shuffled off.

I got back to house after an hour of running and was pleased to see i had plenty of energy left so i grabbed the upstairs peoples dog and went for another 30 minutes or so. Sage the dog is a great running partner especially when you are tired cause he has to pee and poop on everything. So i was pretty happy that my legs felt so good. My fitness is coming back. i still haven't gotten in the pool yet and im kind of scared to.

Not a 4 point i know but at 20 feet it seemed this big

busting at the seems

have you ever been in front of someone whose button up shirt was so tight and the buttons so stressed that at any moment it could turn into a projectile headed strait for you? you try to keep yourself out of the line of fire knowing this could be bad. we joked a lot about this with my old crew at work about a certain "Head Honcho".

every year starting the last week of November till January 1 i give myself free game to whatever i want to eat. its all out there in such abundance for the Holidays why fight it? well this year i went a little too far. i noticed this when in Buffalo visiting my sisters family. i was constantly feeling full but i was on vacation so of course i had to eat at all the good places and ive never been one to save leftovers. after getting home i then had to face work. everybody and their dog brings treats to the fire station during this time. and we eat like kings going the extra mile to make the meals a big deal. After working 5 straight days Dec 23-27 (120 hours) i returned home. i knew i was putting on the lbs but i had a plan. the holidays would be over soon and then training for my first race in April would begin. i jumped on the scale out of curiosity and was SHOCKED!!!!!

In July of this year i was 27lbs lighter. im thinking to myself wtf? how did you let yourself do this?

as i type this im once again at work and my station pants are "busting at the seems". if it wasnt for the tactical belt i have on rated to 4500lb of force (can be used as a rescue harness) we might have a problem.

So thats me kind of venting on myself. good thing is i have no doubt i can be back to where i was in July by race time. bad thing is all the work i just put on myself by not being able to have a little more self control.

wah wah wah i know...

i feel like little Chanchito

Secret Santa Results

Tonight Kendl and I had flashbacks of high school ringing doorbells and running away. Only unlike high school this was for a good cause. Another successful Secret Santa in the books. Two families sponsored with a total of 9 kids. For those of you who dont know about our program, well there is no program. We dont go off a list where people sign up. We do it to families that one of us knows and it stays incognito.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

New Years Virtual Run

Taking an idea from a friend and fellow blogger Im going to hold my own "New Years Virtual run". What do yo need to do? Comment to this post that you are going to participate for starters. Then on Saturday January 1st get out and run. Doesn't matter how much or how little. After you run email me at hmbanbury@gmail.com with the distance run and your address and ill send you a prezzie. The idea in this being 1. to start the New Year off right. 2. to start a trend of virtual runs with my blogger buddies and others. Im going to continue with random virtual runs throughout the year, that is unless one of you want to head one up. Any takers?

This is how i feel right now, literally, the holidays have turned into Fat December for me. He he.

surprise explanation

On December 5th i surprised my sis showing up on her door step in Buffalo NY. I had a little help of course, thanks Cory. the video on the prior post speaks for itself i think. She had no idea i was coming. So 9 days in Buffalo and ill let the photos do all the talking. well most anyways.

Monument Niagara Falls

Yeah it was Cold

Niagara Falls , US side

Niagara, Canada side( Superman II side)

Bills Game

Wren being Wren

Zoltar machine,"I wish I were BIG"

Wren Bills Game

Zettis Pizza. Huge awesome pizza

Poutine in Toronto

St Lawrence Market Toronto

Downtown Toronto

Toronto Subway

Baldwin Steps, Toronto. Key Location of Scott Pilgrim vs The World.

Casa Loma Toronto. Another Scott Pilgrim site.

Casa Loma Stables, Toronto

Honest Eds, Toronto. Scott Pilgrim Site. Crazy ass store.