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January 2009

I wrote a piece about Marin this past May (PART 2 - Fights at the Pool).  A courageous soul who passed quietly through my life, changing it forever.  Thank you Marin, you will be missed.  Marin passed away on Friday morning, Jan. 2, after a long fight against brain cancer.  She was 18 years old.  For more information about Marin and her family please visit www.marinlove.com.

I've been blessed by a great group of people during my year and a half up in Seattle.  It has been a challenging year with a knee surgery, a much longer than expected knee rehab, and a transition of careers.  Now I'm looking forward to a move to Portland to pursue some career goals in the sports industry, continue my rehab and look forward to the possibility of racing in 2009.  I have traded in my Elite USA Triathlon license for the opportunity to pursue a comeback to triathlon and start off at a more leisurely pace. 

I look forward to getting involved in the sports community in the Portland area and again finding new training groups and friends.  I want to say a big thank you to my sponsors and the angels who really took me under their wings up here in Seattle.  You know who you are, and I'm not sure where I would be without you.  Thank you.

So Thank you all for a 2008 filled with challenges, defeats, victories, struggle, hope, happiness and joy.  And here's to a 2009 filled with all the same.

I'd like to end with a quote that sums up my year:
"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people." - W. C. Fields 
Because when things seem utterly hopeless, there is always laughter.  And that is what I treasure about you all, thanks for that oh so needed laughter.