A Shout Out To Jake Too

Since I sang Amber's praises a couple of days ago, this weekend I have to give a shout out to her husband Jake as well. Jake is also working towards his PhD and finished his comps earlier this year, but he's an athlete as well as an intellectual! Jake is an avid runner, and a few weeks ago he ran a marathon in about 3 hours and 18 minutes. That means he basically ran a 7 1/2 minute mile 26.2 times, which is faster than I can run a mile ONE time!

On Saturday, he and Amber came over to watch the Nebraska game (they are Huskers by birth) in HD TV (although it turned out not to be broadcast in high def), and Jake asked us to Tivo the game because they were going to be a little late. Jake decided, on a whim, to run in a half marathon that morning in KC. I'm astounded and impressed that he can go out and run 13.1 miles after just deciding to do so the day before! Even though he decided to race on the spur of the moment, he still won his age division! Way to go, Jake! You're making the rest of us look bad! :)