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A SAD HAPPY Day

Zak White — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:38:35 +0000

Today is Couper’s third birthday! I cannot believe that my son is three already. Time ticks away much too fast. We are going to have a blast and celebrate all day long! I want to kick it off by blogging a quick trip down memory lane…

You were born 5 weeks early and spent the first 8 days of your life in the hospital. It was scary for Momma and Da-O, but thousands of people were praying for you and God healed you!

Before we knew it, you were home and HAPPY! We cuddled a LOT!

I had a blast hanging out with you (and I still do!) I’ll never forget holding you, listening to you coo and make all those fun baby noises. Your head was kind of a funny shape because they delivered you with suction. I still can’t believe how TINY you were!

You immediately LOVED all of your grandparents. Here you are with “Shug.” You stuck your tongue out for about 22 hours each day.

This is the first time you ever made the sad face. I’ll never forget it. You could stick that lip WAAAAAYYYY out!

I apologize for letting your Momma dress you up like a chicken. You were cute, but you are the furthest thing from a chicken I’ve ever seen. I can’t ever remember meeting such a courageous little boy! Always remember this: Overalls are a sin.

I took you to your first Baseball game as soon as possible. You clapped and giggled the entire game. It was a BLAST! We’ve got many many more games to go to together!

You learned this from me. Shhhhhh…don’t tell Momma. I have a lot more bad stuff to teach you.

Here is another shot from a baseball game we went to with Uncle Ty. You are the cutest stinking kid in the WORLD.

This is from our first trip to the circus. It was a BLAST…but honestly, I think Momma had more fun that you and I put together.

For a while, you got kind of chunky because you kept eating massive amounts of pork. Hilarious!

I love you buddy! Happy third birthday!!!

Cowtown

Zak White — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:48:39 +0000

In the morning, I will attempt to run my longest race yet…the Cowtown Ultra Marathon. 50 kilometers. How far is that?

50 kilometers = 31.0685596 miles

Yikes. 31. Miles.

According the Cowtown website, there are 18 men in my division. Coming off of my knee injury & a terrible race season, I am just hoping to finish.

I’ll be running with my dad and my good friend Wendy Oglesby. I’ll also have the good old iPhone again, so watch my twitter & facebook for video updates.

http://www.twitter.com/cadillaczak

http://www.facebook.com/cadillaczak

Live Marathon Stream

Zak White — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:00:01 +0000

If you need something to do tomorrow I am running the Disney Marathon in Florida. The marathon is a slow one because of the HUGE crowd and tiny streets that it is held on. Most people don’t run their personal best times at Disney. But its supposedly a BLAST of a race.

So, as long as I have a signal, I’ll be Tweeting live updates and streaming live video during the race tomorrow. It starts at 5:40am Eastern time.

Watch my twitter feed HERE or facebook page here for the updates.

Anytime I am live streaming video, you’ll see a Tweet or a Facebook status update with a link that will take you straight to the live video feed.

Racing Mickey Mouse

Zak White — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:00:31 +0000

I am really pumped up about running full marathon (26.2 miles) number two of the season with my dad at Disney World. I just found these videos…looks like it will be a slow race because of the crowded course (24,000 plus runners) and thin streets for the first part at least. So, its probably not going to be a “personal best” race…but I think it will be a BLAST.

Should I run with my phone and twitter, take pics and live stream video updates? Share your thoughts here.

You can Click here to see the course map. And, best of all, go check out the four videos below!

Part 1: The Start and Epcot
Part 2: Magic Kingdom Park
Part 3: Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park and Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Part 4: The Finish Line and Epcot

Marathon Mind Dump

Zak White — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:26:00 +0000

Had a blast this weekend. We had friends from Lubbock in for the San Antonio Rock N Roll Marathon (thanks Oglesbys! had a blast!) so the house was packed!
My Dad was in town too for the race.
I ran my worst race time ever. Nice.
I do have a couple of “excuses.” First, training for marathons and planting a church at the same time is TOUGH.
Second, I stopped to help one guy during the race that was screaming bloody murder. He keep screaming “CRAMP! CRAMP!” It took about 10 minutes for a medical team person to show up. That knocked my time down a little.
I was reminded once more (as I am with every marathon) that 26.2 miles is a LONG STINKING WAY to run!
Today, my legs and hips are sore like nobody’s business and I have some nasty blisters on my toes.
NEVER EVER run in Nikes. Sheesh.
Heard from my team that it was an incredible day at our Revolution Launch Team Meeting yesterday. John Atkinson spoke to the team and did an amazing job! Thanks John!
Huge week coming up! Hoping to have most everything prepped and ready to go for our December 13th service by the end of the week.
Pumped up about the holidays!
Looking for creative ways to serve our community for Christmas. Anyone have any good ideas?

Saturday Night Shots

Zak White — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:05:44 +0000

PUMPED about running my first marathon of the season in San Antonio tomorrow. Love this race because there is no travel involved…its in MY TOWN. Shooting for a sub four hour race. 26.2 miles, here I come!
HAVING A BLAST with our house guests this weekend! Our friends Chad and Wendy Oglesby and their 4 kiddos are here with us.
PUMPED about having my mentor John Atkinson speaking at our Revolution Church Launch Team Meeting in the morning. Don’t miss it team!
PUMPED that I got to get out Grill-Zilla and cook for about 50 people today at a neighborhood block party. Met some good folk!
NOT PUMPED that I won’t be with my Revolution peeps tomorrow.
NOT PUMPED that I’ll miss John speaking tomorrow.

The Fat Trail Runner

Zak White — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:22:22 +0000

Let me start by saying this. If you are going to be offended by one cuss word, don’t click the link below. Also, don’t read the story of Balaam’s Donkey in Numbers chapter 22…ok…on we go…

I’m not going to lie. This blog post by my buddy Rafael (The Fat Trail Runner) got me pumped up and encouraged the heck out of me. Why? Because he pretty much hit the nail on the head. I want to be everything he said…and more for the people that God puts in my life.

Thanks Rafael. I needed that. If you ever see me slowing down, smack me around a little bit.