Jon's 2009 Track Season Begins!

Hi Family!

I'm getting ready to leave for Kingston, Jamaica early tomorrow morning. I'll be racing my first 1500 meter race of the season in Jamaica this Saturday. I'm in really good shape and I'm very excited to begin my 2009 season. After this race I'll be heading straight from Jamaica to Minneapolis, Minnesota for the USA 1-mile Road Championships. That race will be Thursday, May 7th. The race in Jamaica is more of a tune-up race for this race, but I'm taking both races very seriously. Ultimately, I would like to win both races and make a strong showing for all of the sponsors that we are hoping to sign with later this year.

That's all the updates I have for now. I'll try to take a few photos with my iphone during my travels over the next 8 or 9 days. I love you all and will talk to you soon I'm sure.

A Spring Valley Notable Resident

My good high school and college friend, Lisa Simms, sent me a message on facebook just to tell me that I was mentioned in Wikipedia as a notable resident in Spring Valley, California! How funny is this? Here is the link for anyone that wants to see this very quirky bit of information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Valley,_CA

Well, I guess it's official. I'm famous . . . . just kidding.

Pictures of Me

Hi Family! I Have been wanting to make a post for a while, but have just been too tired to do so. Being here in the Cayman Islands has been nice, but it hasn't been a vacation by any means. I'm running more than 80 miles a week. This past week I ran nearly 100 miles. Things are going well for me out here. A lot hasn't been set in stone and I have a feeling that is going to be the case for quite a while. Lets all keep our fingers crossed for now. I know things will eventually work out on their own time.

For now here is a picture of my beautiful face here in Cayman. I just took this picture with my iphone. I hope it turned out ok.