I was one of Debbie’s coaches back in the day at Altadore Gymnastics.
In 2012 she and her husband Eli own one of the top rated clubs in the States, Byers Gymnastics, Sacramento.
I visited her at the gym yesterday.
… Today, July 4th, I’m meeting her for Crossfit training. (Wish me luck.) And then a family get together for the holidays.
Later today I’ll head into the Sierra mountains via Highway 108, a road I’ve never visited before.
I KNOW it. 🙂
San Jose, California is poor cousin to San Francisco. But I love the place.
San Jose is the largest city within Silicon Valley …
… 300+ days of sunshine and an average daily high temperature of 73 °F (23 °C) …
The weather is often excellent even when it’s raining in San Francisco.
It’s the home of Adobe, Cisco Systems, eBay and many other high tech leaders.
Google and Apple are nearby.
Yet it’s kept quite rustic. … Or perhaps that’s the lack of tax money for maintenance. Stockton, California just announced they were insolvent, becoming the largest city in U.S. history to declare bankruptcy.
There are many outdoors-men like myself who’ve settled here. A few are quite entrepreneurial.
Some like to sing. Or talk. … To themselves. Non-stop.
… San Jose lies between the San Andreas Fault … and the Calaveras Fault. San Jose is shaken by moderate earthquakes, above four on the Richter Scale, on average of one to two times a year. …
From here I’m headed to Woodward West Gymnastics Camp.
My 3 month stint coaching at Gymnastics Adventure in Regina ended yesterday.
Thanks so much to Tammy, Darcy, Mary Lou and everyone at GA for treating me so well.
My good friends Dana Brass and Frederick Nicolas will be taking over. Dana arrives July 7th.
I’ll be back to visit as quick as possible.
Next stop — Red Deer. Then San Jose, California for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Coaching Women’s High Performance Gymnastics at the Canadian Championships is not nearly as FUN as you might think. 🙂
The event wraps-up on Sunday. Thanks sincerely to all the hard working volunteers in Regina.
I’m a busy boy these days.
Next week I’m honoured to be a Gymnastics Saskatchewan coach at Nationals, being hosted in my newly adopted home town of Regina. 🙂
I have two girls competing, Bre Franklin and Mia Dimas. Cheer us on.
I normally pay no attention to Mark Cuban. But this post of his got me thinking.
Remember the housing meltdown? Tough to forget isn’t it. The formula for the housing boom and bust was simple. A lot of easy money being lent to buyers who couldn’t afford the money they were borrowing. …
Can someone please explain to me how what is happening in higher education is any different ?
Its far too easy to borrow money for college. Did you know that there is more outstanding debt for student loans than there is for Auto Loans or Credit Card loans ? That’s right. The 37mm holders of student loans have more debt than the 175mm or so credit card owners in this country and more than the all of the debt on cars in this country. While the average student loan debt is about 23k. The median is close to $12,500. And growing. Past 1 TRILLION DOLLARS.
We freak out about the Trillions of dollars in debt our country faces. What about the TRILLION DOLLARs plus in debt college kids are facing? …
The Higher Education Industry is very analogous to the Newspaper industry. By the time they realize they need to change their business model it will be too late. Higher Education’s legacy infrastructure, employee costs /structures and debt costs will keep them from being able to re calibrate to a new generation of competitors. …
The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy Won’t Get Better Any Time Soon
Controversial. Read the many, many comments on that post.
But I think Cuban’s got a good point. In 10-20yrs Universities will be far different than today. What we are doing now is unsustainable.
If you don’t use twitter, I recommend you stay away.
But it’s actually the best way to stay on top of what’s happening at LIVE events. Useful for me at big gymnastics competitions, for example.
On my Mac I usually use the standard Twitter app by Twitter.
But the most popular client for the iPhone is Tweetbot $2.99. Much more powerful.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Twitter is here to stay, I think. Once people start tweeting by voice, it’s going to be overwhelming.
If Apple bought the company, it might even get popular with the masses.
I coached in Saskatoon between 1990 and 2000.
Now I find myself back wearing the black and green. I’m “interim” Head Coach at Gymnastics Adventure in Regina.
Brea and her teammates lost their Head Coach mid-season. I’ve stepped in temporarily.
Here’s one of my bosses, Mary Lou. She’s back on the Floor coaching too after a number of years away. 🙂
Morning after the Great West Gym Fest we enjoyed some luxury time up in the Coeur d’Alene Resort Penthouse.
Lisa organized in-suite massage and facial treatments.
The wealthy are not like you and me. They hot tub with vistas like this …
Back at the Adlard’s Candle in the Woods log house, I got 12hrs of sleep. Catching up for some short nights during the meet.
I chased Dave around the back roads one afternoon.
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