2009 seemed as though it flew by. Obviously the personal headline was Nancy and I getting engaged.
Here are a few other stats from the year:
- foreign countries visited - Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, Romania, Germany, Georgia, France, Canada
- states other than NY visited - Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois, Oregon, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Minnesota, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia
- athletic events (I think this is accurate, but I tallied everything quickly) - biathlon (10 races), xc ski (8 races), running (9 races), summer biathlon (4 races), cycling (11 races) - 2010 will definitely have a lot more bike races (less running, more biking in 2010!), 1 baseball game (alumni game and I roped a double in my first AB in like 6 years, it went downhill from there though).
Here are some pics from the last year in chronological order.
January - Vermont NorAm Cup race weekend. First races of 2009. It was super cold (below 5 degrees cold). Races went really well.
February - RNR podium sweep at a race at Prospect Mountain in Vermont. This pic was one of several similar pics from Winter 2009. In total, Jason (left), Chad (middle) and I combined to at least finish 1-2 in at least 9 biathlon/xc races last winter, with a few 1-3 finishes mixed in there as well. Frenchy also had an awesome season winning the overall NYS points title for his master's class, and had several wins and top 3's. Hopefully 2010 has plenty more of those with a few bike race wins as well!?!
March - This picture was from the Romania Program Review that I hosted down in Washington DC. I spent an entire week with this crew in DC (3 days in the office and 2 days taking them site seeing and shopping). Great guys and developed some great friendships since with several of these gentlemen. Many of the sites we saw were firsts for me as well as them, including this shot in front of the Iwo Jima Memorial.April - didn't touch my camera. Apparently nothing exciting happened.
May - a bunch of buddies from Rochester flew down to Charlotte to visit Andy (on the right) for some golf and college-type drinking. Kurt (on the left) made the drive down from DC. 
The first night we were down there, we got off the plane and we went directly to the bar, where dan and kurt won several stuffed animals. We then proceeded to drink more beer and eventually play dodgeball in the parking lot outside the bar with all of these stuffed animals while we were waiting for the cab to pick us up at roughly 2am. Apparently we are all legends at this bar in Charlotte now...great weekend and some great stories!
June - Kevin (right), Scott (middle) and I went to Phish shows in Boston and Camden, NJ. Byrne (left) and my buddy lucas were there for the Boston show. Good times for sure and brought back a lot of memories of going to shows with Kevin and Scott.
July - Summer biathlon nationals in Lake Placid. Left to right - Chad, Sam (Chad's roomate from Clarkson and one of the top biathletes in the country), Frenchy and Jason. We all stayed together at the Jack Rabbit. Sam won the event and Jason finished 4th. Both competed in the world championships in Oberhof, Germany later in the summer with Sammy finishing 10th in one race and Jason being the 2nd American in every event.
Nancy took this shot of me cresting the hill before the range in the pursuit race. I finished 11th overall, didn't shoot that great, but it was a great time. Thought this was a cool shot with the flags and mountains in the background.
August - Great Race - Frenchy, Jason, me, Chad. Jason ran the 10k for us, I did the 19 mile bike leg on Frenchy's TT bike, and Chad and Frenchy did the canoe leg. Nancy, Libby, Jane and Beth also competed in the women's event. We didn't finish as high as we hoped, but we gained some valuable experience for next year!
Also in August I took over the republic of Georgia account. This is Ivane (who owns our dealership in Georgia). I went to Georgia for the first time in August and Ivane took us to this church that was build in the 4th century (he also force fed us several pitchers of vodka!). Ivane has become a great friend over the past few months.
The day after I got back from Tbilisi, Nancy and I flew out to Oregon to visit some of her extended family. This was taken at Mt. Hood. We had an awesome week of hiking, site seeing and beer tasting. I could definitely live in that area. Can't wait to go back! Nancy and I were engaged just a few days after this picture was taken.
June - Kevin (right), Scott (middle) and I went to Phish shows in Boston and Camden, NJ. Byrne (left) and my buddy lucas were there for the Boston show. Good times for sure and brought back a lot of memories of going to shows with Kevin and Scott.
July - Summer biathlon nationals in Lake Placid. Left to right - Chad, Sam (Chad's roomate from Clarkson and one of the top biathletes in the country), Frenchy and Jason. We all stayed together at the Jack Rabbit. Sam won the event and Jason finished 4th. Both competed in the world championships in Oberhof, Germany later in the summer with Sammy finishing 10th in one race and Jason being the 2nd American in every event.
Nancy took this shot of me cresting the hill before the range in the pursuit race. I finished 11th overall, didn't shoot that great, but it was a great time. Thought this was a cool shot with the flags and mountains in the background.
August - Great Race - Frenchy, Jason, me, Chad. Jason ran the 10k for us, I did the 19 mile bike leg on Frenchy's TT bike, and Chad and Frenchy did the canoe leg. Nancy, Libby, Jane and Beth also competed in the women's event. We didn't finish as high as we hoped, but we gained some valuable experience for next year!
Also in August I took over the republic of Georgia account. This is Ivane (who owns our dealership in Georgia). I went to Georgia for the first time in August and Ivane took us to this church that was build in the 4th century (he also force fed us several pitchers of vodka!). Ivane has become a great friend over the past few months.
The day after I got back from Tbilisi, Nancy and I flew out to Oregon to visit some of her extended family. This was taken at Mt. Hood. We had an awesome week of hiking, site seeing and beer tasting. I could definitely live in that area. Can't wait to go back! Nancy and I were engaged just a few days after this picture was taken.
September - Nancy and I got engaged labor day weekend. This pic was taken the night we got engaged.
October - On my 2nd trip to Georgia, we had a half day of down time and Lasha (middle) took Kevin and I out to a cave city build about 3000 years ago.
November - Andy (dead center) was inducted in the the RIT athletic hall of fame. The rest of the crew in there were all teammates of his.
Also in November - my sister-in-law gave birth to my first nephew Colin (trust me, he looks even more like a catcher at 5 weeks old!).
December - Jason and I flew out to Minnesota to compete in the Olympic trials. Great experience (other than the Minnesota state troopers that I ran in to).
Once I got back from MN, Nancy and I had a great holiday season with our families and friends. Which brings us to today - 1 January, 2010.Speaking of 2010 - I hear there's going to be a kickin' party at the place pictured below on June 11th!
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