SPARTAN RACE . I have done mud runs . This is not one of them .

x100 per start .
 

 



4' of mud water then 25' ft up to ring bell .
 

 

 

60 LB sand bag for a half mile stroll. save the arms . stick it on your head . Just after this photo  I came along a  younger gentleman down on one knee catching his breath . Stopped next to him and asked  How we feeling?   Him.  "Old."   Me.  Yea it gets better at 49.  He looked up . Started laughing then got up.  Got a hug and a beer after the race...                






YOU GET TO THROW A SPEAR AT THESE BIG FELLAS!! 
Miss and you do x10 burpies.  no miss here 
  



FIRST THIS ...



THEN THIS

THEN DOWN AND UNDER THIS



You end up looking like this.

Climb some walls and Jump some fire .  Only to get a whopping from some dudes.

They started out white 

some time art programs are made for fun.  mummy cats are just funny. come on now!

during a renovation project i was asked to construct a temporary 50' moving wall .  it needed to go across the main entrance to the lobby.  needed to conceal the construction materials stationed behind it. it also needed to be movable & have a dimensional clean look that flowed with the property .  the final result is a 50' rolling fence secured in concrete and ajoining landscape with  a custom MDO wood painted facing .

dimensional "rock" graphics . flat cut aluminum logo graphics . sign below is the main street marque.     
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memories of the Iowa State Fair and the fairgrounds themselves are still memories i own .
 these were the days you could dump off your kids and somehow they materialized later in the day .
 chicken in a glass box with a mini b. ball hoop. donate a nickel. chicken shoots hoops. gets food...boo.
 older brother david paying for me & him to play squirt the clown in the mouth game  . i won ..   
 won x4 bottles of coke (glass bottles) playing ring toss. carried all day.. dropped as we were leaving.
 THE CRANE GAME. Love the crane game!
 Dave Fiedler drove dirt track .(old school Nascar) we watched the race from the pits . no walls..
 the Butter Cow. is it one big piece? or a bunch of little pieces. this baby has a cult following ...
  
  
   

my kind of golfing baby!

HOPPIN JACKS RESTAURANT  At the Camelback Inn
this was a personal creation they allowed me to do site unseen.   the need  was for a graphic that had the "aged" appearance fro the start. 
 waterjeted  Cold rolled steel  graphics . rust within days  stud mounted for dimension.
untreated squared tubing post.  rust.
treated ceader dowled  backing  .  roughed up edges & drilled wormholes

6 Foods That Fight Pain | Yahoo! Health

6 Foods That Fight Pain | Yahoo! Health   
this is a lot of good information in one place .  in my first 40 i fell down from playing around about every day (still do) in this 40 it is time manage the damage .  jamming ibuprofen in your grill just makes it worse ( see Charles Barkley)  especially  if your a drinker.
the turmeric is the real deal.

this is my dog buddy.  we were driving together in traffic for about 10 miles . 

fire fly race 2012

this sea of illumination is one man in a light suit .

lit and ready to go in downtown phoenix