TexasTrack Blog

There are big changes coming this year for the UTA Track Clinic. It will no longer be held at the Green Oaks Inn in Fort Worth on the first weekend in January. Instead, clinic director and UTA head coach John Sauerhage is moving the clinic to the Hilton hotel just north of Six Flags in Arlington on January 11-13. Not only will the Hilton be a huge improvement, having it on a different weekend will allow more coaches to attend since it doesn't conflict with Christmas break. Look for this clinic to return to its days as one of the country's premiere coaching conferences.

Did anyoe else watch the Arentina-Peru soccer game last night in the Copa AMerica quarterfinals. Since my wife is a Peruana, I have much greater interest in all things Peruvian. It was really exciting as the less-talented Peru team played great defense to keep the game scoreless in the first half, but the second half was a different story as they were badly outgunned by the superior Argentinian team.

It's been a very busy summer. Mary and I are now married and living happily in my old home in Fort Worth. It took her awhile to get used to it, but we've worked to fix the place up a little better after years of being a bachelor's. (Use your imagination on that!)

We chose the quick route -- went down the the Justice of the Peace office and got it over with.

I won't begin to describe the changes that have come. I've learned that all the humorous stories my friends have told all these years really aren't jokes -- they are things that happen!

Mary has been working hard on learning English. I am very proud of the progress she is making, but she needs a lot more practice talking with others. She is still a little nervous about her lack of language skills, but is a bit more at ease when she's around others.

We've explored Fort Worth and done a lot of cool things with lots more planned for the future. I love to take video of the places we visit and put together DVD's and sometimes post them online. I will be adding videos here occassionally, too.

It's no surprise how my priorities have changed, but some of the other changes have been a surprise. I never thought I'd spend so much time watching Spanish-language novellas (i.e., soap operas) in the evening. Finally I had to put a stop to that and say I can't do this anymore.