My dad has been a big influence in my training. He has always helped jonathan and i workout at home or take us out on runs etc. Also he's a big influence and example because he constantly tries to improve his own training. Last year he trained really hard for a jui jitsu tournament. This year he kept up with his running for a half marathon which he completed today. One day last summer he showed me a motivational video and a quote stuck out at me; ' when you want to succeed, as bad as you want to breath, then you'll be successful.' I would say thank you for showing this quote to me and for always trying to push jonathan and i to do our best. Congratulations to all the runners out there who were running the Portland Rock n Roll Half Marathon today- my dad got 2:18:06. I also saw the email that jessica sent out about the camping trip and I'm very excited for that as well.