Wow...so much news since I last posted.
First off, thank you all for your prayers for Eli's competition at the recent Pan American Games in Rio. I am pleased to let you all know that he has arrived home with a GOLD MEDAL! But more importantly, he has secured his spot as a 2008 Olympian! Thank you so much for all your prayers! Eli said that, for the first time in his life, he had this overwhelming sense of tons of people praying for him DURING the competition and that made all the difference in the world to him. The USOC media guy said that Eli was the most relaxed athlete he'd ever seen going into a Trials event. So for that, we both thank you! Please visit Eli's website at elibremer.com for details, including video of his gold medal performances. Again, thank you all for your love and support. To God be the Glory...
You probably figured this out already, but I finally got Eli's web site put together, with the help of our webmaster, Ted Slater. Ted's FANTASTIC and I highly recommend him for any of your web development needs. With Eli getting out of Active Duty Air Force in September (hopefully to get right back in as Active Air National Guard), we figured we better line up as many sponsorship deals as possible. Eli's site has short narratives on each of our current sponsors, so I encourage you to visit that...
On my health--I'm feeling quite good lately, but I do have another angioplasty in the near future. It seems that the FMD is also in my celiac, hepatic and splenic arteries. The good news is that it's asymptomatic. (I don't feel bad like I did when I didn't have oxygen getting to my brain or kidneys!) I'll keep you posted on that...
So many of you know that I've 'converted' from swimming to running lately. I began a real program at the end of December (after I recovered from my procedures), and have been running 5-6 days a week since. I ran the Palmer Lake 4-mile run on the 4th of July, finishing about two minutes faster than my goal time. I averaged 8:24-minute miles, finishing in 33:34. The last time I did this exact same race was two years ago, and I ran just under 40 minutes then.
I think that's it for now...stay tuned!
First off, thank you all for your prayers for Eli's competition at the recent Pan American Games in Rio. I am pleased to let you all know that he has arrived home with a GOLD MEDAL! But more importantly, he has secured his spot as a 2008 Olympian! Thank you so much for all your prayers! Eli said that, for the first time in his life, he had this overwhelming sense of tons of people praying for him DURING the competition and that made all the difference in the world to him. The USOC media guy said that Eli was the most relaxed athlete he'd ever seen going into a Trials event. So for that, we both thank you! Please visit Eli's website at elibremer.com for details, including video of his gold medal performances. Again, thank you all for your love and support. To God be the Glory...
You probably figured this out already, but I finally got Eli's web site put together, with the help of our webmaster, Ted Slater. Ted's FANTASTIC and I highly recommend him for any of your web development needs. With Eli getting out of Active Duty Air Force in September (hopefully to get right back in as Active Air National Guard), we figured we better line up as many sponsorship deals as possible. Eli's site has short narratives on each of our current sponsors, so I encourage you to visit that...
On my health--I'm feeling quite good lately, but I do have another angioplasty in the near future. It seems that the FMD is also in my celiac, hepatic and splenic arteries. The good news is that it's asymptomatic. (I don't feel bad like I did when I didn't have oxygen getting to my brain or kidneys!) I'll keep you posted on that...
So many of you know that I've 'converted' from swimming to running lately. I began a real program at the end of December (after I recovered from my procedures), and have been running 5-6 days a week since. I ran the Palmer Lake 4-mile run on the 4th of July, finishing about two minutes faster than my goal time. I averaged 8:24-minute miles, finishing in 33:34. The last time I did this exact same race was two years ago, and I ran just under 40 minutes then.
I think that's it for now...stay tuned!