The odds.

So before we get to the main event I wanna take a few minutes to vent. First of all as much as it pains me to say this, I am needing to find a new home for my boy, Toby. Poor guy just doesnt have enough room and I dont have the time to work him like he needs. So I put him up on a pets classifieds and got many responses. After terrorizing the first families cat to the point of not leaving the top of the dryer for 3 days they decided he wouldnt work out for them. Number 2 in the queue was a 14 year old kid who lived on a 100 acres and who's extended family owned the 1000 surrounding their place. Sounded pretty great so I decided that it would be worth the million mile trek out to flippin La Vernia...yeah.

Mile after mile of Texas boonies and finally i find the address im looking for. I drive up to white double-wide with a few rusted John Deers in the back along with old tires and a satellite that probably only gets the hunting channel as long that large piece of foil is wrapped just right.

I turn the car off and sure enough Tom and Huck come hopin out of the back door hootin and hollerin their delight at the site of Toby. I almost leave right away but hey, no judging and these kids could be the greatest thing to happen to this crazy hound.

Folks, no sooner do i shake this 14 year old's hand when he smiles and not only see 3 rather important teeth missing but he has got a fresh pinch of dip shoved down that bottom lip. I wanted to turn around and ask if anyone else had a problem with this but..no such luck...the 11 year old had prolly ust spit his out. So after watching the dog walk around we start to talk price...I name my price and he says this. "Im broke...you wanna look at what i have to barter?"...not really...."its over here". We walk to the AC unit where there is a stone grinder for grinding all those machetes and swords that i deal with all the time. right....and then he pulls out a sony PDA that doesnt look like its been turned on since 1925...and it doesnt have chrarger. If any of yall have ever seen a cartoon where the dog puts his face on the ground and covers it with his paws cuz he's scared out of his mind....that was Toby. We took off...fast...and of course as I get to the end of the driveway the kid texts and asks me if he throws another $20 in will I turn around....yeah...not happenin. And ust so everyone knows it wasnt ust because if them...They had 3 other dogs that were obviously not getting along with Toby..it was gonna be to much. SO yes...thank you for allowing me to get that off me chest.

Now.  For the super cool story of an AC repair guy from Utah who is racing for 100 grand. The spartan races are pretty difficult, cousins of the tough mudder, warrior dash and the like. The owners the spartan races threw out a challenge that if anyone could win all 14 spartan races in the year 2011 that they would award them $100,000. They didn't expect to have to worry about this for more then 2 or 3 races but 6 races later Mr. Call has taken all of them and is now setting his sights on the toughest one of them all.

Vermont will be the setting for the 24 hour monster race. Not only does Hobie need to finish this (which only about 10 of the 200 will) but the owners of the spartan race have put out a $20,000 reward to anyone who can beat him. sO now the competition gets stiffer but Hobie isn't so worried. As far as he's concerned he's got his 5 kids and best friend behind him, screaming their heads off, hopefully giving him that little extra burst he needs to get to the finish line....first.

I think this is an awesome story and there are great videos all over the place. This Saturday Hobie sets out to win something that seems next to impossible.  Watch the videos and hope that this blue collar guy who sold his TV and a few remote control cars so that he could have the gas to put in his van and drive to different states and race. Race for his family...$100,000.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304657804576402520106391408.html

http://connect2utah.com/news-story?nxd_id=152197&watch=1

GO HOBIE!!!

Love y'all