Klingler Photography

2011-11-13T18:07:00.001-08:00

Fall in Wisconsin...

2011-11-13T17:53:00.000-08:00

JUST MARRIED!!!

2011-02-24T11:19:00.000-08:00

Shot a friend of mine's wedding in Kona, Hawaii last week...Did I mention I don't do weddings???....;}

I'm riding the Texas Tough 250!!!!!....

2011-01-26T07:02:00.000-08:00

A once-in-a-lifetime experience, the TX Tough 250 is a new event introduced by 250 of Dallas’s most influential business people, all of whom have committed to ride from Austin to Dallas and collectively raise $1 million dollars for Children’s Medical Center. During the 2-day ride, the participants will have the opportunity to ride - wheel to wheel - with some of cycling’s legends, like 9-time Tour de France finisher, Frankie Andreu. The TX Tough 250 will take place May 7th – 8th, 2011....
The Ambassador Club is the exclusive group of 250 founding cyclists who will participate in the Ambassador Ride which will collectively raise $1 million for Children's Medical Center. See who is on the Ride coming soon.....

FIRST YEAR OF RACING!!

2010-12-27T09:28:00.000-08:00

Yey!!
I just purchased my first CAT 5 USA Cycling racing license...now all i have to do is get fast!...It's gonna be an fun year on the bike
5-7 hours on the trainer each week before work....Wed Night interval training....and some looooong rides on the weekends....can't wait!!!!

2010-07-06T12:21:00.000-07:00

https://www.active.com/donate/txtgrandprix/metrovwfcs

Please help me raise money for Passion for Children's, use the above link to donate. The website is secure, fast and easy to use.Select my name under SELECT MEMBER PAGE and at the website you will be able to choose an amount to donate and receive email confirmation of your donation. Thanks in advance for your help.

Learn more here about Passion for Children’s...

http://www.txtgrandprix.org/?paged=1

CHECK IT OUT!!...Sharon ROCKS!

2010-07-01T07:37:00.000-07:00

This is a friend of mine, I've read her book and Sharon is an amazing wealth of knowledge!...No pressure, no gimmicks,goood ole grass rooted facts! Read her statement below...

I feel so so passionate about living a healthy lifestyle that I am willing to share my secrets with you. In preparation for my book, I studied and qualified for a Certified Personal Trainer and a Nutritional Specialist. Do yourself a favor and possibly save your own life -- make a commitment -- a commitment to not only look better but feel better and become more health conscious. To provide you with more information that is quick and easy, I also write articles for various magazines including http://www.more.com/2009/10685-triple-f---fifty-fit , featured in Ms Fitness Magazine's "Fit Over 40," and published in several newspapers including http://www.planostar.com/articles/2010/01/27/carrollton_leader/news/97.txt I have been fortunate enough to be featured on several TV shows including an infomercial for "Hot on Health and Beauty" with Channel 8, Dallas, TX. Twice with Channel 11's Tracy Kornet "Get Healthy Texas" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWVWrz967DY and 2nd interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0W9fL0Kjhs You can join my blog on Google Blog http://fitnessanyage.blogspot.com/ or follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/FiftyFit, http://digg.com/health/SHARON_SIMMONS_53/who or be invited on Facebook - Sharon Simmons (TripleF).

Contact me at Sharon@FitnessAnyAge.com for encouragement. I love to do this.

2010-04-13T08:36:00.000-07:00

Ryan on a 24" Colnago ....he did great and wants to try the coffee ride with me on Sundays....

She was SO friendly!

2010-04-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

Not everyday ya get kissed by a camel on a ride!

A few shots of Ryans soccer team, they made the finals again this year, they may take it all!

2009-11-16T17:09:00.000-08:00

2009-08-22T14:38:00.000-07:00

Please help if you can...

http://www.active.com/donate/txtoughtour09/jklingler"

2009-08-13T11:34:00.000-07:00

My NEW favorite jersey!!...Love this store. Gonna visit whenever I make it to Austin...

MmmmmmKay...

2009-08-05T08:28:00.000-07:00

Well, I said I wasn't going to do this again after last year but apparently I can't remember how painful it was....last year, so...gonna do it again....:)
Sat Aug, 29th will be the Hotter N Hell 100 mile bike ride ( http://www.hh100.org/ ) and Aug 30th will be the Texas Hottest half Marathon ( http://www.hottesthalf.com/ ).....I MAY take the 31st off...;)

2009-04-18T19:16:00.000-07:00

I finished My fixed gear! I learned a lot about building bikes and wanna do it again!

2009-03-16T13:58:00.000-07:00

MY FIXIE PROJECT!!!

Yippee! This is gonna be fun! I've always wanted a fixed gear bike (one gear)
so I'm building one from scratch piece by piece. They are a LOT cheaper cause you don't have all the gears, brakes, cables, derailleur's , etc.....I'll update with pics as the project progresses...

2009-03-09T08:13:00.000-07:00

"the joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."
-chris mccandless AKA alexander supertramp

2009-03-08T17:55:00.000-07:00

Spent all day gettn the maters in this Sunday...gonna have a huge crop this year, planted 20 plants!

2009-03-03T09:29:00.000-08:00

Wed Distance/Speed building rides are starting up next week in Allen!!....Can't wait!
better map here... http://www.planobicycle.org/pba/images/uploads/maps/weddbride.png

2009-02-02T09:04:00.000-08:00

Got some new cycling shoes from Mad Duck!
Thanks Clerance!!

SUPER BOWL RIDE
Had the annual super bowl rid from Grapevine , TX. to Downtown Dallas yesterday....a beautiful day to ride with 100s of your closest friends, I actually got a little sun burn on my face....

2009-01-18T18:28:00.000-08:00

Rode a lot this weekend!....felt great! I thought I'd feel like crap but I just have to work a little
on getting my riding legs back and it will be allllll good....:)
can't wait for summer!

2009-01-15T07:05:00.000-08:00

Ok....had my winter break, took 3 weeks off the bike, chilled for a while, now it's time to hit the bike hard!....starting this weekend....gotta burn off the turkey day and Christmas weight...:)

Loooove my fireplace...

2008-12-22T04:36:00.000-08:00

In between taking my Mom on shopping sprees to find the best deals in Texas while she's here foe Christmas, I'm spending most of my time off either in front of this or in the kitchen cooking
for the Family, Nana & Ryan are gonna make cookies for the neighbors this morning....and yes....I'm taking a break from training.... I'm going to TRY to do nothing for a whole week!!...:)

2008-12-14T18:42:00.000-08:00

Gonna try something new this year, instead of the MS 150 Going to do the Texas tough this year...
The TX TOUGH Tour is a pledge fund-raiser created exclusively to raise money for Children's Medical Center in Dallas.....Plus it's more of a challenge than the 150....:)

Marathon Day...

2008-12-14T17:35:00.001-08:00

Did the whit Rock this morning , went well...popped a few anti inflamatories before the start and the Bursitis was bareable for most of the run, gonna work on some strength training for it now. I guess I only have 2 complints about the 08 WR. One, it was a crouded run, dodging runners all the way up to mile 10, and it was too damn hot!!...other than that it was fun as usual and I'll be back next year!

2008-11-21T05:20:00.000-08:00

I've started my Tri training, working on my weakest sport right now...swimming. I've recruited a coach for this, a good friend of mine Bruce Smith...He's like a freakn dolphin in the water and is basically RE-teaching me to swim efficiently, anyone can learn to swim but using the correct techniques is the key to speed and not killing yourself in the first leg of a Tri....

2008-11-09T03:35:00.000-08:00

I went to see my doc on Friday to see whats up with my leg and...well.here ya have it...

A common spot for bursitis is on the side of the hip. Here a large tendon passes over the bony bump on the side of the hip. The bony bump is called the greater trochanter. Inflammation in the bursa between the tendon and the greater trochanter is called trochanteric bursitis. This problem is common in older individuals. It may also occur in younger patients who are extremely active in exercises such as walking, running, or biking. Not something I need 35 days before the White rock...so...I'm resting for one more week to see if it gets better...hope it does, I've trained awful hard to have this take me out of the race...we'll see.....

2008-11-03T11:03:00.000-08:00

DRC Half Marathon was tough this past Sunday, I'm having some joint pain due to a heavy training schedule for the white rock marathon and it's taking a toll....so my time wasn't what I was hoping for, about 15min off, official time of 1:58... Finished 1004th out of 3285 and 123rd out of 247 in my age group....

2008-11-01T18:23:00.000-07:00

I have the DRC half marathon tomorrow morning, going to try to beat my best time of 1:51.
feeling good, should be able to pull it off....I'll let you know tomorrow...:)

2008-10-28T11:09:00.000-07:00

The training run Sunday went well, 2300 calories, 411g of fat and 46,320 steps later I'm a little sore but ok. Got the DRC half Marathon this Sunday@ White rock, I'm looking to beat my best HALF Marathon time of 1:51....we'll see!

2008-10-25T19:17:00.000-07:00

I have my longest training run this Sunday, 23 miles....gonna be a long day...

2008-10-25T18:51:00.000-07:00

Ryan's game this weekend, he's becoming a good little baseball player..

2008-10-25T07:07:00.000-07:00

Wow, time does fly...Ryan turned 8 last week...

2008-10-08T13:16:00.000-07:00

Ok, it's official, I've joined!...I've Got three Triathlons planned for 09......

2008-09-17T08:49:00.000-07:00

My next run, November 2. These half's are getting a lot easier, like doing a training run now!

2008-09-13T13:44:00.000-07:00

Thanks Nathan for driving the Metro Sag for the ride....

2008-09-13T13:40:00.000-07:00

Some of the guys we were riding for...

2008-09-13T13:04:00.000-07:00

This aircraft was amazing......

2008-09-13T12:20:00.000-07:00

This was the Start to the first Patriot ride put on by Mad Duck this Saturday. Pretty cool to be escorted by an apache helicopter!

2008-09-12T18:39:00.000-07:00

Thank you Shannon for publishing my HHH testimonial on the FCS website!

2008-09-05T07:16:00.001-07:00

The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy .It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed. Jacqueline Gareau

2008-08-27T13:17:00.000-07:00

Click on the image to see my schedule for the next 15 weeks!

2008-08-26T13:36:00.000-07:00

This is my next BIG run...December 14.....26.2 baby!

2008-08-26T05:47:00.000-07:00

First day of school AND first day of soccer, this field will be
home for the next few months.....

2008-08-26T05:42:00.000-07:00

Ryan's first day of 2nd grade went very well...He's growing up fast...

2008-08-24T12:54:00.000-07:00

The Texas Hottest Half marathon

First two miles went great, after that…reality started to set in.
Miles 3-6 legs started to feel like lead and it didn’t get any better.
Miles 7-10 my feet felt like bricks…well, come to find out there was a good reason
For that, as I was running, my shoes were filling up with sweat making them 3Xs heavier .
Miles 10-13.1 where just plane brutal. Thighs started to cramp so at this point it becomes a mental game within yourself. Needless to say I survived and came in at 2.05.59…not my best time by a long shot but I was really just going for completion on this one.

Ryan taking over after I took a seriously HOT bath.
He just COULDN'T waste all those bubbles!

2008-08-23T16:30:00.000-07:00

Flat and Fast!...not much to look at....12,000 riders behind these guys....

First half of my weekend is over...went very well, fastest time ever! average speed 20.6
tomorrow will be a challenge, I'll know within the first 6 miles if I went to hard on the HHH ride.

2008-08-16T17:36:00.000-07:00

Ryan, Katie and Sutton on the cruise.

2008-08-15T20:07:00.000-07:00

Ship docked in Cozumel.

2008-08-15T19:50:00.000-07:00

Sloppy Joe's bar in Key West, a favorite bar of Ernest Hemingway.

2008-08-15T19:00:00.000-07:00

Salmon I made for My Mom while she was here, raspberry chipotle sauce
smoked on a ceder plank...ummmmmmy!

2008-07-28T17:24:00.000-07:00

Had fun at the Tour De Goatneck in Cleburne TX this past weekend. This is always a good ride,great rest stops,and some real nice people.

The fans...:)

sunrise at the tour De Goatneck.

2008-07-24T12:05:00.000-07:00

Got the "Tour De Goatneck"100K ride in Cleburne TX this weekend, gonna be toasty!

2008-07-23T06:52:00.000-07:00

Gonna do this 5K in September, it's chip timed so I'm gonna try to do it under 19 minutes...

2008-07-23T06:25:00.000-07:00

Did "OK" in the "Too hot to handle" this last Sat, 29th out of 60 in my age group....wasn't really feeln it I guess...sure lived up to it's name though, it was DAMN hot....

2008-07-23T05:39:00.000-07:00

Went to a really cool car show in Shelton WA.
Ryan loved the "old time" as he called them, cars....

2008-07-11T12:07:00.000-07:00

My Peeps @ work took me to lunch for my 41st birthday...

2008-07-08T18:13:00.000-07:00

Just got back from Dad's cabin in Washington State...

2008-06-25T18:05:00.000-07:00

Ryan and I on the tandem Mad Duck let us use, I think we're gonna
get one now...:)

The Fam ride....

2008-06-25T17:43:00.000-07:00

Diana and Ryan pose with Chris' Pinarello
This was Diana's first coffee ride, 19 miles, not to bad!

2008-06-17T19:37:00.000-07:00

Stopped on the way home from The Duck last night
to skip some rocks at the
lake...looked up and ...well...a very peaceful night.

Father's day...

2008-06-15T11:26:00.000-07:00

I had a good Father's day, my son got me a Ipod shuffle (I think he wants my other Ipod)
and this cool T shirt...:)

Post coffee ride breakfast...

2008-06-15T11:19:00.000-07:00

Good ride today, took it kinda easy...tired from yesterday I guess.
This is my normal post ride breakfast...2 pieces of toast,peanut butter,honey, 1 nanner and a cup o coffee....

She's just resting....briefly...:)

2008-06-14T17:30:00.000-07:00

Good training ride today!..Hit the hills pretty hard.
Tomorrow's the coffee ride and a short run in the evening....

Fun Run...

2008-06-13T19:51:00.000-07:00

I've decided to do the "Too Hot to Handle" this year, it's a 15K starting from Winfrey Point, White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX...should be fun...hot...but fun...:)

Helping out a neighbor…

2008-06-08T16:46:00.000-07:00

Saturday my neighbor had two trees that split in the recent high winds we’ve been having here in Texas, threatening his house and his fence. He knew I like fires in winter and he told me if I want the wood from the two trees it all mine….SHWEET!….free fire wood!
All though it WAS a lotta freakin work cutting and splitting it all...Ryan helped out quite a bit...:)

Great traning weekend....

2008-06-08T16:17:00.000-07:00

I had a great training weekend this past weekend. I was able to get 12 miles in on my running and 50 on the bike…..the combination on the running and cycling is going surprisingly well, I have no knee or joint pain of any kind and, so far, what seems to be an over abundance of energy….so THAT’S cool…J
These pics are from this Sunday mornings Mad Duck coffee ride….we stop half way through and everyone gets there favorite 500 calorie coffee drink @ http://www.buongiornocoffee.net/ …….mine’s the carmalito….uuuuummmyyyy...

And the trainning begins.....

2008-06-02T16:27:00.000-07:00

Ok, so this is gonna be my week for the next 12 weeks.Running began Sunday, June 1st AM.

funny thing about training for this ride/run thing is....cycling is great for running, running, not so great for cycling...legs don't like the cross training...whatever, they'll get over it...:)

Back at the ranch.

2008-06-01T20:28:00.000-07:00

Scott and Amber's place...

Ryan had a blast....

An old friend of ours and his wife are finally having there first child, Her name is Ella. she'll be here in July. This is their first and they are very excited, they've been trying for a looooong time....

Ryan's baseball practice...

2008-05-29T18:52:00.000-07:00

What a stance!...:)

Throwing in from center field....

I think she like's me...;)

Dad's dinner night!

2008-05-28T17:04:00.000-07:00

This is His teacher, Mrs Eason, an amazing teacher and cancer survivor.

So today was my pre-fathers day dinner with my son Ryan in his 1st grade class room.
I had the grilled chicken salad and Ryan had chicken strips from Micky D's. He gave me an arm load of art work, little books telling me what a great Dad I am, pretty cool, I guess that's what it's all about.
He told me about a kid in his class that drools so much when he sleeps that he thinks it's raining in his room!.....I nearly fell out of my tiny 1st grade chair!

Hey, Why not...:)

2008-05-27T19:45:00.000-07:00

So...I've decided this year...I'm going to ride the Hotter n Hell Sat, August 24 (100 miles)
wake up Sunday and do the Hottest half Marathon (13.2 miles)...all bets on completion or failure will be accepted...( completion will be a safer bet....:)I'll keep you posted on how the training is going...