More pictures of my cousin’s wedding James Hempe to Danielle Lee Handley, on October 1, 2011 in Austin Texas.
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Oct 022011
Oct 022011
More pictures of my cousin’s wedding James Hempe to Danielle Lee Handley, on October 1, 2011 in Austin Texas.
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Oct 022011
My cousin, James Edward Hempe, was married to Danielle Lee Handley, on October 1, 2011 in Austin Texas. Here is a video of part of the wedding and some pictures.
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Sep 262011
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Sep 262011
8/26/12
– ran 3 miles in 28 minutes 23 seconds. Average pace of 9 min 28 sec/mile.
8/22/12
– ran 4.00 miles. Longest distance I have ran. Average pace of 10 min 39 sec/mile.
8/21/12
– benched pressed 110 lbs x 5 reps
9/27/11
– started attending the adult class in jiu-jitsu at Halingen Jiu-Jitsu Club (my dad started training in jiu-jitsu 9/26/11)
9/25/11
– ran 3.33 miles – longest distance ever ran
9/4/11
– ran 2.28 miles – longest distance ever ran
8/7/11
– benched pressed 92.5 lbs x 4 reps
7/28/11
– bench pressed 82.5 lbs x 5 reps, 82.5 x 10 reps, 88 lbs x 7 reps
7/20/11
– I was promoted to yellow belt in Jiu-Jitsu
6/17/11
– bench pressed 82.5 lbs x 6 reps, 88 lbs x 2 reps
5/16/11
– bench pressed 77 lbs x 5 reps (previous most weight benched was 66 lbs)
– ran 2.0 miles – longest distance ever ran
Sep 262011
I like to run. It helps with my cardiovascular conditioning which is important for my Jiu-Jitsu training. Sometimes I run outside and sometimes I run on a treadmill in my home. I am using a Garmin Forerunner 305 to help track my running progress. You can click on this link to Garmin Connect – Explore to see some of my outdoor running activities. Once there you can click on my run results and see things like when I ran, the route I ran, my pace, heart rate and other things.
Sep 262011
Lee Yong Soo is my great uncle. He lives in Inchun South Korea. He is a world class powerlifter. He owns a big gym in Inchun South Korea. He has a ton of stuff on his website but I can’t read Korean – a lot of the videos look cool though. He travels to other countries to compete in worlds for powerlifting. He set a world record in squats for his class. He competes in the Masters division. Click here for results of some of the competitions he has entered. This November he will be competing in the WPC World Championships in Latvia.
Sep 252011
September 10, 2011 I competed in the 1st Annual Rio Grande Valley Jiu-Jitsu Open. I competed as a yellow belt in the heavy weight class (127 lbs – 139 lbs). My weigh-in weight was 134 lbs. I won the gold medal in the gi division and silver medal in the no gi division. Harlingen Jiu-Jitsu Club won the 1st place team trophy so a lot of my teammates also won medals. I’ll be working on this page over the next week and try to get a complete list of who at HJJC won what. There was some really good matches and I had a lot of fun at the tournament.
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Sep 252011
June 25, 2011 I competed in my second Jiu-Jitsu tournament – South Texas Showdown. I competed as a white belt in the heavy weight class (127 lbs – 139 lbs). My weigh-in weight was 131 lbs. I won the gold medal for both the kid’s gi and no gi divisions. My friend and teammate, Dustin Garcia, won gold medal for adults in his weight class in both the gi and no gi divisions.
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Sep 252011
April 30, 2011 I competed in my first Jiu-Jitsu tournament – 2011 Valley Throwdown. I competed as a white belt in the heavy weight class (127 lbs – 139 lbs). My weigh-in weight was 135 lbs. I won the gold medal for both the kid’s gi and no gi divisions. My friend and team mate Laine Lyzak won the gold medal for the kid’s super heavy weight class.
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