Jim Maland:  

Life After high school: 1991 thru 1997 - Attended UNLV at first for a teaching degree that quickly morphed into a BS in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Math, joined the Kappa Sigma fraternity (Kappa Alpha chapter), and worked semi-fulltime at a gas/service station. 1997 thru 1999 - Lived/worked in Massachusetts (off the Red line) and explored the east coast 1999 - Moved to Tucson, AZ via a work transfer and to be closer to familiar surroundings 2000 thru 2003 - Attended classes at UofA part time while working full time 2003 - Met my future wife (Lia) on the mall of the UofA campus. She was on campus working towards finishing her PhD in Educational Psychology and I was walking Scrappy (dogs are great chick magnets). 2005 - Ran my first marathon in January at the Rock n' Roll Marathon race in Phoenix. Also proposed to my girlfriend (Lia) right before running the race (it was 5am and she was half asleep). Ended up running the 26.2 miles in a total time of 3 hours and 56 minutes (a 9 minute mile average pace), which meet my main goal of running it under 4 hours. Also, competed in my first triathlon (in Mexico) in the Fall where it was inbetween a sprint and Olympic sized race. 2006 - Currently training for the Las Vegas Half Marathon that's in December (I don't have the time to train for the full right now). 2007 - We thought that remodeling our 1930's kitchen would be a "fun" experience, so we just gutted it, even removed a wall, and started building it up from scratch. So much much fun ... it really was a great learning experience (just like hitting yourself with a hammer!), but I...Expand for more