This summer I am taking a class through UConn’s School of Business, entitled Management Information Systems. One of the assignments was to Google your name and write a blog entry about the experience.

As you can probably imagine, Mike Fuller is a common name. In fact, Google returned over 780,000 hits. I found many Mike Fuller’s including;
The former NFL DB who played for the Chargers and the Bengals.
A Grammy Award winning sound engineer who has his own recording studio in Florida.
An architect in Aspen Colorado that specializes in green designs.
A magician from Macon Georgia
A musician
An astronomer
A DJ from Seattle
And a professor from Hawaii

Obviously none of these guys are me. So I refined my search to see if this helped me to find me. I typed in “Mike Fuller UConn” and this was first search result:

OFFICE HOURS - Department of Communication Sciences UConn
FULLER, MIKE 486-4370. PCSB 227 mike.fuller@uconn.edu. COMM 1100-08 MWF 11 CHMT 112. COMM 1100-11 MWF 12 STRS 002. Office Hours: MW 9:15-10:45 ...
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This is a link to my office hours and contact information for my graduate assistantship.


Lastly I searched for “Mike Fuller Triathlon” and got several results that were mine:

Health Net Triathlon. ... Detail, 81, 12, 255, FULLER, Mike, WEST HARTFORD CT, M35-39, 00:33:56.627, 00:01:23.322, 01:10:19.387, 00:01:01.385, 00:50:47.101 ...
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Cool Running :: Pat Griskus Sprint Triathlon Race Results
Jul 8, 2009 ... Complete 2009 race results for Pat Griskus Sprint Triathlon ... 23:53 1:13:59 118 276 Mike Fuller M 37 15/36 M3539 West Hartford CT 2 15:51 ...
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Obviously with a common name like Mike, I have to be more specific when I search, hence the millions of hits just using Mike Fuller.

First Triathlon of the Summer

This past weekend I competed in the first triathlon of the summer. It was held at a local amusement park. The swim was fun, the bike consisted of rolling hills where I was going 8 mph one moment and 45 mph the next. I took the bike out a little too fast and payed for it on the run. It was 6.2 miles which lulled me into a false sense of security with the first two miles going downhill. Things changed around mile 3 and got worse from there. But it was a fun, tough triathlon one that I would like to do again next year. Here are a few pictures.

Two minutes before the horn.....

Only the bike and run left. I was surprised by how fast I did the swim, that is why I am checking my watch, I wanted to make sure it was correct.

Trying to get my wetsuit off, these things are tricky at times.

Exiting the transition to start the bike portion.

Finishing the bike, smiling for Kisti.


Now the fun begins, 6.2 mile run. The course was tough, the steepest climb was a half mile from the finish......brutal.

Sprinting...ok more like a brisk jog to the finish.

Finished! Kisti was no slouch, she ran 8 miles while I was on the bike.

One Year Anniversary

It is difficult to believe that we have been married for a year. It certainly evaporated quickly, with Kisti busy in her third year of residency and Mike working on his PhD as well as teaching. For our anniversary we decided to take advantage of our Canadian proximity and visit Montreal. We had an enjoyable four days sampling the French cuisine, hiking Mont Royal, visiting old Montreal, the many shops and markets as well as the botanical gardens. We even managed to attend church and do a French session at the Montreal temple. Here are a few pictures from our trip:

Waiting at customs.

Notre Dame.

Overlooking Montreal.

Hiking in Mont Royal above the city.

Kisti was attacked by a butterfly at the botanical gardens.

Kisti eating the best turkey sandwich ever. We found this little place near our hotel and ate there at least once a day after. Great food!



The Peel metro station, Mike liked the architecture of this stop.

Riding the metro.

More old Montreal

Preparing to watch the 3-D IMAX movie, SPACE.

Montreal Temple.

Returning to the States.

Happy Holidays

The Following Post is Six Months late, it just started warming up here so it felt like winter. Additionally, Mike should be studying for finals and Kisti should be reading about pelvic anatomy, lets face it though you can only study for so long.

Kisti enjoying Christmas treats




New PJ's!

Kisti stuffed my stocking with the best gift ever, the cookie of the month club, the gift that keeps on giving!!!

This is kind of a scary picture, Mike is rocking the awesome bed head. On the other hand Kisti always looks good despite lack of sleep.

Kisti's favorite gift, an electric blanket, she used it all winter and most of spring.

Kevin soaking his legs after a 20 mile run with Mindi. Kisti and I felt like slackers only running 8 miles.

Thanksgiving with the my parents, Michelle, Josh and Wyatt, hiking in North Carolina.

Kisti excited to be in the sunshine.

Henry's Smoke House, the best barbque in town, I had to take Kisti here. She loved it.