Yes, There is Still One More Race This Season.



How can you not love a dog in a hoodie?

I read a passage once that said, "While aiming for the sky, it's best to pay a little attention to the present, since you never know when you're going to crash into that mountain right ahead of you."  Can't remember if it was in a book about Chinese philosophers, a cereal box, or written on the wall above a urinal, but what I do know is that it it fits when compared to my running ability and the impending Oil Creek 100 50K race that might become a walk/crawl/meander and eat lots of M&M'sand wonder if I'm going to meet one really pissed off mama bear.  As I said before, I'm in decent enough shape overall, I'm just not in "31 miles-in-a- cloud-of-dust-with-my-hair-on-fire" shape.  I'm almost certain that it'll be 40 degrees with rain.  Isn't my positve attitude so contagious?

-Now would also be a good time to express my thanks to Big Daddy Diesel for the "Pukie" award.  I can honestly say that I have gotten sick in races, but of all the runs and triathlons, I think I've only hurled two or three times.  I will embrace it for what it is, my body saying "Hey Dumbass, do you really think the Captain Crunch/Life Cereal breakfast was such a good idea now?"

-What does it say about me when I have as many "Friend Ignores" than I have actual Friends on Facebook.  Meaning, I get a request and then I just ignore it, or just plain leave it to rot in a "1's" and "0's" purgatory.  I only created an account when the Tri Club officers decided to do business via social media rather than the website.  I have volunteered to take the website over, just haven't done it yet. I guess it's time to dust off the Word Press and start the site up again. For the record, most of the "ignores" have been relatives I've seen maybe 20 years ago or some who is a friend of a friend and has 500 "friends" and is just swelling the ego with their big numbers of "friends."

-I have decided that I will be doing the "Insanity" workout this fall and winter.  I will look at the P90X again later, rather than just my 8 favorite disks.  My wife said that she will do it with me, so if I'm going to look like I have epileptic seizures, I might as well have company.  The final decision came down to my travel schedule and work schedule that is starting to develop.  Plus, my wife would like to work more on the cardio and it wouldn't hurt me either.

-Enjoy the last vistages of the warmth if you live in the northern climate, and if you're basking in the warmth and comfort of the south where it's comfortable all year, show us some pity.