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I walked to work this morning, since Janie was in the parking garage at work following the 24 hour Chicago-Milwaukee-Madison-Chicago whirlwind that started after work Friday. (It took about 20 min to walk in today, and I really enjoyed listening to music and stretching my legs after the morning run.)
Friday night I got to hang out with my nephew, ( Read more... ) -
mmm. beer.
Tomorrow is the Great Taste of the Midwest. This is an event that I've been attending since I turned 21, and I've only missed twice in 8 years. (Once it was for this race, the other time it was for some work related stuff). Yes, I even flew back from DC for it, about 5 times. Maybe 6.
The magic of the beer festival is what happens when a beer ( Read more... ) -
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there's nothing more sad than getting on two flights on the same day and having the flight attendant remember you. yup, that's just sad. yeah, yesterday in Louisville, 4am pouring rain, yadda yadda. got home at 8pm and went to watch Lisa's hockey game. didn't get much sleep, again.
this morning's run was miserable, partially because the mad ( Read more... ) -
whimper.
i don't like going too fast. i don't like people watching me. i don't like a race with 700 people in it that finishes at the top of a hill that i know i'm going to be walking up (that they'll be watching me walk up). i don't like tomorrow.
i said one of my goals for this season was to race WORS at least once, so i figured tomorrow was as good a ( Read more... ) -
hot hot hot
though the weather report said we weren't supposed to today, molly and i still rocked our usual 5k. we just took it a little slower, and she wore her cooling collar. it was just another day.
yesterday i had a meeting in Pittsburgh, and seeing the hills was just painful. Years ago I attempted this race when the season had been too rainy and I had ( Read more... ) -
finally.
i got service on my developer. which means, i basically won my case. huzzah!
i'm getting more aggressive in my search for a new MTB. steel hardtail with gears. I really really really want to build up one of these, but let's face it, at $799, that's an effing pricey frame. i'm hoping to get one used. yeah, good luck.
