Doot doot dooooo

Still no registration for the Brooklyn Half, which is killing me. As it is now, I don't know if I can run it, I'm afraid they'll move it up a few weeks and then there's NO way I'll be able to run it. At least the Philly Half Marathon is Sept 20, so I should be able to do that ;)

My money's on the bear

Depends if the fight was in water or on land. At least a bear has a shot in water. Not so tough now, Jaws!

My ideal Super Bowl halftime show would involve the game mysteriously ending. And everyone would go home. THE END! And then I would get to watch The Simpsons.

No one. The game would just mysteriously end. And everyone would go home. THE END! And then I would get to watch The Simpsons.

I'll spend my golden years in Brooklyn, NY

It's the only home I've ever known, as of now, at least.

NYRR, running, there's more to life?

I ran in the NYRR 8000 this Saturday, and after not running for nearly a week, I spent the rest of the weekend recouping. Don't get me wrong, it was a great race, and I had a lot of fun, and I made it in a respectable time as well (51:45!) The problem is, all I can think about is, "What's next?"

I am now officially a member of the New York Road Runners. This will make me happy when it's time to sign up for the Brooklyn Half marathon, because the dues will be much less then it will be for non member. There's a 10k in the middle of April, which will probably be my next race (hey, it starts at 10am!!!) assuming that the knee gets better and better, not worse and worse. It is feeling better though, funny enough since I ran on Saturday. I'm going to be light on it, and wait until Wednesday to run again, with the brace. Seeing a sports doctor is probably in my near future.

That's pretty much what I feel like is consuming me. Running, trying to fit life into running and going to the gym. I feel like there aren't enough minutes in the day to do everything I need to do.

This is definitely a calm, quiet Sunday. I did a "long run" earlier, which was about .4 shorter then I wanted to go, but since me and my running ladies were running by time, usually 40;00 is adequate. It wasn't really a good run for me, but I can blame that on some other things. I am really really excited for Saturday, but at the same time I can't wait for it to be over with :p

I have a lot of aspirations for things to do this summer. Go biking more, go swimming a few times, run in different parks etc. etc, it's always nice to have these kind of hopes, but all of these things are physically demanding, and I don't want to disappoint myself. It would also be really, really nice to go on a real vacation this year, but I don't think money will allow it. We'll see, it's only March! God, it's March already!!

Dean...Karnaxes? Oh! Marathons!! Are you running in a marathon?!?!

The guy at the library was easily over 60, but he seemed so excited to hear that I was taking out a book about running a marathon. He had mentioned that he had run four of them in his life, many years ago. He asked me if I ever planned on running on. "Some day," I said. 'I'm building up to it." He told me it was the best thing he's ever done, and that you only need to do one (not four! which I thought was funny to add) and people will just be amazed.

I felt like he was rooting for me. And after the day/week I've had, it felt nice to get rid of some of that stress for a little bit and take a nice brisk walk back to the office.

Situation Normal...

I feel like the last three weeks have been crazy. I had an amazing four day birthday weekend, and then promptly Tuesday morning all of it went back to shit again. I am desperately waiting for this weekend so I can go running, take a long hot shower, and then just curl up in bed and watch a movie with Kenneth.

My head is squished in a vice. I just need some r&r.