Sweet Run

Please ignore the play-by-play feel of this, but I'm feeling pretty good right now.

I got home today from work a little groggy because I had a massive greasy Mexican lunch. I took a siesta on my couch, looking out at the dreary sky, knowing I had a long run planned for this afternoon.

I got dressed up, and stretched nice & slowly while watching Cops on TV.

I stepped outside to crisp 35F air, and decided that I was dressed appropriately & I probably wouldn't need the gloves in my pocket. I stepped off, and headed over to Harriet. As I got to the lake, I pushed the pace a bit and got the heart rate up, enjoying the little trails along the path, and the cool air blowing off the lake. And I felt pretty decent.

I decided to do a take a cruise out along Minnehaha, and after I got to 35W, I decided I would take a loop out to my favorite South Minneapolis landmark, the Washburn water tower. Prepare to suffer to get there, it's at the top of a large hill by this city's standards, but you can catch a view of the skyline while the trees are still barren.

After a couple quick minutes to enjoy the view and take a sip of Kona Cola-flavored Nuun,(yum!) I decided to head over to calhoun. I ran up King's highway, and decided to take the long way around Calhoun and I'm thinking,
"How do I feel about a half marathon?"
"I think that's a great idea."
"OK. It's on."

Once I got into SLP, I felt a blister forming on my foot & pulled my sock up. Thankfully I did, because I didn't have any blisters when I got home.

I slipped down one of my favorite streets through SLP, and ran down a hill. This hurt. I really let gravity take over when I'm going down hills, and my footsies were feeling pretty raw.

I finished off my Kona Cola, and felt the wall. Fortunately, I was pretty close to home, and strolled in to the apartment.

I immediately slammed two glasses of Chocolate milk. and then a third. Then I had a fantastic spinach-lentils(70%of my daily allowance of dietary fiber)-gorgonzola-blueberry-viniagrette salad, and about 3 huge glasses of cold water. Cold water tastes fantastic right now.

And I just realized, looking at my Garmin summary: I've never ran that far. 13.39 miles, in a little under 2 hours. And I consumed 0 calories the whole way.

I'm going to sleep well.

yum^2

Dal Makhani from Byerly's
Per Serving:

190 Calories
10g Fat (10%)
5g Sat. Fat (25%)
0 Cholesterol
700mg Sodium (29%) ----(to replace all that I lost in my first Mt. Bike race this morning)
19g Carbohydrate (6%)
2g Dietary Fiber (8%)
7g Protein

On top of:

Organic Inca Red Quinoa from Byerlys
Per Serving:

163 Calories
3g Fat (4%)
0g Sat Fat
0 Cholesterol
5mg Sodium
29g Carbohydrate(10%)
4g Dietary Fiber (15%)
6g Protein

I'm fucking going

I am fucking ecstatic.

I just went on not one, but 2 bike rides this afternoon.

then I ate bruschetta.

then I spent 85,750 Icelandic Kronor.

That's right. I just purchased plane tickets to Norway. And Iceland.




I've been waiting to do this for a very long time. I leave a month from today.

A near Perfect day

Yesterday was a work Holiday. I was paid without having to take vacation time.

My day:
Coffee & Baileys
*censored*
Lunch at Salut
-Summit Winter
-Blue Cheese Burger
REI
Watch Office Space
Starbucks
Get Wine
-Cabernet Savignon
-Pinot Nior
Watch High Society: Ski Movie 2
Jimmy Johns
Red Dragon
-Red Dragon Special
-Almond Delight
-Wonderous Punch
-3/4 Almond Delight
Trocaderos
-Tanqueray Martini
Amy's Apartment
-Cabernet
-Mac & Cheese
-Crackers & Cheese
-Water
-Water
-Water
-Water
-More Water
Wake up in Amy's roommate's bed, fully clothed, including my winter coat.
-No Hangover
The Egg & I
-Coffee
-Ice Water
-Blueberry Multigrain Pancakes
-Sunnyside Eggs with Tabasco

Tasty Stuff.

I love Indian food.

It's kindof astounding how many people you know who've never had Indian or even ethnic food in general(aside from their own, that is) A perfect case to float my point; earlier this year I brought Hummus & Pita to work for treats one day(among other things) and NOBODY HAD ANY IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

Everyone seems to forget that long ago, Kings & Queens invented international trade in pursuit of these spices for making their own damn Indian food. Or perhaps they're not forgetting, they were probably just picking their nose in history class.

Sure, there were a few other non-edible items too like silk, cotton, & jewels, but simply, the reason why Columbus and Magellan and Hudson and Da Gama and all those other explorers we read about in middleschool were sailing the seven seas was to procure (or to find cheaper routes to procure) tasty shit from the other side of the world for rich people. Ships sailing from England around the tip of Africa to Bombay & Goa. Crews of men at sea for months risking life & limb for the simple pursuit of saffron and cinnamon and peppers and aniseed and tons of stuff I've probably never even heard of.

Today, we have that luxury at our fingertips, but it's odd how popular McDonalds et al. is in spite of that. Although Taco Bell has an incredible following, you know as well as I do that crap doesn't count. Midwestern people are incredibly xenophobic, and anything outside their comfort range is weird, unacceptable, and threatening to them.

Maybe it is for the better though; I would hate to have such good food be manufactured & genericized like that.