The airlines don’t like it when you decide to exit the plane before take off. At the final hour Coyote Ugly Vegas got a 12 month extension on the lease. I was on the plane headed to Vegas to have a drink with the staff on its last night when the call I had been waiting for came in!! I quickly exited the plane , knowing that the CU Vegas staff is intact and my new priority was my son’s school trip and our trip to Tokyo.
Thanks to everyone at NYNY and AMG. Make some money!!

Browsing the news on my computer. Low and behold, in Israel, there is a therapy that involves sex. The therapy is “Sex with a stranger ” to help with your emotional issues. Sign me up. I have a boat load of emotional issues. OK put my request in. Male, 6 pack, and definitely mute.
Feeling good today. I ran this morning. Ready for the day!

Thank you sweet universe for my pain being minimal to what I was expecting today. I can’t walk up or down stairs but it seems to be isolated to just my quads so I am thankful that I am not in the full body pain I was expecting. A few of my coworkers waited about 3 hours post race to invite me to be on the Coyote Ugly Tough Mudder team. ” How the hell do I train for that? and do I want to?”
As you can tell by my time, I am not fast . Will I slow the team down? I can’t think about this until I forget the pain and soreness I have been in for the last 24 hours. Good news is that my broken sesamoid bone didn’t cause any major problems. No crutches this time!!!
My son’s dog had what I thought was a seizure this morning. We had to rush him to the vet. It was scary to watch . The concern in my son’s eyes was sad to see. The vet doesn’t think it was a seizure but perhaps a muscle spasm that come from a heart issue or a remote chance of lead poisoning. We will see.
4 pm massage appointment. It was hard to get. It seems as if the Rock and Roll 1/2 and full marathoners have all called for the same service. Thank god my friend knew someone and I was able to weasel into an appointment

Take it off the bucket list! Half Marathon done. I ran it in 2:29! I can’t lie I am pretty proud of myself. At mile 9 my foot started hurting . I packed a bunch of ibuprofen so I would grab a Gatorade at the water stops and would pop a pill and keep on running. Chantel finished shortly after me. We split up around mile 4. It was so crowded it was too hard to stay at the same pace. I am sore from my shoulder blades to my toes. My quads are screaming. Chantel kept saying that her butt muscles are sore .
No doubt I will be limping for a few days but that’s fine. Not sure what it means when your lips turn blue but at the end of the race both Chantel and her husband noted my lip change . Going to pig out now. I have earned it!
Damn I ran 13 miles today. Today Chantel and I are MFPHes

Fell asleep at 930 pm woke up at 11:30 pm and I haven’t fallen sleep Since. Feeling very shakey for this race today.damn

One of my crazy dogs kept me up last night. Urgh. Bars did alright last night. I am frustrated with Key West. They do incredibly during daylight hours but seem to lose steam after midnight. Spring Break is coming so they better bang out some numbers!
Today I am going against my life’s philosophy of very few carbs. Going to make a huge pot of brown rice pasta and tuna. I figure I can eat it all day long so that tomorrow I do not lose energy . Chantel and I got our race numbers yesterday ! We are ready!
Interesting, all this running and I seem to be gaining weight. And my butt doesn’t look as lifted. Monday squats and back to normalcy, if I am not crippled.

Shout out to Daniel. ” Nice work” . Today was Daniel’s first day back from vacation and like clockwork the problems started rolling in. The big issue was a fine that had been sent to the Milwaukee bar that was not legitimate . Daniel called this morning warning me about it. Two hours later he had resolved the whole issue! That’s an awesome way to save money and start the weekend right!

Ok I decided not to wait for Jackson because of the rain and knowing he will be tired after school. I downloaded an app called Runtastic. This is how I did over 7 miles today. I am slow but my 7th mile was my 3rd fastest so I will take that as a good omen.

Distance Pace Speed Avg. Duration Elev. gain Elev. loss
1.00 mi 12:2 min/mi 4.99 mph 12:08 26 ft 0 ft
2.00 mi 11:35 min/mi 5.17 mph 23:47 16 ft 32 ft
3.00 mi 11:14 min/mi 5.34 mph 34:58 29 ft 16 ft
4.00 mi 11:9 min/mi 5.38 mph 46:23 3 ft 32 ft
5.00 mi 11:15 min/mi 5.33 mph 57:30 0 ft 6 ft
6.00 mi 11:53 min/mi 5.05 mph 1:09:22 19 ft 0 ft
7.01 mi 11:3 min/mi 5.42 mph 1:20:20 0 ft 19 ft

I slept . I feel good. Unstoppable

Mac our Memphis GM and Coyote Ugly MMA fighter gave me some excellent nutrition tips on how to get the energy I need for Sunday’s half Marathon. Mac is the man!
Got an email this morning about how long the line was for the Coyote in Vegas! Love to hear that .

Jackson told his dad and I tonight that 2 kids in his class had become loan sharks. They would ask for 50% interest on every loan. ( yes they got caught). Jackson’s dad said ” are they big?” No. “Then who is the muscle? ” There is none , they are small geeky kids. Of course Jackson’s dad said ” Jackson borrow money then don’t pay it back . What can they do?” Of course I added, then you can become the muscle and take 50% of their earnings. My son wasn’t into the idea. Thank god he’s better then us. Lol
His dad was in rare form telling stories of growing up in Queens . Jumping turnstyles. Getting into fights. Being mased then gouging some kids eyes out. Jackson was horrified. ” jackson you didn’t get the hot head that your dad had when he was younger. ” ” mom I am fast I can run away.” Good plan.

I can’t seem to get past the 6 mile run mark. Yesterday my foot started hurting around mile 6 so I stopped immediately. Today I just had no energy and ran only 3 miles. I need to carb up at night. I just got home from running and decided to eat some oatmeal, check my emails , work then go back out and try again. Hopefully, I will be a bit more energized. Plus it will probably rain and I need to practice running in the rain. This half marathon seems to be consuming all my energy. Damn Chantel!
Always a lot going on. Life seems to never stop or stand still. My feet are killing me so after some work I am getting myself some great pedicure. Jackson and I are taking his dad out for his birthday tonight. Sushi!