Let's Ramble!

It feels like I have not posted in awhile, but it also feels like I have not worked out in awhile. At least that is my mindset, even if it is not true. On Sunday I finished up the Winter Off Road Series with the 10K trail run. I didn't smoke it like I wanted too, but it was still a good run for me. I finished in 53:09 with an 8:35 pace. Now this is encouraging because an 8:35 trail pace is strong for me. I think I could go sub 50 on the road!

Photo Credit to Mr. Shawn McKinney!

The February AB/Core challenge is still going well. I am on track to hit my 7,000 crunches and then some. I can definitely feel a difference in my core strength, but I am not sure about it being seen. So I am looking to extend it through March before posting the before and after pictures. They say it take 4 weeks for you to notice a difference and 8 weeks for others to see a difference.

I was shocked to hear the news about BladeRunner. After reading several accounts of the story on the news, sounds like a guilty plea will be coming. I just do not believe he randomly shot through the bathroom door because he thought he heard a burglar.

I tweaked my hamstring on my last trail race. It was one of those "the ground is further down than I thought when I took that step" kind of things and I felt the twinge go right up my leg, so I haven taken a few days off.

The dunk contest at he All Star was better than I expected, I just wish the NBA ALL STAR Dunk contest had people in it I actually had heard of before.

I watched the men's Crossfit championships this weekend, and it totally made me want to STAY AWAY FROM CROSSFIT!!!!

Ever since I signed up for my 1st iron distance race, I have been in this funk about training! Is this normal??

TN weather is strange. warm one day, freezing cold the next then windy after that followed by rain, then warmer again! No wonder everyone is sick around here.

I have figured out Instagram I think, now trying to figure out Tumblr.

I have decided against going to the Master's class, it's not for me. I do not want to spend my time on other strokes since I am only swimming twice a week.

"I'm gonna pop some tags" will not leave my head!

Am I a Race T Shirt Bully?

The other night at church, my bride told me she saw several people wearing the 2012 St Jude Marathon race shirt while she was walking the halls. For some reason, I always think that there is some kindred bond that we have when I see someone wearing a shirt of a race that we ran together. A marathon shirt none the less is extra special, because I know the time, effort and pain that can go into a marathon.

So my question to my bride was "who was it? Did you know him?" She then proceeded to name a few guys I knew that ran the race, but then she said this, and I am going to paraphrase. There was one guy I asked about it and he said that he did not run the race, his dad works for the race and he got a lot of free shirts. Automatically, I immediately turn into these guys:



Yes, I turn into Cedric and Bob when I see some wearing a race shirt they did not run (unless it is a spouse, they put up with the other spouse training, so they get a pass) or if I see someone wearing the race shirt prior to finishing the race. Call me superstitious if you want, but you won't catch me in that position!

So, as we were leaving church the guy was walking out right in front of us. My bride nudged me and said "That's the guy, that's the guy who is wearing the shirt who did not run the race!" So I wanted to walk up to him and say in my best Hispanic accent:

 So, are you the guy who is wearing the shirt without running the race?  Are you going to run the race in order to wear the shirt? I wear the shirt and I ran the race. He ran the race and he is wearing the shirt, we are all wearing the shirts and we all ran the race, so why aren't you going to run the race? I guess we are just going to have to teach him to run the race if he wants to wear the shirt!

But, I didn't. I mean, Yeah, it does bug me to see people wearing race shirts they did not run, or to see people wearing the race shirt before they actually finish the race, but it is a personal hang up of mine. My bride gets on to me because I will not donate race shirts to the needy because they did not run the race and earn the shirts! Maybe this is something I will back off of one day, and maybe I am just kidding about all this!(Not really)  Honestly, I am getting so many that I try to give them to my wife to wear, because let's be real, after about 4-5 years of racing, most shirts do not mean as much to me, and I only wear certain ones. I do like to start up a conversation with people if I see they have the same shirt on though!

So, what is your stand on race shirts and people wearing them before a race or wearing them when they did not run the race? Are you a race t-shirt bully like me?