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Taking the Week Off

Published September 10th, 2008 in Red Wings, Detroit Lions, knee, Pistons, football | No Comments »

And it’s not from work.  I can’t remember the last time I took a whole week off from work actually.  But I’m taking a week off of running.  The knee is not getting any better and actually it took a U-turn this past week.  I was feeling pretty decent and starting to ramp up my mileage, when BAM!  Batman hit me.  I mean my knee started hurting again.  I went 10 miles on Saturday, and then paid the price the rest of the day.  It swelled up bigger than my head swells when I finish the word search puzzle in the comic section of the newspaper.

So here I am, drinking beer, and wondering why I’m still a Detroit Lions fan.  They lost this past weekend to Atlanta which is about as bad as losing……aarrgghh.  I can’t think of a good example.  Or bad example as the case may be.

So let’s talk about something else.  You go first.

I’m waiting.

Oh well, talk amongst yourselves.  I’ll give you a topic.  Civil War.  It was neither Civil, nor a War.  Discuss.

Isn’t Mike Myers the best?

Anyway, hockey season starts soon, and the Detroit Red Wings should be favored to win it all again.  They just resigned 46 year old Chris Chelios, so who can beat them now?  I hear Gordie Howe is a free agent.  And then of course, basketball starts again.  Oh boy.  They play like 800 games a year, so wake me up when they have 10 left.  And it’s the 4th quarter.

Thank you and good night.

The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

Published March 1st, 2008 in Nuggets, Pistons, Clint Eastwood, Irish Snug, Running | 3 Comments »

I know Clint Eastwood was never a great actor, but he was so cool.  He had “it” you know?  Turns out he is a better director than an actor, but I would much rather see him in front of the camera than not see him all.  What has this got to do with anything?  Well, nothing actually.

But speaking of the title of the movie, I had one of those weeks this week.  Some of it was good, some bad, and although nothing was really ugly, I had to put it in here because it’s a catchy title.   The week started off with going to the Nugget / Piston basketball game with a customer of mine.  Of course that involved eating bad food and copious amounts of beer.  The good thing is that that Pistons won!  On Tuesday night I did my speed and hill work and threw some plyometric exercises in there also.  That was good.  On Wednesday, I went to dinner with a supplier, and although I tried to eat good, it turned out bad.  Hey, someone else was paying so of course I had to indulge myself.  I ran 6 miles on Thursday at The Snug which was good, but the way I do it isn’t so good.  I run 3 miles, have a Guiness, then run 3 more.   I don’t think I’ve ever seen that method listed anywhere in any running magazine.  Friday, Diane and I went out to eat and it was all you could eat fish and chips!  Sweet!  I really didn’t eat that much, but it was bad.  Today was a 16 mile run and the weather was awesome.  It was 45 to start and about 55 by the time I ended.  I didn’t do too bad, which is good!  It was designed to be an easy run just to build up my miles, and I did it in a 9:02 per mile pace.  I’m happy with that, and I’m glad that this week is over.