Baffoons, popsicles, and Chad's nipple ring

So I went for a run with Andy Dietrich a week ago Friday down the "toe path" along the Potomac River. There are a couple places where it crosses some swampy area with wood-planked bridges. Hearing "aaaggghhh!!!" and then "kersplaaattt" was pretty funny but turning around and seeing Dietrich laid out on the ground after tripping like a baffoon on one of the planks was freaking hilarious. We probably put in a good 5-6 miles at a decent pace and the night ended in the beautiful Jessica Silva's hot tub with a 4 liter bottle of wine so overall I rate this a wonderful training experience.

This past weekend was a huge running success. I missed running with the Georgetown team on Saturday morning but went out for about an hour run in the morning anyway. The weather was gorgeous and I still have high hopes of finishing well in October. Unfortunately I probably shouldn't have put in so many miles on Saturday because my legs were still a little tired for the big race on Sunday, the Capitol Hill Classic 10K. It was an awesome course that started in Stanton Park, went out and circled around RFK stadium (temporary home to the new Nationals baseball team), down capitol HILL and around the capitol, and then back up capitol HILL at mile 5.5 before finishing back in Stanton Park. I crossed the finish line in my short hot-pink running shorts at 43:17 which is 6:59 pace for the 6.2 miles. I need to get much faster if I have any hopes of qualifying for Boston next year!

Instead of running today I ate 4 popsicles. Wonderful!

I leave you with something somebody wiser than myself (Walter Sobchak) once said:

"Good night sweet prince!" I love you Chad! And your nipple ring.

And so it goes...

So my blog is underway as is my training for the big day coming up on October 30th. As you may or may not have heard, I competed in Georgetown's IronMed Triathlon on April 10th when I swam 1000 meters, biked 15 miles, and ran 10 km in 2 hours and 21 minutes. I also ran the George Washington Parkway Classic 10 miler in 72 minutes and 40 seconds on April 24th and ran my first under 20 minute 5 km race on May 1st, the Race for Hope to support brain tumor research. I have many hundreds of miles to run in the coming months in the quest to be able to run 7:17 mile pace for 26.2 miles. Wish me luck!

Upcoming events:

this Saturday May 21st - my first run with the Georgetown marathon team

this Sunday May 22nd - Capital Hill Classic 10 km race

Sunday June 12th - Tour de Cure 100 mile bike ride to support the American Diabetes Association

August 27th - 28th - Hood to Coast 200 mile relay race in Oregon with a team of law students from Georgetown

Sunday September 4th - Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon in VA Beach

Sunday October 30th - the big day, Marine Corps Marathon

Woohoo!!!

This is me!