Week 24

1/20/13 - Hit the gym cause the treadmill's got a busted walking platform at home, have a tech scheduled to come out for that.  Ran 4.15 + lift

1/21/13 - The high temp today is -4!  When I biked in (yes I biked in) the wind chill was -32.  That's 64 degrees to get to freezing!!  I wore extra socks, extra pants, and my down coat, which all kept me warm but even with my super thick ski gloves I had to start flexing my fingers to keep them from going numb after 1/4 of a mile!  Ran 10.0 on the treadmill.

1/22/13 - Ran 4.15 + lift

1/23/13 - Been listening to Europe radio on Pandora.  It's so completely random!  I'm getting Stevie Wonder, GNR, the BeeGee's, and fricken Linkin Park!  Also, apparently I like 70's pop/disco a lot more than I thought I did.  Interestingly I'm hearing a lot of songs I know, but didn't realize who they were by.  Like Superstition is by Stevie Wonder. Makes sense, but I couldn't have told you that. Europe also has a song called Superstition.  Crazy!

Ran 10 while watching Being Human North American version.  Long treadmill runs are great for me to watch shows that I wouldn't otherwise take the time to.

1/24/13 - Ok, freaky.  Pretty much every tree in Loring Park and down to Nicollet was FULL of crows this morning.  So loud I could hear them from 3 blocks away.  I kept thinking "what the hell is that?  Oh, a super giant murder of crows, that's comforting."
Ran 4.2 + lift

1/25/13 - Jess is off to Grace Potter & the Nocturnals (lucky) with some lady friends. Ran 10.0

1/26/13 - Jess and I hit the gym before heading out to see the Irish trio band Heritage.
Ran 6.5 to get 49 for the week!  Average of 7 per day!

20	21	22	23	24	25	26		New Best
4.15	10.00	4.15	10.00	4.20	10.00	6.50		49.00

Week 23

1/13/13 - Great breakfast at Whiskey Junction (really), $11.99 buffet with crab legs and the best prime rib I've had in awhile!  Amee, Clint, Julie, & Chad joined us :)  Ran 3.0
Happy 30th Birthday Morgan!!!  Jess wasn't feeling well, I met up with Morgan, Kat, and some of their friends at Eat Street Social, had a fantastic Old Fashioned (my current fav drink).

1/14/13 - COLD today.  High is 11.  Ran 10 while watching the first half of Total Recall.

1/15/13 - Ran 5.5 Jess and I find out the sex of the baby today!! We got an envelope from the ultrasound tech, had Barley's make a mini cake for us and went out to dinner at Amore Victoria (delicious).  Jess was super nervous as I cut the cake.  It's a girl!! We're so excited! After dinner Jess was so pumped that we just had to go to the mall and pick out a little outfit for baby girl :)

1/16/17 - Ran 4.0 + lift.  No one noticed the bowl of pink M&M's at the end of my desk.

1/17/13 - Ran 10 and finished Total Recall.  No big twist ending which was actually a twist.  Overall, meh.  Great futuristic setting but nothing spectacular.  Excellent John Cho cameo though.

1/18/13 - Ran 4.0 + lift

1/19/13 - Bruce & Cheryl are in town this weekend. Got up early to get the run out of the way, 5.5 around Cedar Lake, then Bruce and I took Devon & Chloe to the water park at the Depot while the ladies went baby shopping.

13	14	15	16	17	18	19
3.00	10.00	5.50	4.00	10.00	4.00	5.50

TOTAL 42

Week 22

1/6/13 -  Chill day at home with Jess who's been under the weather for the past few weeks.  Made great scones that Sarah & Brian gave us for Christmas (woo!) and went to see Jack Reacher, which we both liked.  Ran 3.0

1/7/13 - It's in the 30's today!  Outside run!  Ran 10.5 at an average pace of 7:28!

1/8/13 - OMG tired!  I think my run from yesterday has wiped me out more than I expected. Ran 2.0 + lift.  Went home, slept.

1/9/13 - Still nice out (low 30's) so went for a run outside.  Oh my god the wind sucks.  About the last 35 minutes I did not want to be running.  Ran 10

1/10/13 - Stupid New Year's Resolution jerks (<-- Read that link, hilarious!)  Gym is packed! Ran 2.5 + lift

1/11/13 - Ugh. I don't know what it is but my body does not seem to want to engage in physical activity.  I started out for a 10 miler but I'm just wiped.  I feel like I have nothing.  Turned around and ended up running an odd route.  Made it 5.9

1/12/13 - Dropped Jess off at work at 6:45 am, went to the Edina Y (which is really nice) not sure what to expect after yesterday.  Exact opposite!  Tons of energy!  Ran 6.25 PLUS lift!  After I picked Jess up we went for late lunch at the rebuilt Nook.  Just as good as ever!

6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Total
3.00	10.50	2.00	10.00	2.50	5.90	6.25		40.15

Week 21

12/30/12 - Lazy day at home for me & Jess, no complaints!  Ran 5.0 Then 3rd annual New Year's Eve Eve party at Tron's!

12/31/12 - Ran 10.0 while watching the original Longest Yard.  Burt Reynold's outfits are awesome but overall it's kind of boring.

New Years Eve! Chris & Courtney once again threw a great party!  Best part was playing Pictonary/hangman with everyone's New Year's resolutions.  Jess's is to learn the Gangham Style dance :-)

1/1/13 - TWENTY THIRTEEN!! Also, what would have been my Dad's 62nd birthday. :-( Miss you Dad. Went out to breakfast at The Lowry with Jay, Ally, Riz, Natalia, Amee, Clint, Lindsey, & Derek.  Always a good time! Ran 3.1

1/2/13 - Ugh.  Holidays are over, back to work :p  Ran 2.25 + lift.  I am not a fan of the new treadmills at the gym.

1/3/13 - New treadmills at the gym seem much harder.  I can run 10 miles at home at an 8.6 mph / 1.0 incline but I had a difficult time maintaining a 7.6 mph / 0.0 incline for 10 miles here.  There's no way that's reasonable.  I even asked a trainer at the gym about it and he A) doesn't run on treadmills and B) hadn't heard any other complains so, no help there.  Seriously, WTF?

1/4/13 - Ran 2.0 on the track cause, @#)*# that treadmill + lift + new elliptical type machine where you move your legs in a left to right circle.  Figure this might be good prep for Lutsen at the end of the month.

1/5/13 - Ran 10.0 on our treadmill at home, MUCH easier than the gym treadmill, while watching Ghost Rider 2.  Better than the first, plus I think Nicolas Cage acting crazy is just hilarious.

30	31	1	2	3	4	5
5.00	10.00	3.10	2.25	10.00	2.00	10.00

New high week total 

42.35

Week 20

12/23/12 - Breakfast with Mom & Brother in La Jolla left me wanting to punch people.  Hippy coffee shop workers mostly.  Seriously, $12 for black beans, unflavored eggs, and cornmeal logs touted as flautas?  AND you can't bring me my coffee until halfway through the meal?  Didn't eat it, cause !@#)* them.  Got back and ran 10.0 full of rage.  RAGE!
Oh, and we had a 'boys night out' (always a fav of mine) in downtown San Diego.  On the plus side we found a 'secret' bar (called the Noble Experiment) that had an honest to god fake door/wall that looked like a stack of kegs.  This is an actual picture:

You're supposed to text ahead to get in.  They laughed when one of our party ordered a Makers Mark.  "I'm sorry, we only have small batch here."  A) Awesome!  B) Hardly fair for the order-er who doesn't even drink whiskey/bourbon/scotch.  Poor bastard was just trying to fit in!

12/24/12 - Oh my dear lord we drank more than I thought last night because I. Do. Not. Feel. Well!  Spent the day prepping for both present opening (including a poppyseed debacle) and dinner with the Foltz & Demsky crew.  Ran 2.75 and nearly threw up most of the trip.  Dinner & presents went well, everyone seemed to like their gifts.  Baby Vivian is a big fan of the stuffed wolf we got her and Mom loves her Kindle Fire.  Brother got me the best present of all, land in Scotland!  Making me an official Lord!  Boosh!!

12/25/12 - Merry Christmas!!  Ran 1.1 before we flew out.  Long day, got laid over in Phoenix for 7 hours and still just barely made our flight.  Super thanks to Brooke & Bobby for picking us up, at the airport, on Christmas day, at midnight!!  All we had 2 sandwiches and some cookies (thank you Jenny!!) until 1am when we finally got home and split a frozen pizza, yay Christmas!

12/26/12 -  Recovery day!  Yesterday was SUPER long and we're just relaxing and trading gifts.  I got super awesome blue tooth headphones from Jess, high five wife!  Had to haggle for run time since it's our Christmas day off together.  Ran 3.045 (I got 21 min of time)

12/27/12 - Back to work.  Poop to that! :(  Ran 2.50 + lift.  I actually ran 2.0 while I lifted but then another 0.5 because my rear tire blew, I had to take the damn bus home, and I was waiting so @)#*wU long for the bus I had to sprint the 0.5 from the bus stop to pee! *angry face*

12/28/12 - Brought my Motorola Xoom (which I love!) with me to the gym intending to watch The Expendables 2  while I ran 10 miles. It's 19 out and snowed last night, I am not in the mood to run outside. For some damn reason I am exhausted! I make it 5 miles, but 3 of those miles I run at 8 min miles, which sucks since my standard pace is 7:30 or less.  When I get home later I ran 6 miles at a 7:05 average pace, so, what the hell!?  Finished the movie though. Ridiculous and fantastic, exactly what you want from it. My favorite line is from Jason Statham though:
Stallone: "Why are you yelling at me?"
Statham: "Because you gave me the shit job! Next time I see you, I'm going to shoot you in the face."

12/29/12 - Ran 5 after Jess and I saw This is 40. Meh.

Total miles ran on vacation: 37.5!