Sub Nines
Phew. What a weekend. My fiancee and I were in Chicago this past weekend doing some more wedding planning. Our pastor seems to still think that we can get by without killing each other and the food that we’ll be serving at the reception will be edible. Both good things, I suppose.
Outside of wedding planning, we hung out with some of her family and friends and her brother-in-law introduced me to “caps”. Basically, you throw a bottle cap across the room and try to get it to land in a glass filled with beer. If it goes in, the other person drinks what’s in his glass. Well, my fiancee is many great things, but a good caps player she is not. So I ended up drinking more than my fair share that game, and round two her brother in law and I decided to play 1 on 1 instead. Besides, the girls were getting tired of drinking and we were quickly running out of beer so it all worked out. :)
We came back early on Sunday with plenty of time to get a nap in before watching the Super Bowl. I honestly didn’t really care much about the game but Super Bowl parties always means good eats and for that, it was mission accomplished!
Yesterday, I continued my train fast to run fast running program. Mostly, that means that the runs are a mix of chest pain, side stitches, and feeling like you’re going to hurl. Ok… maybe they’re not that bad, but I do miss the days of the slow and easy. I am pleased to announce that I had my first run of the season where I averaged sub 9 minute mile pace for my workout. Yep, 6.5 miles at 8:55 pace - Garmin confirmed. I still got a ways to go, but boy was I happy to see that my pace started with an eight. Hopefully, it’s a sign of good things yet to come.
I’m behind something like 23987609238745 of your guys’ cumulative posts that I have to read. You take just a little time off and the unread post count grows like mad! Ack! So, sorry if I haven’t been around as much these past couple of days. I hope to get around to you all in the next day or two. :)