fish day & warf

I did it! I finished the 8K at the Port Washington Fish Day event in a slow, but steady, 55 minutes. I think I figured out that this is the longest run I am interested in. I felt pretty good throughout the whole thing but the problem was I was sooo bored near the end. I just wanted it to be over. To me, that's what I'd like to think of as a warning sign, a red flag if you will. So I think that's it. The Fish Day 8K and maybe the 8K Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago and that will be my "marathon" of sorts. Anything more I just ain't that interested in.

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So I'm out in San Francisco currently on a last-minute (read: trouble's brewing so time to get the project back on track) work trip. I wasn't very excited to come out here again since I was just out here in May and already have my September and November trips booked. This is a little much.

However, I am having a pretty good time. I've been getting out and checking out some places and things that I haven't in my previous trips here, like Chinatown. One decent story so far took place on Sunday night after I got here. I went and (of course) dialed up some sushi at Hana Zen, a multiple visit place with each trip to SF, and then went to First Crush. First Crush is a restaurant/wine bar that I also go to each time I come out here. Sunday I was there just for a glass of wine (or three) to hang out. The place was pretty quiet as you would expect on a Sunday night. A young couple came in though and sat at the table right behind me. When they were getting seated, the dude handed something to the hostess. I assumed that he was slipping her some cash, but that didn't make sense since seats were so easy to come by this night.

Well the hostess brought the object, an engagement ring, to the bar and said "we need to do something with this...get creative guys." So after some deliberation, a cosmo martini was concocted and on the straw sticking through a lime wedge went the ring.

Back to the table the hostess/server went and dropped off the drinks and in two seconds we got the "Oh my God!" yell to which we all clapped and laughed a little. I wish a simple proposal followed but the guy pulled out a large sheet of paper and read this "story" about love and blah blah blah..."where you are is where I want to be"...blah blah blah. Man just get it out will ya!

Anyway, congratulations and good luck to the nice young couple. May you live long and happy lives together and for the guy, try to shorten up your speeches because if you want any say in the marriage, you better be able to talk fast. :)

keep on running

Those 5K's ain't nothin'

Thursday night I totally stormed the Bastille with relative ease. I'm really getting into this running thing now especially with my new Nike+ thingy. Next up, an 8K (!) this weekend for the Port Washington Fish Day. This one, I'm not so sure about. Though I may be able to conquer the 5K, an 8 may be a bit much for these old bones to handle.

We attended this race last year and I ran in the 2-mile fun run (read: fat, unmotivated person run) while Kirsten and our friends Emmett & Julie ran the 8K. I do recall even having to walk a couple times. Pretty funny. I guess it's a good feeling knowing I can knock out a 5K pretty easily when last year I couldn't even run the 2-mile one. One item of note though is the punks up in Port Washington have 2 huge hills at the beginning of the run which could have caused my issues. Anyway, wish me luck for this weekend. My Nike chip and I will need it!

nice day for a run

Happy Thursday everyone. It looks like we Milwaukeeans have pushed through the hot and muggy streak and entered a nice, clear and mild day. Perfect day for a run. In fact...

Tonight is the annual Bastille Days 5K run that Kirsten and I will be participating in. Not only us but thousands of others including special guests, my sister Gina and her husband Chris making the trek down from Green Bay for the event. As much as I despise running, I'm looking forward to this one. It doesn't start until 9:00 PM making it a nice nighttime run through the city streets. Should be pretty cool. PLUS, we'll be at the festival for a little while prior meaning I can hydrate and prepare myself with a couple tasty Millers.

For a little added running motivation, which is a nice way of saying there is a new toy out that I want, I picked up a new iPod Nano (8GB) and along with it, the Nike+ chip. It just came the other day so I haven't gotten to use it much yet, but I'm looking forward to giving it a good test run (pun intended) tonight. Any excuse to buy a new gadget.

So there you have it. Make your way down to Bastille Days tonight and say hello. And if you see me passed out a mile and half into the race, please don't step on me.

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Well we're pretty much moved into the new place which is sweet. More on this later when I can get pictures posted which means I have to write these posts at home instead of here at work, I mean, the coffee shop. Cable service shall be turned on on Monday. I still hate you Time Warner.