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In just a few days, I’ll be headed out with the guys for a little Okay Samurai reunion out in San Francisco, where Dave lives. Also, my paper that was due on the Monday after we get back, got pushed to the following Monday. A whole 7 more days to procrastinate! It’s just nice because I won’t have to be worrying about it all weekend. We’ll be out there Thursday night through Sunday, and I can’t wait to get out there. There are so many things to do, but here’s a list of things I really hope we get to do:

• Visit Alcatraz
• Watch Dave perform at O’Neill’s Irish Pub
• Visit Minor Studios‘ office on Fremont
• Rent bikes and ride across the Golden Gate Bridge over to Sausalito or Tiburon
• Wii Sports showdown
• Burritos from La Taqueria the Mission District
• Ride a cable car at Powell St, have a Beard Papa creampuff in the food court

Those last two bullet items, I have no idea anything about, but Dave put it in the list of possible things to do, so we’ll see what happens! You can bet that Dave and I will be taking tons of pictures and videos to document the weekend…

It’s the last day at the beach here for me and for the first time in a few years, I had my fantasy football drafts the week before going to the beach.  This is especially nice, because I got to pick my team rather than using the pre-set autodraft.  (I’ll post my two lineups in a later post.)  Unfortunately, I have to head back a little earlier than usual this year because of school, but I’m glad to sneak in one more relaxing vacation before I’m inundated with homework and reading.

Also when I get back to work, I will be frantically prepare some training material for my trip over to Bangalore, India to train a few new analysts.  I’m really excited to get a free trip to a place that I never thought I’d visit to experience new cultures and food.  I’ll be heading over with my co-worker, Chris, and we’re going to try to chase down some NFL games in a bar.  Not sure if they get the games over there though.  You’ll definitely see a slew of pictures posted/linked from in in about two weeks, so keep checkin’ back in.

As with all weeks prior to this, all runs were during the week because the weekends were too busy. I did hit my goal of a “longer” 4 mile run. I hope to match that this week, and ramp up to 5 miles in a couple weeks. I think the key is not to burn out too soon, as I’m still about 4.5 months away from the race date. Either way, I am much better condition at this point in training than I was last year.

Congrats to Andrew and Kelly for finishing up at GW this past weekend – Andrew’s pictures from his graduation and Local 16 (where I met up with him) are here, but sadly, there were no pictures to document Andrew’s first Ben’s Chili Bowl experience. Hopefully, you’ll be seeing a similar set from me in 2.5 years. Read the rest of this entry »

This past week was the week of happy hours. I pummeled my body with Whitlow’s 1/2 price burgers, Clarendon Ballroom roof-top Miller Lites and soft pretzels, and Hard Times Cafe Chili Cheese Dogs. Not good for keeping lean or running. This week, I’ll try to ramp a run up to a longer (but still measly) 4 miles. I’m still not over the mental hurdle of 3 miles.

I also just found out (unofficially through the school’s application website) that my hard work earlier this year has paid off, and I’ll have much less time to train starting this Fall. Can’t wait for the big official envelope to show up in the mail.

Finally, I don’t think I ever highlighted this from my Flickr photostream, but this postcard personalized with my pictures and race stats from the Army Ten Miler definitely played into me signing up again. Marketing kudos to whoever thought this idea up.

Stats after the break… Read the rest of this entry »