A Walk With Our Sean

 Sean and I went for a walk the other day and here are some of the highlights:

Due to a lot of rain lately the water had risen to mad levels. Always fun when that happens.

"You talking to me?"

We found a very high and very Scottish bridge. Not far from Murrayfield. 

We celebrated our endeavor with donuts!

Footie

After dealing with a wicked foot infection which caused one of my feet to swell like a balloon, and cost me two pairs of shoes I am finally confident that my self medicating has had effect. After a strict regimen of Peroxide, Neosporin and a countless number of strategically placed band-aids it felt good to march in to Wal-Mart last night and get my hands on the cheapest pair of trainers I could find. I am hoping to try them out tonight.

Sicko

I am sick again. I believe this is the fourth cold since October, not counting the wicked stomach virus that knocked me out for a week. I was just starting to enjoy being healthy again, hit the gym the other night and rocked out 10 K in 56 minutes (not bad). Another cool thing I did this week while not hurting all over was to argue the validity of a parking ticket I got last week. I forgot to put up the parking decal and got fined 45 Wonderdollars! After I explained my case to the Parking Authority the ticket got thrown out and I was happy again. But all I can think about now is to go and pick up the boy and get him to bed so I can creep down in between the sheets with my old friend Salman Rushdie (or at least a book of his).

Sick Day

Feeling a bit under the weather still, it has been going for about two weeks now. I think that Nikki, Sean and I keep giving the bug to each other in a vicious snot filled circle. At the moment I am in the office listening to The Bluetones while still wearing three layers of clothes.

You Know You've Been Here For Too Long When...

You don't think twice about going for a refreshing 5K run when it is 92F (33 Celsius) outside.

In my defense, by the time I went for the run the temperature had already gone down from 102F, 39 Celsius...

"Damn! That's Hot!"

-Anders Celsius

Happy Pig

I have been on a wicked bacon kick lately. Since Monday every lunch and dinner have consisted of bacon, usually accompanied by eggs in some form. Today I even had it for breakfast! But it is not any bacon, it is Wal-Mart's own Peppered Bacon. It comes smothered in freshly ground black pepper - delish! It seems to be working though, did over 5K yesterday in less than half an hour. And I just read that The Stone Roses is reuniting. Bring on the Resurrection.

Looking Back

Here is a four-sentence re-cap of the Eriksonian weekend:

• Friday night the Mrs. and myself went to see Sucker Punch (as mentioned earlier, but definitely worth mentioning twice). Haven't been to the movies in a while, so that was a real treat.


• Saturday I helped a friend move, always nice to get a free workout...


• Sunday I did a 20K run. It was totally alright, the only irritating thing about it is the ridiculously high number of bug bites one can acquire in a bit over two hours outside.

Sky Blue

I have been sick as a dog lately, so there haven't been much blogging. Haven't been much of anything really, I spent as much time as possible from Friday afternoon till Wednesday morning in bed under double blankets trying not to feel like crap.
Today I am at work, feeling a lot better and is proudly sporting my new Manchester City jersey. Considering I am probably the only person on the floor who even know what MCFC is it feels a little like pearls before swine, but hey, someone has got to show the yanks that there are other things out there than pleated khakis and pastel coloured polo shirts.

Running and Movieing

Realised it has been a week since I blogged last. So here it is, the latest post.
The most exciting thing to have happened since last is probably that I am back to 10 K per run. It took some time after the move and all to find its way back to where you boast the old "10 kilometers under the hour" as being your fitness staple, but it always feels good when you re-join the club.
Off to see "Get him to the Greek" tonight. I have got high expectations!

Rained In

I haven't gone running since Sunday. There are two reasons for this new slacker attitude;

• It has been raining since Sunday night
• I left my running shoes on the back patio, ergo - they now hold two days worth of rainwater.

Morning

After a proper healthy breakfast I have now moved myself to work where I am having foreign coffee.

Proper healthy breakfast

Foreign coffee

I'm Not the Biggest Garfield Fan

But I can relate to him here:

Greenway Runner

The minute I came home from work yesterday I changed into my sweats and went for a run. I could tell from the start that this was going to be a long one, I was flying past the checkpoints and mileposts that are along the West Ashley Greenway. Long story short - I broke any previous record and made it 16 kilometers (10 miles). It took me almost two hours, but that's fine by me.
Today I'm feeling a bit under the weather - cold and queasy, I have still got my parka on after 2,5 hours in the office.

Off Roading

Ran 8.5 miles today, in an hour and twenty minutes. All I'd had to eat was a couple of carrots and some delicious strawberry cake.
A word of warning to fellow West Ashlians: If you see someone in an Irish Rugby beanie and cat hair-covered sweatpants - Stand back 'cause I'm hauling arse!

Running on Drugs

Had a bit of an headache earlier today. In good old Nordic fashion I decided to drink my weight in water and suffer it through. Then as she left for work the wife ratted me out to her mother who came over, stat, with some prescription drugs to force down my throat. Well, they worked and I just returned from a really relaxing run; 6.6 miles in 65 minutes, not bad.

Gator Bait

Since the sun does not rise til seven o'clock nowadays it is really dark when I go for the old run at five! It is also proper cold now - so cold that you spend the first half hour running contemplating whether you should turn around to get some mittens, only to realise that you have run half the distance and is about to turn around in a minute anyway.
As if the cold and darkness was not enough - while reaching today's half way point in a posh semi-gated community one of my shoelaces came undone and I fell flat on my face! So the rest of the distance I had to run around gator infested ponds with bloody palms and knees, that sped things up!

Dark Run

I went for my first run in quite some time yesterday. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing, and it came on late in the afternoon - so late that half way in to the run the sun set. I still managed to find my way home (there were no lights, at all!) and finish with 50 minutes under the soles.

Breakfast For Dinner

Came home full of energy, planning to hit the old private gym. I soon realised that doing so I would tire myself out and fall asleep shortly afterwards and miss FlashForward again. So I made some waffles instead. Below is me taking out the crap from Mustard's litter box.

Running Buddy

Got this watch a while ago. I now use it every time I go running. Yep, Faló and I make a grand running team.

Run Matt, Run

Thanks to my new super-shoes I am now back at the old 6 mile track in the mornings. I will need a couple of more mornings to get the time down to an hour again, but still!