Happy Halloween fellow runners! I hope that you're getting your miles in and doing your best to avoid the monsters out there on the trails and roads. Things are going well here in marathon PR bliss! I continue to recover amazingly well. I'm still amazed at how quickly I felt back to normal and how fast my legs have bounced back. Unfortunately, the hamstring strain has come back to life as well, just like a zombie. So, I'm doing my traditional marathon recovery program for now. After easing back into faster, longer runs and some cross-training I should be back to full training in about another month.
Forgot to mention in last weeks blog that I recently had a great conversation about the Project with my friend and fellow podcaster, Chris Russell for his podcast Run, Run, Live. I was totally honored to be on the show. Chris always has interesting, talented, knowledgeable runners on the show. So, I felt a little out of place in that forum. But, the talk was great regardless. Chris is one of those guys who makes you feel like a Jedi padawan talking to Yoda! Good guy, good runner!
All week I've been getting myself revved up for one of my most favorite holidays, Halloween. I didn't go as nuts this year with decorations as I have in the past. not enough free time to get my Halloween Clark Griswold on! But, we got all our inside decorations out in full force. I always have loved this time of year with the leaves changing and crisp air. As I said before, growing up a fat kid made Halloween a lot of fun simply just because of the candy. I don't have the fat anymore and the sweet tooth is usually not there. But, I can't help myself at Halloween. Too much chocolatey goodness! Can't wait to take Ry out tonight for some tricker treating! The weather is going to be warm in the 60's and the rain will hopefully hold off until the candy bags are too full to carry anymore. He's decided to go as Finn from the cartoon show Adventure Time. Hilariously entertaining show. Kudos to the wife for knitting him his costume hat! I always loved dressing up myself as a kid, well, when I could find a costume that would fit! Still contemplating scaring the hell out of Ry and his friend with my werewolf costume or going around dressed as Elvis. Alas, Target didn't have an adult Flash costume.
Last weekend a new member to the family arrived! His name is Samuel Shammus Sands! He's three month old black lab puppy that we proudly adopted from one of our local shelters, Lollipop Farm. So freaking adorable I can't resist him. He's fairly well behaved. But, today it seems like his Halloween monster side has come out in full force! The old beagle, Finnley tolerates him so far. All the little guy wants to do is play and Finnley is like, get lost, I'm too old for that stuff! Every now and then though, the old man gets his spunk back and they romp through the house. Hopefully, this one will work out much better than the last dog. Ry is in love and I have to admit, it's nice to have another youngster in the house! Just please, stop chewing everything in sight!
Well, just a short one today my friends. Have to prepare to hand out candy and make some "special" hot cider to keep the adult escorts warm tonight during our tricker treating rounds! I hope that your night is safely filled with candy, fun and laughs! This is the one night when you can act ridiculous as an adult and nobody will think less of you for it! Oh yeah, remember, in the event of a zombie outbreak, the long distance runners are the only ones who survive!
Happy Halloween and run for your lives my friends...
Mike, Thanks for the really kind words! It's nice to know that I'm not alone in my craziness with regards to running everyday. I wish you the best of luck as you begin your journey. Mine is quickly coming to an end. I've learned a lot through those miles. It'll be interesting to see where it leads me on the 367 day! Look forward to following you too!
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