Vacation Time!

There is no better place to spend your valuable vacation time than at a car dealership waiting 3 1/2 hours for the maintenance guy to tell you he cant reproduce your problem.  I should have known this would hapend, but I figured they would just ignore my complaint and send me on my merry way after completing the oil change.  At least they updated my car's computer software...how long could that have taken...5 minutes?

In any case, I will be on a real 4 day vacation with my sisters in town starting tomorrow, so hopefully I will find a way to make better use of my time :)

The Carpet Guy

I made an appointment to get my carpet cleaned last night.  The rude secretary told me that a time slot was available the next day...sweet!  So I scheduled an appointment for 8-10 this morning.  At around 9:55 I was starting to get impatient as you can imagine.  Of course just as I was about ready to leave for work the doorbell rings and hes ready to get busy.  I always love burning 4 hours of vacation time because of someones incompetence.  At least he seemed knowledgable, could speak english, and did a good job with the carpet.  Hopefully Ms. Peanut will be a bit more forgiving on it this time.  Its supposed to be off white, not yellow!

Post Horsey Mortem

Well my fears of sore legs after the horse riding excursion did not come to fruition. However, there was another sort of pain during the ride but I'll spare you the details. Needless to say, the greatest impediment to me running well in my race the next morning at 8:30 was the lack of sleep and the number of beers I had the night before.

Race Details

In any case, the race was by far the largest I have ever been involved in. The organizers said there were approximately 6000 run/walkers and I have no doubt that this was true. It was truly inspiring to be able to pass so many people at the start of the race. What is better motivation than racing a bunch of slow walking people? Anyways, here are my results...about what I expected.

235 35/103 1992 Rodney Jokerst 26 27:24 24:30 7:54

Now I just need to find one more race to run at the end of the summer...inspiration to keep myself in shape and just enough time to train to be my 24:30 time :)

Horsey

I've been getting alot of feedback recently that my horseback riding expedition on Saturday is going to make my 5k race on Sunday miserable. Well, I am ready to take on this challenge. I think my ass is well suited to handling anything a horse might attempt to throw at it. Bring it on. Just be gentle on the other stuff down there.