Wyld Hair On A Tangent Group -FULL (Page 11)

It's either May 15th or May 22nd.  We have to go through the home owners association of the place where we host it, and we won't get approval until Feb. 15th.  They guy who did it last year is moving to Colorado and I'm having a hard time getting in touch with him to get all his stuff.  That'll be what I need as far as Sheriffs departments, water safety, etc.  I've got timing companies and transition set up companies contacted and tentatively scheduled for each date.  T-shirt and a sock company contacted for the schwag.  The owner of All3Sports now is actually from Starkville, MS (90 miles north of Jackson), and she's said she wants to help our club out.  I've tried to contact her, but no dice so far.  I was hoping to have something like the "All3Sports First Time Finishers Tent" and give out race belts to all the rookies.  One of our members is a contractor and because we've had such a cool fall, he's got something like 2,000 gallons of left over Gatorade that he's donating.  Fleet Feet is hosting our packet pick-up and doing a 12 week beginner training program.

Sheesh... good news is I've already had a lot of people volunteer to help out.

And to top it all off, if it's on the 15th then I won't even be in town for the race, but I do have a guy who has volunteered to be the race day go to guy.

So what's on tap for today?  I flipped my brick and ran before riding today.  Only did a two miler as I'm geeking out every time the slightest heel pain shows up.  Last thing I want is for the PF to come back strong, so I'm easing back into it.  Did a spin on the trainer, watched some Weeds, and now I'm sitting at work, downing the coffee, and finding excuses to not be productive.

I'm lucky in that I only have one boss, and he's pretty cool.  He also acts as a good buffer between the bank head honchos and our department (which is all of four people). 

What's weird for us is that we're the bad news guys.  We point out all the problems, show all the asset quality ratios, stuff like that.  Two years ago, they'd pretty much just take our reports, glance at them, and throw them away.  Now, as things in the economy pretty much went up s*** creek, all of sudden everything we put out there is questioned down to the last detail.

Every year I seem to flirt with the idea of going back and getting a Phd in Economics.  Not quite in a spot where that is an option, but not so far gone that it'll never happen.

Two hours on the trainer this morning .

While riding, I watched Interview with the Vampire for the first time in a long, long time.  I had forgotten how much I liked that movie.  Made the time go by pretty quickly.

Nice!  That's some pretty awesome weight loss...

which sort of makes me feel guilty about what's coming up this weekend...

I gotta get something good in tomorrow morning, and maybe finally do a decent run on Sunday morning.  Because Sunday afternoon I'm gonna do about a month's worth of damage to my fitness level with beer and Superbowl food.  I'm still having trouble wrapping my brain around the fact that the Saints are actually there.  Seems kinda surreal.  All I know is I'm gonna enjoy it.  I'm gonna enjoy it way, way too much.

Hmm... a typical warmup for me would have been about 500 yds of ez free, a little back stroke, maybe some ez dolphin kicks, really just anything to wake me up, get accustomed to the water temp, and get the blood flowing.  Then I'd do my drills.  Maybe something like 100 single arm, 100 catch up, 100 finger tip, 100 pull and glide.  I think that would be pretty good for a little pull work.  Some days I'd do 100 free kick, 100 side kicks, 100 dolphin kicks, 100 back kicks.  Some days you do both

The catch up and finger tip drills I really like a lot.  I guess you could say they are sort of like my swimming chiropractor or something.  They usually get me straightened out.

Ooh! Ankle flexibility and why it's important!

You ever done super mans?  Where you lay on the ground on your stomach and lift your legs and upper body up.  Good lower back core exercise.  Anyway do basically the same thing but move only one leg.  First do it with a pointed toe, then with your toes pulled in.  See which way is easier to do with out bending the knee (it should be a lot easier with pointed toes).  And there you have it!  Bad flexibility in the ankles makes it much, much more difficult to keep straight legs... and bent legs make your back end sink, which makes you have to kick harder, which burns more oxygen, which wears you the heck out.

Well, I just finished making the holy trinity.  That would be onions, celery, and green pepper as it pertains to creole cooking in case you were wondering.  The beans are soaking and I'll be ready to make a big pot of red beans and rice tomorrow.  It's actually to eat during the Superbowl, but here's a tip if you ever make homemade red beans and rice... make the "goop" a day early and refrigerate it.  Add just a little water and reheat it the next day before you serve it.  Something about the flavors soaking in for that extra day just makes it so much better.