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I can help you out with the “why I am so busy” problem you are having. Look at everything you did not Saturday. LOL
Dang! You did a Bass Ackwards training day on Saturday, LOL.
O.K., where did you learn to cook. If I let my husband fix me a sandwich it would be peanut butter and swiss cheese on a left-over cinnamon roll.
I haven’t been but man from what I’ve heard and now read… I can’t wait to go to Nats Park!
Nice training weekend! Wow a 5k in20 min off the bike! Smokin’
ha ha i love your rules.
and nevermind you, MY HEAD is going to explode from all your escapades.
especially that dinner! you’re such a TEASE.
Great tip on the cue sheet storage…I’ll have to use that, since I don’t have a Garmin Edge. Hopefully, I won’t be going on 95 though.
I was hoping to go to that Clarendon brick workout, but alas, I’m still rehabbing the IT band, so I went for a swim and a bike. I did pass by a bunch of the folks who were coming back from their rides though and it looked like fun. Oh, and I’ve done that mega loop before while training for the marathon. Not a bad run when its not too crowded on the trails.
The ballpark looks great on the inside! For a $10 seat you got a great view, but I am sure they made up their price on the ticket with the overpriced beer. Still, nothing beats ball and beer.
Awesome training weekend! Are ya wet from sat still, geez! Great idea on the direction sheets. I usually put them on my phone, which requires pulling over..arr.
Dinner looked delish, supah classy :-)
Great ride, great run and sounds like you had a really fun weekend, but I think you missed your calling. You would make one heck of a chef!
You are a serious chef. That meal was tres impressive. And you made your own baguettes?? Holy cow!
I love the pics of the ride.
Ahh, the ballpark as viewed through a beer glass. My hobby is seeing at least one new major league baseball park a year. Last year I knocked off Anaheim Stadium and SF Giants Stadium, completing all the CA stadiums. This year I don’t have to go anywhere to do it (Nats). Then for the two years after that I can do NYC (new Yankee and new Shea). Hardest for me to do is going to be Seattle some year.
A week ago Sunday when I did my 20, you said you coincidentally thought of me as you went out on the W&OD, wondering how far out I’d ever been west. Actually, 2 bikers went by me out there, and one was a tall skinny redhead. I was about to ask him, Are you Rainmaker? but I knew he wasn’t b/c he was going too slow. He was friendly tho, he got his gears mixed up crossing a road out there and I darted past him momentarily and said, Ha Ha, Beat ya. He looked at me and laughed. (Humor isn’t always clear when one or the other is tired.)
i’m most likely gonna be @ Wildflower. not racing though; probably doing a half marathon the day before. but my girlfriend and several other friends are going so i’ll head down sat. night and stay through sunday. it’s only about 3 hours away for me :-)
i did ok on a sprint distance bike portion this weekend; averaged about 21mph on the bike which is fast for me :-) it was my first time on the bike since the Half. my hip is still giving me problems; need to go see a chiropractor.
HAHAHHAHAHA ok got that out my system, looks like a nice ride! Never underestimate rolling green fields.
You are Mr Busy busy busy!
I can’t believe how much you crammed in to one weekend! I also can’t believe you can cook like that….if I make anything other than cereal (including anything out of a box), it’s a good day. A very good day.
nats park loooks pretty cool…
i would take in a game there. but…..
its already too late!!!! sorry just funning on you on the rules…haha.
I just thought of something…if the indians had not traded bartolo colon to the expos in 02, your starting centerfielder would be grady sizemore, one of your homies from seattle area.
hey…my daughters a chef…so..maybe if…..ahhh….forget it…haha
As soon as I saw that ballpark in March, I checked the schedule for my next trip out there to see if the Nats would be in town. They’ll be on a road trip – rats.
Way to keep cranking out those long workouts! Wildflower’s sneaking up soon.
I have been away for too long – I didn’t realize DC had such a thing as National Ballpark! And, I can’t believe this is ONE weekend. Can you cook for me when I’m in town?