Well, after a one-week poll, the results are in.
80% of you believe that I WILL make it in my attempt to finish the Grand Slam of Ultra Running. With a strong 70% giving me the effin' A, encouragement.
20% believe that I'll either, "Prolly Not" make it, or will make it when "Monkeys fly out of my butt!"
As school starts for me at Tampa Catholic, I pledge to run/bike to work as often as possible (I lugged a slew of clothes and towels and lunch stuff today to help this cause) to ensure I get in tip top shape. I really want to see what happens to that 10% with the monkey thing when I finish.
Thanks for your votes, new poll coming soon.
Today's workout: 8 - 10 miles at Pasco Wellfields with Becky
Tomorrow: Run to and from School, Cross Country practice with team, Hill Kings (total 11)
This weekend: Sat. Croom, Sunday: Urban Assualt in the hood
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Andy, no wonder you "think" you need more than five hours of sleep!
Folks, I believe it is perfectly reasonable to discuss world events, relationship issues, work struggles, etc. for an hour or so after we've retired for the night. After all, we usually retire around 8 or 9 pm. A girl needs to share after a hard day's events. Well, except on the nights where I have to run the next morning! :-) After 11 pm, Andy starts to get down right cranky!!
Here's the real question?
Can Andy and Barb continue to sleep in the same home during his grand slam training, and if so, will their relationship survive these late night talks?
Barb- Don't take it personally. AndyMan has never, ever, been a nightowl.
Ultra runner hours in Florida are kinda like farmer on downers hours, sleep as soon as it gets dark and get up soon before that!
Do I like my sleep? Once when I was a lad mom had the whole neighborhood scanning the streets of Orlando for me because I'd been missing for several hours. Turns out I was asleep behing the dinning room door.
Yeah, I like my sleep.
Dave: You are right, Andy is certainly not a night owl. He's so sweet though, he offered to buy me a notebook for the bedside table. He said I could write down important issues and he would happily review them in the morning. Given that Andy puts up with all my "little" quirks, I guess I can get use to Andy's sundown syndrome.
PS- What's the best way to reach you after 11 pm? Ha!
Barb, don't take it to heart ... I've had long talks with Andy, spent 32 hours straight with him once ... you know what, he's not that interesting.
I'd recommend a dog.
:-)
Ok, between the "He like Flowers, so he's a wuss." and the only thing worse than not talking to Andy at night, is "Talking to Andy at night!" I could get a complex. SuperDave, didn't my friend Alan Bannister have a saying like that?
And one more thing, How in the Johnny Hey, Johnny Ho did this turn into a discussion about my sleep and conversation habits? I was happy talking about marketing sunscreen and pretty flowers!
Was it Alan Bannister who opined that one of his lady friend had lost her right to complain, having received porcine materials?
Dave, that was Alan's friend David Tribble, speaking to his friend, Tracey.
Ah, I see. Was it then, perhaps, Mr. Bannister who waxed melancholy remembering his dear mother, after wrapping him warmly for school, packing up his "peanuts" lunchpail, patting down his cowlick, and sending him out into the world with a twinkle in her eye, offering the pearl of wisdom, "son, they'll f**k ya"?
That was all Alan! The only thing better than D'Hing is not D'Hing, and "Son, they'll (well, you know)"
Andy is correct, I am sorry to say, that it was David Tribble who first announced the connection between a woman's right to complain (pre-coital) and pork. While no rocket scientist, you have to admire his insight. He often would depart from guys' gatherings with a wimsical "Gotta go Dick Tracy".
However, David Mathews, I recall you had a former girlfriend, no mathematician she, who constantly confused the term "reciprocal" and "recepticle". I thought that pretty stupid, until I met her (was it Pebbles? Bam Bam?) and decided I wouldn't mind putting a one over her head myself.
Women, you can't live with'em and you can't live with'em.
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