Well, this past weekend was a pretty solid one by all accounts. My only complaint is that I lost a few hours of my life to the Kentucky-South Carolina football game which only caused me frustration at UK’s terrible play all around. But bitterness over the loss aside, things were pretty enjoyable, and of course there is the new family member (more on that later).
It’s interesting how different my life (and state of mind) is from just a year ago. Obviously, getting married and buying a house as well as having a full-time career will do that to you. Last year, I was still in the college mindset, always wanting to party on the weekends, even though I didn’t live near a college campus. Now the idea of a weekend in Cincinnati with only a few planned activities seems like a nice break from the normal hectic weekends and travelling we do.
Enough deep thoughts though, back to this past weekend. Friday wasn’t much to shout about. The wife and I went out to dinner, using a gift card we had gotten as a wedding present (thanks JD) and then relaxed a bit around the house while getting ready for the busy Saturday.
Saturday morning was my last long training run before my marathon in 2 weeks. It was a 20.66 miler (according to mapmyride), the longest solo run I’d ever done by almost 2 miles. Before my first marathon in January, I never completed a 20 miler, so getting this one done is good for the confidence going into the Marine Corps Marathon. As with my 18 miler, I walked portions of the steeper uphill sections in middle of the run to save the legs for a strong finish. Overall, it was a great run. I completed the 20.66 miles at almost exactly my goal marathon pace. Of course, I was rewarded with plenty of stiffness throughout the rest of the day and most of Sunday, but I like that kind of pain since it reminds me of hard work done.
Then, after some rest and refueling, I watched the UK football game. As mentioned before, this was disappointing and the low point of the weekend, but ultimately just a game, so oh well. To ease the pain, I was able to distract myself by watching the IM World Championships on my laptop. Even though my legs were sore, watching the amazing athletes accomplishing so much made me want to grab the bike and go for a ride. I did not, especially since we were trying to get the house ready for company.
Saturday night, we had our first house party, which was really more of a cookout than a party, but it still went well. I was disappointed we didn’t get more out of town guests to make it in, but Susan’s classmates made a decent showing and other people we know from Cincinnati also stopped by. Since we were uncertain of the numbers, we ended up with about 20 too many burgers and 2 cases too much beer, but no worries we will use the remainder eventually.
Sunday, we (Susan, me, and my two friends from Louisville who were my best men) went to a shelter and got a dog. This is our wedding gift from the best men, so they paid for the dog. We got a 1 year old boxer mix who is still yet to be named. Pictures will be posted soon. We now need to get a fence so we have better ways to contain him outside and to give him a little more freedom. He behaved well his first 24 hours with us and has only peed inside once. Luckily almost the entire house is hard surfaces so it’s not a huge deal to clean up after.
Anyways, that was the weekend, nothing too crazy, but a lot going on. Now it’s taper time (and time to dog-proof the house) for MCM is only 2 weeks away.
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