good day for a race

Today was the around the bay races. Alex, Danielle and I each did our first race, the 5K and lots of other people i know also did the 5K and some even braved the 30K. Good for everyone that did, getting out in the crazy rain and accomplishing something special. Tons of respect for all the volunteers, those people make events like that happen.

I finished the 5K in 22:51, that was good for 116/1588, as well as 12th in my age category. So all in all I am pretty happy with that, leaves some room for improvement, but that is always good.

The focus now shifts to preparing for my first marathon, i plan to do one in the fall. So lots of running from now until then with a 4-6 week break two weeks from now for surgery, hopefully that does not set me back too much.

Hopefully some people want to do some partying this coming weekend, it would be fun cause its been a while since everyone got out together, I could use some dancing in the near future.

The Hamilton Canadien's

Just going to throw out an offer for all my friends to join me in putting together a partnership to buy the habs, move them to Hamilton and subsequently strip Saku Koivu of the captaincy (isn't it pathetic that hes a captain, man that has always bothered me). But back to business, we get some funds together and put in a firm offer before Balsillie mucks it up and offers season tickets for a team he does not own, Im sure the team can be had at a discount (ive heard the economy sucks?).

I got my mark back for the exam I wrote the other week, smashed it, right on. So good stuff, its the first step of many down. Seriously, you all better hire me as your financial advisor when i finish all this stuff.

I dont really follow any TV shows, with the exception being 'How I Met Your Mother'. That show is hilarious, Barney Stinson is by far the funniest character of all time.

dirty, dirty, dirty

So I really like to run, its almost getting to the point of being an obsession lately, but that is alright I suppose. Though it does get boring sometimes. On Sunday being a beauty of a day we headed out to the Bruce Trail rather than the roads. The only reason I mention this is because of how insanely filthy we got. I have not been that muddy since I was a kid and I absolutely loved every second of it. One more reason to be happy that it is getting warmer out and the days are getting longer (plus the obvious that this season also means playoffs are so close).

Day Off

I took the day off work today because I am writing an exam this evening (CSC exam 1). It is the first exam I have had in well over a year since finishing university so it should be interesting. I am real glad to have taken the day off though, woke up at the normal time just out of habit, but it felt so nice to just roll over and sleep for another few hours with no alarm clock.

Not sure what I am going to do with all my time today but so far its looking like some time will be wasted and I think that is well deserved as of late.

A Blog is Born...

I thought id give this a try. Reason being is that a bunch of friends have recently done so and I really do enjoy reading what they have to say (its high on my list of procrastination exercises, oh I should be studying).

An honest estimate is that 90% of what goes on here (for however long this lasts) will be complete nonsense, although I do have some good thoughts once in a blue moon and perhaps those too will join my ramblings.

So, if you are unfortunate enough to stumble upon my this then first; I apologize, and second; give it a read.