Wednesday, October 31, 2007

New Subject For Variety

Went for a run with Biz and about six future lawyers yesterday. I feel like there's a joke to be made about that.

Friday, October 05, 2007

He'll have to come up with seven grand some other way

September 20 - October 5

Off. I got antsy one day and went out for a short bike ride on the river. That was pretty relaxed until someone driving a Ford Compensation pickup got angry with me and I discovered that on rare occasions my body responds to external stimuli. Caught him and the rest of rush hour on the Franklin Ave bridge where they were struggling to hit 5:20s. I suggested he take his truck over to the track for some 200s, declined his invitation for a more intimate encounter and took off.

Met with the surgeon two days ago. I was all like, "Should I have surgery? I'll give you ten bucks and my tennis shoes." But he told me, "You know, you gotta dance with who you came to the dance with." Which means we're not adding a mesh lining to my abdominal wall. Yet. First I'm taking 12 weeks off from "heavy training" to see if it heals itself. My rehab plan, basically, is to power up and proceed to jam, man.

Shortly after my surgical consultation I had a similar consultation with the last notch on my brown belt. We agreed that during the next few months it would be best for both of us if we took some time off to try and gain some perspective. I've been on a few dates since then, mostly with the second-to-last notch. I ran into the last notch a few times and we even ended up having a dinner together. Needless to say, that was pretty uncomfortable.

All of which makes me extremely glad I didn't decide to enter this weekend's US BMI Championships. Some fatties are scared of Abdi, with good reason. Based on my knowledge of each athlete's torso I predict it comes down to Abdi, HDLN, and an even darker horse. Sorry, Biz.