so i've decided

Time is wasting away; i'm looking for a good investment.  (Money market) interest rates are still below 1%, which means saving money in the bank is kinda just worthless.  sometimes you need to take a risk and make a move, like swing for the fence, as opposed to being passive, a base on balls, for example.  

Plus, mortgage rates (wow) are lower than ever.  it's kinda a no brainer to refi my current mortgage, but for some reason, i am too lazy to make it happen.  I've been sitting back for way too long, waiting for THE perfect opportunity (that for some reason never came around).  Hm.  So i've decided, this summer is GO time.  An investment will be made.  If not in something tangible, it will be an investment in opportunity or potential business.  guaranteed.

it's supposed to be gorgeous this race weekend.  it's a good thing, because i wouldn't be looking forward to running in the rain, heat, or humidity.  yessir, i'm headed up to Philly for the Broad Street Run.  (ahem, that would be the greatest 10 miler in the country.)  today, that is to pick-up my race packet and to check out the running festival.  those are always fun.  Race in the AM on Sunday - yay/yikes/woo.

running shoes - check.  playlist - check.  6 solid weeks of training - check.  ready? - eh.

ahh, Philly, the city of brotherly love, home of Rocky Balboa and of course, my beloved sports teams who are doing work this weekend:  Playoffs for the Flyers and Sixers!  Phillies: visiting the Nats in DC.  Now if only there was something to talk about with the Eagles.  Naaaah, who really cares about the NFL.

why hello weekend

Let's just start with TGIF.  like seriously.

I'm about to crash, so that's what i'm planning on doing tonight.  it's funny because on friday nights, i do everything that i try so hard to avoid doing throughout the week.  For instance, i just gorged my face with junk food and drank 2 glasses of ginger ale.  that would never happen on a tuesday.  totes not going running tonight.  although this past week, i was very faithful in my training.  On Thursday, i even ran the 10 miles at pace and it felt so good.  it's about time...one week till race day!

If you haven't heard, Loyola University (MD) MLAX is #1 in the country.  I was totes planning on going to the game tomorrow against JHU; but apparently, it's sold out.  great.  what a bummer.  i'll prolly just ride my bike up to the field and pretend that i'm being all casual and come to find out there's a LAX game going on.  what a surprise.

Things that i AM looking forward to this weekend though are:  this friday night of doing nothing (like online browsing, watching netflix, and eating more junk food).  good preparation for my long run tomorrow morning.  a little cooking and cleaning in the afternoon.  bbq evening.  farmer's market sunday morning.  church softball afternoon.  Flyers playoffs - round 2 baby.

As i mentioned above, the Broad Street Run is next Sunday morning, so i'll be rock'n Philly in a week.  Oh, and Preakness at Pimlico is also next Saturday.  I've never been, except for the casual bike ride up the block to observe.  i'm sure that will happen again this year.

#np - Somethin 'Bout A Truck - Kip Moore

Represent

so you probably thought it was never coming.  woohoo.  a fresh post.  so i can't even remember the last thing that i shared.  but.  things have simmered down a little bit in life.  another busy season (at work) has passed.  what a relief!  i love summer and the feeling of just having some time to catch up.  this past week we had some great weather.  so i bought a new grill.  i played soccer 4 times last week.  the broad street run is in 2 weeks - yikes!

Yesterday, was the annual alumni soccer game at Messiah College.  I am proud to say that i was one of 2 representing the class of 2004, which was also the oldest class represented.  (let me clarify in saying one of two who played.)  

yeah, let's see how you do 8 years out. such a great thing to be able to catch up with old teammates and see their faces.  it's a weird (but great) thing to see faces and automatically think back to good memories and the passion of the game we shared.  those times will forever be seared in my mind.  ok, obsessive?  maybe.  but perhaps you already knew that.  i try to hide it, but on days like yesterday, i can't help but bask in it all.

ok, moving on now...it's supposed to be all rainy today.  and i was planning on going back down to the  Baltimore farmer's market this morning, but i'm not walking around in the rain.  and i kinda just wanted to sip coffee and eat a hearty homemade omelette this morning.  gotta love a lazy sunday morning.  in about twenty minutes though, i'll be rushing around trying to get ready for church.

Game 6 tonight for the Flyers at the Fargo.  Better pull it off boys.  i will just leave it at that.

i'll race you

today i signed up for the baltimore 10-miler to take place on June 16, 2012.  cake.  yesterday, i signed up for the famous broad street run for May 6, 2012, the largest 10-miler in the country.  not cake.  apparently, everyone wants to run it this year.  it took me 3+ hours to register, since the site was overwhelmed with registrants.  The race apologized on their website (and via twitter):

"Registration for the Blue Cross Broad Street Run has exceeded our wildest expectations with over 30,000 runners registering in a record 5 hours."

Well, what did you think, retard.  you are only the largest 10-miler in the country and you've sold out the last i-don't-know-how-many-years-in-a-row.   

I'm thinking one more for this summer...maybe a tri.  ok, prolly a tri.  sheROX?