So there was this meet last weekend. This meet was at the University of Texas in Arlington. A bunch of DI schools were there and it was fast. I ran my slowest time of the year by about 30seconds. No reason, no excuse, it was just dismal. I won't embarress myself by publicly posting a time but let me suffice to say that my last lap was 95 seconds. Thats 6:20 pace. I honestly did not know I could run that slow for that distance.
Enough of the bad news. I was rather down in the dumps immediately after the race but I rebounded quickly and put it behind me. My friend John was coming out to watch my race and just missed it after he got stuck in traffic. (Thank goodness) John gave me a ride back to my original home in Mesquite and it was good to see the family, went to panera that evening and pretended to study while actually crusin the net and chllin with a couple other friends I hadn't seen in a while and catching up on old times.
Saturday evening I discovered I also lack talent in picking out good movies at blockbuster. For everyone out there- Don't, I repeat, DO NOT ever watch the movie "Way of War." It is a complete waste of time and I still couldn't tell you what it was about.
It looks like a good war/action movie right? Well when my brother, who has vastly superior knowledge then me when it comes to all things artistic, took one glance at it and said, "never heard of it, looks like a b grade film." I knew we were in trouble, and we were.
Sunday I got to go to church which was nice. I've realized that the biggest thing I miss at the church I've been attending (when I can) in Tyler is the worship. I guess I took for granted the awesome worship our little Vineyard in Rowlett has and have had trouble dealing with a more toned down, not quite as cutting edge and passion filled worship at the church I've been attending in Tyler.
The afternoon was spent with my buddy John again. Good eatin at AllGood cafe in Deep Ellum, good talking, good book shopping at HalfPrice and Barnes and Nobles. I used a gift card to purchase Into the Wild, by the same guy who wrote Into Thin Air. Finished Into the Wild Monday and it was pretty good, very interesting but worth reading.
The real topic of this post though refers to my track workout today. You see, just lack week I got 2 new pairs of shoes. The Nike Zoom Lanang ST are made especially for us steeplechase athletes. Their mesh uppers are perfect for draining water, which will ideally only by accumulating in the left shoe. They are seen below.
The Nike Zoom Streak XC are my new pair of tri flats and they pretty much rock too.
Their so pretty and white. At least, they were. Monday was my first time trying them out at the track. Of course I had to go no socks because I don't wear socks in a triathlon. 4 miles of intervals later this is what you got-
Mmmm blood. No longer white and pretty these shoes have officially been christened. The only reason for the bleeding is I already had a scrape on top of my toe that got opened up and bled through. The injury itself was actually quite dissapointing but the result was fantastic. Love the shoes and I plan on racing them this whole year.
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