done deal! i’m locked in… ain’t no turning back now no matter what!
… and may just blog shit ’bout the whole thing – well, not the WHOLE thing, lol. but as per usual, am cryptically holding my cards close to the vest. poker face game face is on y’all… dead man dans hand w/my aces&eights … lol!
… timed my trip on the ferry to the islands this morning. was on a retrieval run (was in the queue till the fourth crossing). coming back was a breeze… me and one lonely little car, lol. apparently, nobody wants to leave that time of day… can’t blame ’em!
pics from today…
lookie what I got today! not only is Canada the coolest country, we have fun money!
My favourite month by far… blogged about it 3 years ago – July – that year was a particularly good one! Same goes for this year, July 2015 (hell they’ve all been great – ain’t judging Julys, lol)! It’s been 2 long months since my bank account sniffed a deposit, while busily pissing withdrawals. Tomorrow… the buck stops here! Begins w/a bang (fireworks?)… OhCanadaDay, followed by the 2nd, 3rd, 10th, and 16th!! That’s five fecking direct deposit paydays in half a month?! Not to mention another cool day tossed into the mix, making it an even half-dozen great days to kick off the month of all months! Lots more great/personal stuff from a lifetime ago… I still remember, and reflect! C’mon, admit it… y’all LOVE July!!
What a one day temperature drop; 20° at least, maybe 25°?!
… April 15 – I hate you!
Can’t remember a winter with relentless windchills? Day after day, it’s been non-stop, with no sign of easing. Bundle up!
Jan. 18, 2014 Mayan Long Count Calendar date!
*insert Rod Serling freakydeaky The Twilight Zone sound effects*
CXXXCXIII
33 * 61 * 79
Minus 35 w/ windchill! It’s been like this for too many days! On top of it, I’m stuck sitting and waiting someplace I don’t wanna be. To make matters more depressing, RunKeeper hasn’t had a workout since December 7. And as I’m forced to be here (God is still trying to test/help me with my lack of patience. It isn’t working!), my mind wanders to the end of last year … honestly, I only wanted a coupla generic ibuprofen!
Great day! Numbers are great too, very important to me personally!
Enjoy the day, wherever you are!
I’d love it if we could fall back ever day! Every day, we’d wake up with an extra hour … life would be sweet! 😀
BIGTIME!! I don’t profess being a plumber … only a know-it-all. But, under this particular October 31st scary situation handled myself handy-dandy-halloween-well, if I do say so myself! Water spewing everywhere on two floors was the last thing I wanted to see. Images of THAT proverbial expen$ive emergency plumber phone-call kept fla$hing in my mind! A bit of collateral drywall damage looking for leaks, and then capping off the water supply with shut-off valves … and dan’s-yer-plumber!! 
Not that July, or August weren’t filled with good runs – they were. Seems like in September, I kicked it up a notch, and was particularly good. I set five PRs during the month … all within a nineteen day span! Plenty chuffed with myself!
Sept. 5 – 1M – 6:23
Sept. 6 – 10K – 45:12
Sept. 14 – 5K – 21:44
Sept. 16 – 4K – 17:05
Sept. 23 – 21.1K – 1:41:03
… ok, so I ran it today – Saturday the 14th … just doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it, lol?! Is only my second time running the distance, I vowed not to after my setting such a fast time in late July. Today, figured it was mine for the taking. And it was … shaved 18 seconds off my record. WOW! I see that I’ve PRed four distances in September … and only half the month has elapsed. Today, it just so happens, also officially marks four months of danistrulytherunningman as well. WOW again … yep, lots has happened during these past four months!
21:44 5K
started fast, finished fast
Mid August already, lows of 15, highs of 25 during the past month and a half is what we’ve had, and I’m loving it! Cool nights, warm days. A/C off, windows wide open. Great temps for running too. My perfect summer!
Once I establish a PR that I’m content with at any given distance, I become that … content. June 29, I set what was at that time a pretty good standard – 36:30 … but I’ve been killing sub 18 minute 4Ks at will lately … PLUS, I’ve been comfortably recording 37 (and change) minutes 8Ks without really pushing myself. All this time for over a month I’ve been improving … I knew the time was ripe to challenge my 8K PR, and I knew exactly how I was going to go about accomplishing it. Run a sub 18 minute first half, and continue carrying my speed, doing the same for the second half. I did it – EXACTLY as planned! I bettered my PR by over 30 seconds, AND I finished under 36 minutes! Sweet!
35:57 – my new 8K PR
even splits – WHOA mr. consistency
… PERFECT!! 😎
July 31, 2013
Belated Birthday Beer!!
… at the Union – my fave … on the patio … on a lazy, hot n’ hazy sunday afternoon … life can’t get no better!! And this ain’t even the end of it, big birthday bash on the 17th – THEN, it’s officially done, lol!!
A few pic y’all …
today is the greatest day I’ve ever known
Feeling the west coast love girl (she baked me a long distance cake, lol)!! PLUS … publicly acknowledged me as a resident renaissance man of sorts! Swear to God, it was all I could do NOT to rub that shit all over the happy-heifers fat-faces … keeping my politically cool composure instead, lol! Damn straight Mo … danistrulytheresidentrenaissanceman!!
… yep, we’re still kickin’ ass!!
45:33 – new PR (demolished previous PR by 1:39)
1st 5K – 23:06 … 2nd 5K – 22:27
danistrulytheman 