Browsing the news on my computer. Low and behold, in Israel, there is a therapy that involves sex. The therapy is “Sex with a stranger ” to help with your emotional issues. Sign me up. I have a boat load of emotional issues. OK put my request in. Male, 6 pack, and definitely mute.
Feeling good today. I ran this morning. Ready for the day!

Thank you sweet universe for my pain being minimal to what I was expecting today. I can’t walk up or down stairs but it seems to be isolated to just my quads so I am thankful that I am not in the full body pain I was expecting. A few of my coworkers waited about 3 hours post race to invite me to be on the Coyote Ugly Tough Mudder team. ” How the hell do I train for that? and do I want to?”
As you can tell by my time, I am not fast . Will I slow the team down? I can’t think about this until I forget the pain and soreness I have been in for the last 24 hours. Good news is that my broken sesamoid bone didn’t cause any major problems. No crutches this time!!!
My son’s dog had what I thought was a seizure this morning. We had to rush him to the vet. It was scary to watch . The concern in my son’s eyes was sad to see. The vet doesn’t think it was a seizure but perhaps a muscle spasm that come from a heart issue or a remote chance of lead poisoning. We will see.
4 pm massage appointment. It was hard to get. It seems as if the Rock and Roll 1/2 and full marathoners have all called for the same service. Thank god my friend knew someone and I was able to weasel into an appointment

Take it off the bucket list! Half Marathon done. I ran it in 2:29! I can’t lie I am pretty proud of myself. At mile 9 my foot started hurting . I packed a bunch of ibuprofen so I would grab a Gatorade at the water stops and would pop a pill and keep on running. Chantel finished shortly after me. We split up around mile 4. It was so crowded it was too hard to stay at the same pace. I am sore from my shoulder blades to my toes. My quads are screaming. Chantel kept saying that her butt muscles are sore .
No doubt I will be limping for a few days but that’s fine. Not sure what it means when your lips turn blue but at the end of the race both Chantel and her husband noted my lip change . Going to pig out now. I have earned it!
Damn I ran 13 miles today. Today Chantel and I are MFPHes

Fell asleep at 930 pm woke up at 11:30 pm and I haven’t fallen sleep Since. Feeling very shakey for this race today.damn

One of my crazy dogs kept me up last night. Urgh. Bars did alright last night. I am frustrated with Key West. They do incredibly during daylight hours but seem to lose steam after midnight. Spring Break is coming so they better bang out some numbers!
Today I am going against my life’s philosophy of very few carbs. Going to make a huge pot of brown rice pasta and tuna. I figure I can eat it all day long so that tomorrow I do not lose energy . Chantel and I got our race numbers yesterday ! We are ready!
Interesting, all this running and I seem to be gaining weight. And my butt doesn’t look as lifted. Monday squats and back to normalcy, if I am not crippled.

Shout out to Daniel. ” Nice work” . Today was Daniel’s first day back from vacation and like clockwork the problems started rolling in. The big issue was a fine that had been sent to the Milwaukee bar that was not legitimate . Daniel called this morning warning me about it. Two hours later he had resolved the whole issue! That’s an awesome way to save money and start the weekend right!

Ok I decided not to wait for Jackson because of the rain and knowing he will be tired after school. I downloaded an app called Runtastic. This is how I did over 7 miles today. I am slow but my 7th mile was my 3rd fastest so I will take that as a good omen.

Distance Pace Speed Avg. Duration Elev. gain Elev. loss
1.00 mi 12:2 min/mi 4.99 mph 12:08 26 ft 0 ft
2.00 mi 11:35 min/mi 5.17 mph 23:47 16 ft 32 ft
3.00 mi 11:14 min/mi 5.34 mph 34:58 29 ft 16 ft
4.00 mi 11:9 min/mi 5.38 mph 46:23 3 ft 32 ft
5.00 mi 11:15 min/mi 5.33 mph 57:30 0 ft 6 ft
6.00 mi 11:53 min/mi 5.05 mph 1:09:22 19 ft 0 ft
7.01 mi 11:3 min/mi 5.42 mph 1:20:20 0 ft 19 ft

I slept . I feel good. Unstoppable

Mac our Memphis GM and Coyote Ugly MMA fighter gave me some excellent nutrition tips on how to get the energy I need for Sunday’s half Marathon. Mac is the man!
Got an email this morning about how long the line was for the Coyote in Vegas! Love to hear that .

Jackson told his dad and I tonight that 2 kids in his class had become loan sharks. They would ask for 50% interest on every loan. ( yes they got caught). Jackson’s dad said ” are they big?” No. “Then who is the muscle? ” There is none , they are small geeky kids. Of course Jackson’s dad said ” Jackson borrow money then don’t pay it back . What can they do?” Of course I added, then you can become the muscle and take 50% of their earnings. My son wasn’t into the idea. Thank god he’s better then us. Lol
His dad was in rare form telling stories of growing up in Queens . Jumping turnstyles. Getting into fights. Being mased then gouging some kids eyes out. Jackson was horrified. ” jackson you didn’t get the hot head that your dad had when he was younger. ” ” mom I am fast I can run away.” Good plan.

I can’t seem to get past the 6 mile run mark. Yesterday my foot started hurting around mile 6 so I stopped immediately. Today I just had no energy and ran only 3 miles. I need to carb up at night. I just got home from running and decided to eat some oatmeal, check my emails , work then go back out and try again. Hopefully, I will be a bit more energized. Plus it will probably rain and I need to practice running in the rain. This half marathon seems to be consuming all my energy. Damn Chantel!
Always a lot going on. Life seems to never stop or stand still. My feet are killing me so after some work I am getting myself some great pedicure. Jackson and I are taking his dad out for his birthday tonight. Sushi!

“Lil the Tokyo convention bureau emailed me and we have to have an english side to our business card and a Japanese translated side. ” Poor Lee has been inundated with graphic design work. We were also given hints for our trip to Japan. 1. Always have shoes that easily slip off 2. Small sized luggage 3. No jeans during dinner at restaurants and other suggestions. We have hired a translator for our booth too.
Jackson is actually better prepared then Lee and I. He finished a book entitled ” Geek in Japan.” He seems to know more of the cultural differences and some cool areas to venture into.
We are substituting inflatable mannequins for our real mannequins to decrease shipping costs. Who knew that we didn’t have to go to a porn store to buy them?

I am feeling really grateful today . So here are my gratitudes.
1. My incredible son
2. I landed safe
3. I have the most amazing friends through this company . Thank you thank you thank you
4. An ex flame sent me the most beautiful text message . I feel grateful that we were in each others lives
5.a stranger came up to me and asked if my job was in fitness and that I was beautiful . That just made my day
6 my son and I will be watching the Walking Dead tonight cuddled up. Nothing better then that!

What are the chances of me actually running the full half marathon on Sunday after a weekend in Vegas? Ok heading home today. I have to try and get past 6 miles before Friday. I figure I will take Saturday off then Sunday , Bam.
Jeremy, our main merch vendor had given me Star Wars shirts and Tshirts as a joke a few months ago. The princess Leah sweatshirt is my favorite. If you put the hood up it appears as if you have your hair in the pigtail buns, just like Leah did in the movies. My son is mortified when I wear this sweatshirt . Jeremy :” Lil if you ever get upset with Jackson just show up at his school with the princess Leah sweatshirt on, hood up .” The vision of his face if I did that is priceless.

I am out with Lee and Jeremy . Lee and I needed some venting time. So much stress in the last month, it was so rejuvenating for us to stress together. Then we decided to meet Jeremy. ” Dude you just signed the female Walking Dead line. You better express me some t shirts.! ” The three of us are not LIKE family, we really are family. Ok I tried to post a picture of the three of us but it keeps posting a picture of jeff and my Russian partner Ruzlan. Go Russia. I will figure it out tomorrow .

So many inventions yet they cannot create a wheelchair accessible shower that does not leak water all over the bathroom? Also why do they claim ” no orange , no streaking” on a spray tanning machine, yet you leave both orange and streaky? Yup I look so hot! Orange and streaky. Life’s mysteries. Fun wedding yesterday. Ended up at Coyote afterwards then I gambled. I am horrible at craps but I made my money back at blackjack. Great night!
Heading home tomorrow . Definitely want to be in my own bed. Viva Las Vegas