Worst Run Ever!

And so it becomes apparrent that I am not a superhero after all. My second A race of the season was to be the Twin Cities Marathon this weekend, but knee problems have prevented me from running, and now a cough/cold seems to be taking out any remaining hope I had of surprising myself. I've gone from thinking I could smash my Dad's amazing time of 3.19, to thinking I should at least be able to beat my PR of 3.36, to thinking at least it will be a good experience what with Wisconsin coming up in 11 months, to wondering if I will even start. Part of me even wants to not start, I missed my family last weekend while in LA for a restaurant awards ceremony. (as it turns out Baywatch did misrepresent the USA, still found a washed up dildo on the shore, the oddest thing I've ever found beach combing..... Welcome to LA I guess.) This weekend I just want to spend time with them.

I am signed up for some physical therapy on my Achilles Tendons in late October, all part of my plan to get my body back to being 100% healthy before training begins in earnest in Febuary. Before then I have XC ski season, but with the current string of non existant winters, and being commited to just one for race for next year, my plan is to take it as it comes and just enjoy every second I get on snow, particularly given that my work schedule is extremely hectic for the next 3 months. I really feel bad for my wife, she alone will have to take care of the half pint for this time period, when I'm home I will do my best to be very nice to her.

Beer of the Blog: Given how self pitying the above post is you would be forgiven for thinking I was currently 3 sheets to the wind writing this, but sadly no. Despite there being 2 brewpubs between my worksite and hotel room(I think we are about to start playing in the Restaurant major league). Anyway no I'm 100% sober, and discovered the sad truth of LA, It has no good beer Sam Adams or Heinekin no wonder all the celebs like their drugs. So nothing to report from that trip. One beer I have been enjoying recently is Hopalicious, from the Ale Asylum in Madison. Perhaps the perfect pale ale, nice balance of hop bitterness to flavor, light to moderate body. I've no idea the stats on this beer, but from drinking it just seems like a very enjoyable fun beer, a bit like the town of Madison itself.