On This Hallowed Turkey Eve...

Monday AM had me knocking out an hour run through Bolivar. Made my way over to the muni golf course, which a great place to run fairways in the dark. Longest run of the past 9 months.

Lunch time was dedicated to the build out of Deb's new (to her) Trek FX 7.5 (pictures coming) and getting her fitted. Snagged a great deal on Ebay and it showed up looking practically brand new. She loves it (and that means I love it - you know the whole "if mom's happy, then every one's happy..." thing) as it is a better fit than her mtb and it is so much faster/easier with the 700c wheels. She hooked from work early and got in a great ride with Marla before it got dark.

Monday evening Dale and I snuck in a 'dark' ride on the Frisco to the Sac River bridge and back (1:45hrs). Ran into a truck parked on the trail and quickly found out it was MO Conservation Agents staking out some popular 'spot lighting' areas. After Dale made some quick comments explaining our innocence (since we forgot our pannier to carry out the deer) and a couple laughs we continued on our way. Night air was chilly, but the thermal suit once again came in handy.

Tuesday was pretty routine as I 'stole' a workout from ScottyD and punished myself with long repeats. Got on the edge of cold outside, but decided to stick to the Frisco to keep out of the winds and it work great (and actually got down right warm during the session). Basketball practice with Ian after work and then Deb and I watched Angels and Demons (not as good as De Vinci, but still decent). Jake has some friends over 'til late and who knows how long he stayed up after that.

We are heading to my mom and pop's after lunch today, stopping in at my grandma's tomorrow for lunch, returning home sometime tomorrow afternoon and having our meal with the Appleby crew (looking to avenge my Texas Hold'em beat down Deb handed out last weekend).

It's not Turkey Day without the below:



Jake is heading to Wisconsin early (4am) Friday morning to run in the Footlocker National Regional XC meet on Saturday. This is his second trek and it is more of a 'road trip' then it is to compete as it's a couple guys from Bolivar's XC team, four or five from Lebanon, and Jake's coaches. He has looked forward to this for some time as last year was a blast.

I have no set plans for the weekend, but would like to get in some solid riding and possibly a cruise to STL on Sunday with Ira to tackle Bubba #9. Would like to get one more race prior to the MO Champs in a couple weeks.

This is a funny clip from Hulu of Jimmy Fallon doing Neil Young doing Fresh Prince. What makes this so funny to me is the fact (at least to my ears) NY always sounds the exact same just insert different words for a new title... (On a side note: I am a huge Hulu fan)