Switching Things Up A Bit Here.

I asked a person very dear to my heart to help us switch it up, his humor maybe not be as dry as ours, and he seems to be excited and serious all the time, it's a good mix. So here from the front lines I give you all a taste of AD.

To all those Russians out there!!! Its a beautiful day out here and Antigonish NS, going for a run right after this post. I recently just injured my foot and only been putting in a few runs because a bone in my foot is really messed up, but that can't hold me back for to long and THAT TIME IS NOW!!! As you all know it is summer time and every student needs one of this summer jobs and so i chose for the second summer in a row, TREE PLANTING! I get to walk over 12km a day and as soon as I'm able to run everyday ill be putting in so much mileage and become so sore, that gets me so excited. but no matter how many trees I plant it does not make up for the team runs that i really miss, not havin the full team around is kinda killing me, i miss the boys and can't wait to get some runs in when school starts up again, the hole in my heart will be full once again.

He didn't give me anything to end with... I'm going to havta make one up...

The message he sent me with this post in it ended with 2 words, i think they might suit here...

YOU'RE HOT.
rj and AD

JORTS

For the past 3 weeks now, it seems as if it is the middle of july, the weather is extraordinary warm for this time of the year. And no I'm not just gunna talk about the weather for 10 minutes of your time, it'll get better. Come on, I'm not 60 years old, I don't sit around and talk about the wonderful or awful weather we  are experiencing. You ever notice that though? When I was away at school my grandparents would call me to catch up and stuff, but the first question asked was always, "so whats the weather like?".  I mean sure the weather is clearly different from where I am and where they are, but still. But weather seems to the elderly happy, I'm not gunna argue though, I'm sure someday that will be me.

What I'm trying to get at here is, it's been hot! really hot! (And sunny) Extremely sunny, have already started half of the beach bod. Because the beach body has 2 parts. The tan and the bod. Both parts are equally important and over the past couple days I have been working on tan part of my beach bod. Only problem is I'm part ginger. So tanning doesn't work out well for me,  turn red and orange and get all these weird freckles... Its slightly disgusting. I keep telling my mom I have malignant melanoma, but she doesn't care, I'm not bleeding out of my ears. Bummer having a nurse as a mother (that'll be a story for another time). So went out to Benabas Jonesus' cottage over the weekend got part one of the beach bod outa the way, but maybe a bit too much. I'm crispy. Now step two, one that also helps with jogging the bod, guess i'll havta start doing abs and push ups.

I'll end it here.
RJ

p.s.
The flop survived a haircut.

The Supermen Lovers.

Wow... it's been a while. Not because of lack of material, just lack of time. Had a one week gig, made some cash. All is good.

So went to the movies theatres for the first time in so long. Watched The Avengers. Pretty cool flick I must say, but there was one problem... I didn't see any of the movies about the super heros in it. Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye are the superheros (just in case you didn't know). So in the days after seeing the flick I watched all the movies leading up to The Avengers and know I know what's going on. But the only thing I noticed is every superhero has some sort of tragic childhood.

Iron Man: Bad relationship with his father.
Captain America: Skinny a** kid with asthma, couldn't go to WWII because of it.
Hulk: Not such a bad one...
Thor: His Dad kicked him off their home planet and took away his power.
Don't know anything about the other two...

Now thinking about it, I can't ever be a superhero. I had a wicked childhood. Such a bummer!

Oh well, at least I'm still living the dream.
RJ

Once A Skier

Although it seems RJ is into romance books, I suggest something with more substance. Most serious athletes have read this book already, but in case you haven't, here is a quick summary of the classic, Once A Skier.

Benabas Jonesus is an elite collegiate cross country skier at the largest university in Canada, Lakehead University. He is a long distance sprinter specializing in the popular 50km event, with blood so thick with red red cells and hemoglobin, Benabas Jonesus rarely needs to breath. After writing a petition for the benefit of his team mates to allow the use of hoodie-vests and spandex in competition, Benabus is suspended from the university and so finds his solace in even higher than the 10,000m Lakehead campus - the great Russian Alps. Under the strenuous training of his coach, 1924 gold freestyle ski gold medalist Ivan Oleg Bernachov, Benabas Jonesus prepares for the Lakehead annual invitational 50km race. But because he is banned from the meet, his ingenious coach prepares for him a fake beard and sunglasses to disguise him as a Finnish skier competing from a nonexistent Finnish university.

Jonesus, who has always dreamed of skiing a sub 4 hour 50k, finishes his last workout before the race - 60 laps of a mountain at race pace. Combined with his steady intake of protein and iced tea, Jonesus finally believes he is ready to sub 4 hours. The night before the big race, Benabas hikes around the mountain one last time chanting uncontrollably and summoning orbs that will hold his demons during the race and allow him to race through the pain.

After spending more than 6 hours warming up, Jonesus is finally ready to unleash the inner beast. He ends up beating his old rival, Waltonian in a record time of 3:52.00.00.

This really is a cult classic, if you haven't read it yet, be sure to add it to your summer list.

Play it Cool,
DC

Living The Dream.

First week home was wild yo, had people to see places to go, and all that jazz you know?
Second week home was chill, had no thrill, ran up a couple hill.

Now, entering the third week, I am starting to realize that I am living the dream. My currently situation, no job, big bed, unlimited selection of Daniel Steel novels, I have nothing but time to hammer as many miles as my body can handle! It's time to get rolling!

Im serious though when I say unlimited selection of Daniel Steel novels, my mom has been reading these books since she was born it seems! And the Daniel Steel seems to pump one out every week, giving my mom something new to read every week. So I'll break it down, 52 weeks in a year= 52 books in a year, and lets say she has been reading them for 20 years... carry the eight, divide by the square root of negative pi, multiple it by the inverse log of 17... umm 1'040 books. I kid you not, unless she sold them all, they are still here. I have seen the boxes, it worries me that she has so many. I mean do you know how to write a romance novel? I do, well google told me.

Two people meet and become friends, then over time they encounter and overcome obstacles and then start to date. They fall in love and complications occur along the way. Then it is up to the author to decide whether or not they can sort things out or if it's not going to end in "...and they lived happily ever after".
That's it, thats all it takes! I could be a author.

Little bit of topic there, time to get rolling... umm, that pretty well sums it up. Nothing interesting to say, other than DC and my 4 hour sit down discussing summer running plans. It was intense and we really didn't get anything done. TYPICAL.

Stay Golden,
RJ

Help Me Make Sense Of It All.

Well, I don't know if that actually makes sense.  But, to be honest, this guy might be my idol.
  Don't be afraid to get erect, if you know what I mean. RJ

A Couple More Examples Of Bad Technique Over The Water Pit.

Enjoy.
RJ.

Looking Forward, Not Really...

So, I guess before we look ahead we havta take some time to look back. You know what, the past is gone.The first post kinda sums it up. Whats ahead is all that matters. From here on out its nothing but high mileage and hard liquor, with more emphasis on the high mileage and less on hard liquor, lets be serious, we drink beers. Wow, imma alcoholic. Either way it seems like our plan is to head to Winnipeg. So if anyone is in need of a ride out there, please let us know, we got 4 wheels and need a 3rd person. But we also might not head out west for we might try to defend our Limberlost title. Two options... Both would be extremely satisfying. Only time will tell.

Alright so i've been home for 2 or 3 weeks now. I really have no idea, time is just a blur. On the bright side I have found 4 things to keep me busy while I wait employment. I noticed I make too many lists on here, it's just my writing style, deal with it! Anyways, being unemployed is weird, can't decide if its great or terrible, I mean I have no cash flow... Super s***y. I'm not in a buying stuff mood anyways.

One of the coolest things about being home though is my little sister, is she ever becoming the jogger! She is so qwik! Has a faster 400m than me. One problem though, she doesn't have a head. So I take pride in giving her big brother advice (cause i'm such a great runner myself, pfft!). The kid is so fast though! I hope she reads this and realizes that she actually is super fast! Little grade nine grils, they have much to learn.

Oh the 4 things:
Ping Pong.
Cooking.
Movie Watching.
Sleeping In.

Another thing I find really exciting DC and I are treated like Kings when we jog with our club CdeB. I mean our last year of high school we ran kinda fast, but I mean these young guys are all gunna out do us by there grade 12 year. Gosh, gotta love where you started growing, I sure wouldn't be here without that group.

Anyways, I'll pull a DC.
Keep it real.

RJ