last call

Last night i went with roxie to see 'now that you've seen me naked', a sketch comedy that my new friend evan is directing. We met up with evan after the show and had a drink before he had to jet uptown to meet friends. roxie and i stayed and had another round while we geeked out about running and TNT. we realize that non-runners grow tired of this talk quickly, so we try not to inflict it on you too much. please feel free to remind us if we forget! it was lots of laughs as usual when hangin with her. at one point she went to the ladies room and came back with some great souvenirs she found in the ladies room.. 2 terry wrist bands with shamrocks on them, a package of heart shaped pasties, and some ballpoint pens! I was happy to have a new sweat band, and we had some fun imagining what was going through that girls mind while she was walking the aisles of ricky's on a saturday night. hmmm....

On my way uptown I stopped off on 107th to meet up with evan and his friends which turned into a looooooong night of drinking. Haven't made it to last call in a long time! This morning i remembered why. Woke up with a pounding headach and no one single pain relieving tablet in the house. i managed to sleep til noon before i decided if i didn't get advil and diet coke i might die.

By 3pm I was feeling like maybe i should shower and get this day started.. but i should run.. there are 4-6 inches of snow coming tonight and that would wipe all motivation to run in the morning out. So i did it. i pulled my stinky, dirty, yet unwashed running clothes out of the washer and put them on. i have had a neighborhood 3 mile route mapped out for a while, but haven't tried it yet. it's a good run, but man it felt like the entire run was uphill.. this is impossible you are thinking, and science might agree but i could SWEAR it was all uphill. both ways!

I ran down to 168th, east to amsterdam and if you run along the east side there are not many lights to worry about. i followed this all the way north (uphill) to where it wraps around the back of George Washington HS (and goes downhill FINALLY) i was liking it at this point until i turned the corner and realized that i had a steep uphill in front of the school. damn. now i run straight down audubon until i'm back at 171... this is a bit more challenging becauce i have to navigate more people, traffic, potholes and general city crap. the homestretch is a steady incline.. again, dammit!

i ran with my new ipod shuffle which helped block out the people on the street talking about the crazy blankita running with a hangover.

miles ran: 3 guilty pleasure song of the day: kelly clarkson 'since u been gone'