A Saturday Well Spent

Today I had a brie and turkey sandwich lunch at the Desert Botanical Gardens and again took some time to walk through the Childhood Dreams sculptures, explored the Hall of Flame fire museum, called relatives, bought too many books at Changing Hands, visited my favorite canine Brady and took him for a long run, borrowed a friend's cable television to catch the end of a Psych episode and all of a Burn Notice, and met up with friends to see Stardust.

A truly excellent day.

However, no day is perfect. Today I confirmed that grabbing onto a cactus, while the natural and reflexive thing to do, is not a good way to break one's fall. (No, this didn't happen at the DBG, so you need send no garden police after me.)

Hall of Flame reminded me of home, it having so many Wisconsin artifacts and roots.



Stardust Trailer

2 Mile Run After Work

Doug and I ran two miles after work today. Then I had my hair cut (though the barber didn't take to my idea to cut only the grey hairs) and watched a Poirot episode from Netflix while eating corn dogs. It's a life, I guess.

Footlocker Nike Open

I watched my cousin Peter run in the Boys Jr./Sr. race at Footlocker on the UW-Parkside campus today. Then my cousin Brian, my uncle Tom, and I ran in the Nike Open race. They ran pretty well. I didn't run so well at all, I should take this as a sign that I need to work out more.

Frank Kush 5K

I ran the Frank Kush 5K this morning, finishing 76th with a time of 25:48. My results are listed as "Andrea Petro" thanks to my excellent entry form penmanship.

It was a beautiful morning for a run.

Run by Lake Mendota

I took a brisk run by Lake Mendota this morning, along the path between the school of medicine buildings and the Union. Absolutely beautiful.

2 miles slow jog

2 miles slow jog around my childhood neighborhood.

5.5 miles of running bliss

Five and one half miles this morning on the Mesquite High School track. This run felt the best of runs since I've been here in Arizona -- I think it had a lot to do with getting some solid meals in yesterday.