Cong(RATS)

First, I need to begin by giving a huge congratulations to Steeeeve. He is on the cusp of his 30,000th mile - that is just an awesome accomplishment! By my calculations, it will take me a another 13-14 years before I could ever claim the same...it is definitely a milestone of longevity and dedication! What's more is that over those 30,000 miles, Steeeeve has motivated many others (including introducing me to the Houston running scene) to accumulate even more miles and acheive many of their own personal milestones! If Steeeeve were a pyramid scheme, and if "miles ran" was the currency, then he would be a VERY wealthy person! So, Felicitations Steeeve!

Today I had to stay at work a little longer than I would have liked, but it was necessary to avoid going in on the weekend. By the time I got home and got started running, it was getting quite dark. I took off quickly because I still wanted to cruise the paths in the park but I needed to get there before the Tranny's started their daily grind (No pun intended; I spotted 4 tonight). But being quite dusky, there were a lot of animals on the path tonight - mostly rabbits, but I also ran across (or over, I suppose) 4 rats! Gross!

Why can't more places be like Alberta and be rat free? The province that I grew up in actually has a rat patrol. If you spot a rat, you call a 1-800 number and a crew of (presumbably 'hire-a-students') or rather, rat control specialists will come out and deal with the situation. Nobody ever believes me when I tell them this, but you can check here for yourself. So, you might say we Albertans live a charmed life without rats and as result I tend to respond a little more "girly" to the sight of a rat than perhaps a normal guy might...let's just say I am glad none of the tranny's were there to see my reaction to the rats because I am sure that they would have thought that I was going to be their next customer!

Other than that, it was just an awesome run. I just let my legs flow while keeping the effort very easy. I ran 6 miles as follows:

7:17/7:06/7:08/7:14/7:18/7:14 min/mile

So, to sum up both themes of this post - congRATS Steeeeve!

ps - JD, I know you are on vacation, but you better not forget about our threshold run for this weekend! And to echo Scotty's comments on email - good job on beating a 4 year old on the track!!! lol