Going Looooong

Allright so I've had enough of Jay-Z in my ear constantly saying/asking " Get your swag back daddy, Where your focus at?" I hope yesterdays run will be enough to quiet him down for a while. My run was over 9 miles in about 1 1/2 hours.So I left the house before 6:30am and ran from home to a 7-11 in Highland Park. Anna had to stop at work so this worked out pretty good. I made it to Ave. 52 and Fig before 8:00 and she picked me up. Being that this was my longest run of the year, I think I did great. I wanted Tony to join me on his bike but when I tried to wake him up, all he said was, " Think about me when you're running" so I took the hint and ran like Han...you know.... Solo. He'll join me eventually. Maybe on my next long trip to Dad's house. He better be home next time. pretty good. Oh yeah just a tip for anyone who wants to run and take a Soy Joy with them. Make sure you have water to drink with it or good luck getting it down.

On The Road Again

You can call me Willie Nelson cuz I'm on the road again. I've put in 10 miles this month and though that may not sound like alot, the first six months of this year only produced about 80 miles so 10 in a week is pretty good. The most I've run in a week is 30 miles so I need to work my way back up. In 2008 I finished with a total of 639ish miles. So far this year I have a total of about 90 so if I stay focused this time I might be able to make it to maybe 400. We'll see how it goes. I do need some new music though. My motivating song right now is D.O.A. by Jay-Z. Any ideas?

This Is Tony's Video. I should have put it up on his blog but he's grounded and I don't know his password. Thanks to Diana for the fine Directing/Editing work

A RUN WITH A VIEW

So this was my reward for the 3 mile run completed yesterday. People must have thought I was crazy running at 2:30 pm. It was super hot, my legs were tired and I didn't need my heart rate monitor to tell me that my rate was going crazy. After I finished resting and convincing the people passing by and driving below on the freeway that I had no intentions of jumping, I felt like instead of just turning around I would actually go higher so this next picture is pretty much what I saw when I reached the highest point of my run. The town I live in.

Check this out. Why didn't these cans ever make it to store shelves? They're made by Owens Illinois. This is a Glass Manufacturing company so it is kind of weird that these bottles are made of plastic but they do look cool. My dad works for Owens Brockway which is a division of O-I so that's why I'm writing about this. I don't spend my days thinking about the future of soda cans.

I left the house today feeling thankful
Maybe because Mothers Day is just a couple days away
I want to thank Mothers who have helped make a difference in my life
I wanna thank my Grandma Socorro. She contributed to my life's "Blueprint" more than she'll ever know
She'll never read this but she knows this "Pendejo" loves her
I wanna thank my Wife for giving our kids a great Mom to be thankful for.
If this sounds like I am accepting an award then good. It should
I wanna thank God for the Mothers He's blessed me with
And even for the ones he decided to test me with
So Thank you God. Thank you Anna. Thank You Grandma Socorro.

On a side note:
I am also thankful for Randy Newmans " I love L.A." I can't remember ever hearing that song so often. That doesn't belong on a Mothers Day post so sorry bout that

Just thoughts

So if 30' s the new 20...
Does that make Anthony a preemie?
If I wasn't his dad would he still want to be Me?
Because he's watching me as I watch him grow
I put in my miles daily on the straight and narrow.
My dad says when I need God my faith will save me.
I live strong for my son just like the name mom gave me .