8.1 miles in 57 minutes including 1 mile at 5:51 pace to shake it all out. Felt better after some relative speed (thanks for the idea Meghan!) Deep soreness in right adductor, overall everything in the legs feels very tight still. I'm throwing eggwhites, bananas, vitamins, rest, Trent Reznor, and Heineken Light at the problem currently. ----------------------------------- Is it just me or do the Healthy Kidney 10k pictures on the NYRR site completely suck this year? Ok, there's like a minute video of the race this year, but it just ain't the same (by the way, it looks like Buster disses Fam. at the finish). Also, Buster is hauling ass and smooth as silk.... Editorial comment #4563: People that go out to the NYRR site and find the Healthy 10k video are the types that have the attention span and the desire to watch the whole race, so why not film the whole thing and throw it on the site for a week or so? This ain't the CBS Evening News with its perfectly timed segments according to the average attention span of cattle; we're talking distance runners here, yes, the types that read the Economist as well as most English newspapers with small typeface, written by cardigan-clad reporters who sip tea and solve nearly impossible cryptic puzzles under gray English skies. ------------------------------------ Surreal Healthy Kidney 10k video moment of the day: Does the camera pan onto the Embassy for the United Arab Emirates at the end? Did they sponsor this race? What the hell was that all about? Does this mean that a fraction of the gas money I spent to drive to the mailbox on Saturday, when I was super hungover, goes towards promoting healthy kidneys? ------------------------- Rage Against the Machine and Massive Attack in Soundrack+ Cited John Frusciante as musical inspiration+ Mohawk and spaded beard+ 0% body fat+ eskers n' canyons for legs+ Steeplechaser+ Doesn't give a shit+ 3rd in Healthy Kidney 10k =running hero. --------------------------- Tonight go find all your PRs. Stare at them. Commit yourself to training to knock one off. I don't care how old you are or what your excuses may be. Train to try. Just one. Go get it--there's one that you can get. And if you fail, you've got one hell of a good story. If you succeed, you've demonstrated that you still have control over your destiny, despite all the naysayers. --------------------------- Dedicated to this posting. Dedicated also to the Gold Sponsor(ZOOM IN NOW) of the Healthy Kidney 10k and to all of us, the fucking consumers! CHEERS! Close the hatch! Down the hatch! VRRRRRROOOOOOOMM!!!!!! (ZOOM IN ONE MORE TIME...UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) Helmet's "Driving Nowhere." Confront the daily setbacks All the lows and highs With anesthetic means I’m fit to socialize Driving nowhere fast Accelerate to pass Now I’ve got time to kill at last Bombing hometowns I canWatch it free from harm United Arab Emirates Still keep the gas in my car Driving nowhere fast Accelerate to pass Now I’ve got time to kill at last Keep the gas in my car Let me go far I’m driving nowhere fast Accelerate to pass Now I’ve got time to kill at last UNITED ARAB EMIRATES... (ZOOM OUT...NOW..FADE)now..show dude's back with race shirt. CUT.