This past week was a pretty eventful one and I’m thinking I probably need to whoa down all my travels!! Tuesday a few friends and I flew to New Orleans to see the band 311 play on 3/11 day-2008 (March 11). It’s a marathon type show they do in New Orleans every other year! The concert sold out in about an hour many months ago and tons of hard core 311 fans could be found all throughout Bourbon Street!! We got to the French Quarter around 2:30 and had a beer and lunch then checked into the hotel! On the walk to the arena we grabbed another beer and took in the sights all along the way! By 6:30 we were in the arena getting ready for their show! We knew it would be long but had little idea how long it would be! The band came on at 7:30 and played a 20 or so song set only to say they’d be back for the 2nd of 3 sets!! Great energy and a very wonderful vibe! Everyone was into it! By the end of the next set I was exhausted (I had stopped drinking long before the end of the 2nd set and had switched to water) but we trudged forward! Set three lasted another 90 or so minutes and they rapped up the show, despite nobody really wanting to leave, by around 12:30am! That’s right 5 hours of 63 songs from 311! Great stuff!!
One would think that would be enough for one week but after flying home on Wednesday from the show, I rested for a day then flew to Richmond for the beginning of my trip to the Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach! The race was Sunday so Friday and Saturday were spent relaxing and getting to the race. A brief recap of the race would go something like, flat, windy and in the low 40’s. It’s a decently sized race with the half starting an hour before the full. The course is extremely flat but somewhat negated by the wind of the day! I hit the 5 mile mark about as expected and the 10 mile mark a minute or so ahead of my planned time. About the 11 mile mark we turned directly into the wind for about 10k worth of “fun” starting just off the boardwalk but continuing onto then off it again! Miles 13-16 were cross traffic with the slower half finishers and the faster marathoners! At mile 16 we went through a tree lined 4-lane dual highway where someone had put up some Burma Shave type signs! Definitely made me laugh!! At the loop just short of 19 we turned away from the wind and it was a fantastic feeling! While I slowed considerably the rest of the way, it wasn’t as much as I expected and was able to finish the race a little tight but just over 5 minutes faster than I’d planned! While I’m not where I’d like to be relative to my fitness for Boston, I’m definitely heading in the right direction!!
Next week: 20k in Ft. Wayne, Indiana! Hopefully I’m recovered nearly enough to do it decently!!
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Keep those extra pounds off by going to the Gold's gyms in Boston.
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