Agonotheta

Running, Super Bowl, Peep Show

February 02, 2004

I did very little this weekend, but here's the rundown. I woke Saturday to a sunny, fairly warm-looking morning. Quickly dressed in my running clothes and set out for my first run outdoors since I began training for the marathon. (It's been too cold here to do just about anything outside.) I have been running inside in a treadmill up 'til this point. Just to highlight it for you again, my new training schedule revolves around steady, medium length runs during the week and longer, endurance building runs on the weekend. This weekend I ran five miles in about 45 minutes. That's about nine minutes per mile, which is much faster than I would liked to have been running.

Yesterday, of course, was Super Bowl Sunday. I'm glad the Patty's won. I was rooting for them because . . . well . . . its actually pretty stupid, but because the Red Sox lost in baseball. Ya know, I figure the city of Boston needs to have something good happen after losing the Yankees. But all-in-all, it was one of the better Super Bowls I've ever watched. In fact, I don't remember one that was that close right down to the wire. Sure, there was Joe Montana in '89 going the length of the field in 34 seconds or whatever, and sure there was Kevin Dyson stretching out to be one yard short of a touchdown on the last play in 2000. But this field goal with five seconds left had to eclipse even the 2002 field goal by the same man with seven seconds left. All I can say is, "What a good game!"

One last note, I'd love to thank Janet Jackson, or rather the "hand that rocked the cradle", Justin Timberlake for exposing Janet's breast to me and the world. Thanks buddy. I just don't understand why a gay man got to do it. Why not let a straight guy disrobe her?