Day 7: Princeton and a Singalong
It was pretty nice out. I went for the another easy run through Princeton. I stopped by the indoor track when I was done to see the Rider team open up their indoor season. Most of the distance team did not run, but were there to watch the races. I briefly saw Coach Hamer, but didn't have a chance to talk. I'll give him a call sometime this week to see about possibly meeting up to go for a run. After the Princeton meet I headed down to Marmora, NJ. My Sea Isle roommate and Breakneck teammate Jimmy Dugan and his family were hosting the 26th Annual Dugan Family Singalong.
Basically it was about 100+ people in Jimmy's backyard around a bon fire sing Christmas carols, with the addition of a couple kegs and awesome food. Many people complemented me by telling me how well I clean up. It's amazing what wearing a nice sweater will do. To be fair, most of them are only used to me wearing a tshirt (sometimes) and shorts all summer. I took the opportunity to enjoy the festivities and a few pulled pork and meatball sandwiches. After playing Apples to Apples for an hour or two and listening to the Space Jam soundtrack through youtube videos, the party headed back outside for marshmellow roasting.
Around 1 AM the group of people I drove down with want to leave. It was a good time and I wish I could have stayed longer. Just a side note. Apparently there are only 2 songs on the radio in South Jersey between 1 and 2 AM and those songs are "Firework" by Katy Perry and "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine.
Day 8: The Sunday Run
Upon returning to the house around 2 AM I stayed up and watched some TV and eventually fell asleep on a reclining chair. This morning I ran with Matt Ciociola and Nick DeSantis. They were feeling the previous evenings festivities more than I was, which was good to even out how much more in shape they are than me. We did an easy out and back run in the rain. 30 minutes total and probably a little more than 4 miles. It's so much easier running with people.
Here's to a new week of training
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