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I have developed posterior shin splints due to the fact that I supinate when I run. That’s bad. It hurts worse than nearly any other leg pain. On the positive side, I got a new pair of running shoes to help me through my training and qualification process. Nike Air Zoom Vomero II+. Let me tell you. Shoes engineered for fat guys. They are the most comfortable shoes in history. I have to take a few days off of running or else I won’t be able to walk.

I “get to” return to running on Monday.

(Ba da DA DAAAA. Ba dat dat da DAAAA)
I got my official offer to test for the PD.
It’s been a hectic but good week. My mile time is hovering around 8 minutes, but I am hoping to cut it down in the next month. I have almost an entire month to do it in, so that shouldn’t be too hard, I don’t think. Here’s hoping.

Took long enough. With no pomp, and even less circumstance, I have finished college (at least for now). Hopefully, this will be the first christmas since my IT days that I’ve been working a decent job.

That aside, it’s been HOT up here. I was talking to a guy at work yesterday, who said he lived in New Orleans for a few years, and when he first moved in, he had to sleep in the bathtub for the first month, just to keep cool enough to sleep. I have reached the conclusion that only crazy people would live down there.

My previous time had been about 12 minutes for a mile. I haven’t run on a treadmill for a long time, but I got up there today and put down a 7 minute mile. I’m going to recalibrate my Nike+ unit and try it again tomorrow after work. It felt good though.

Leaving at 8am, we got to Burbank right on time. Early, in fact. So early that we were bumped to an earlier flight out to SF, so that we would be on a less crowded plane, and have more time in between flights. Except that once on the plane, we waited until 10, when we were told that the plane was leaking hydrolic fluid. It turned out to be nothing, and we were on our way… a mere 5 minutes ahead of our original flight. Until Burbank airport lost all radar. That took a while, to get back and then we were on our way to SF.

Thankfully, the flight home from SF was a tad late getting in, and the only real damage was the $8 sandwich in the airport. Got home safe and sound, then went to Salem to pick up Leo. He was happy to see us. Pictures are coming, I promise.

We all got up at 5:30ish to get to Ontario by 8 to do the decorating. The Wedding was a very short ceremony and then on to the reception. Everything seemed to go smoothly, and I should have some pics of Tim and Ann up when I get around to shrinking them down (8mb each now).