Circus is in town

ORN: I biked to work today. Also, 4 miles in 43:41, which was damned slow considering how good I felt. My knees protested the first mile or so as the old joints got warmed up, but after that and despite the 83° heat and 42% humidity, I had the best run I've had in more than a week. I felt strong and alive. I also almost got my ass kicked by geese again. Did you know those things hiss? Two of those fat bastards hissed at me. I thought I was a goner.

I didn't run a step this weekend, but I kept busy. I did a fair bit of yard work, which I count as cross training, and some house work. And a whole lot of sitting on my ass. Little One and I also enjoyed the YMCA's new water park. She had a blast perfecting her new skill -- swimming under water. ["Daddy, watch this. Daddy, watch this. DADDY!"] I had a blast making sure other people's rude, horrible, oafish children didn't drown my precious snowflake.

The YMCA water park is one helluva place to people-watch and witness the spectrum of human fitness. There were the overweight people you see everywhere, from the merely flabby [like me] to spheroid. But then again there were the über-fit, scary people. I swear, one woman looked like a superhero action figure, sans boobs. I guess she was a body builder or triathlete or something. Seriously, girlfriend had bulky abdominal muscles. Her abdomen was convex because her abs were that frakkin' huge.

Also, Little One got to see her first dude with nipple rings. "Daddy," she whispered, "that man has ear rings on his...," and pointed to her chest. "Yes," I said, "yes, he does." It was a milestone for the baby book. This weekend proves to me that I need a camera phone like a big dog. This post would have rocked your world if I had pix to go with it.

BTW, "Secret March" by The Wet Secrets is my new favorite song to end a run to.

1. Why Can't I Be You? - The Cure
2. Mad Man - The Hives
3. Old Friendships - Operation Ivy
4. Here We Go Again - Operation Ivy
5. Coup De Ska - Beat Soup
6. Turn Your Lights Down Low - Bob Marley and The Wailers
7. Licking Stick-Licking Stick - James Brown
8. Don't Let's Start - They Might Be Giants
9. Too Much Pressure - The Selecter
10. Construction - Crimpshrine
11. Old School (circa 1991) - Foibles
12. Icky Thump - The White Stripes
13. Alter Mann - Rammstein
14. Boxing My Shadow - K'naan
15. Secret March - The Wet Secrets