Thanksgiving Day

Time: 85:03
Distance: 12 miles

After spending a leisurely morning around the Nedlo household it was time for a run before giving thanks. Meagan and I took a spin out on the country roads of Mt. Pleasant for about an hour. The loop we ran had been paved recently so the footing was good on the black asphalt. I was feeling pretty good after our quick trip to CVS for me to pick up a razor so I could get rid of the Jason Kidd Jr. Guido-stache.

I dropped Meagan back off at the house around 60 minutes and then I grabbed the iPhone for the remainder of the run. I get no service in the Nedlo house so it was my hope to put a few calls out to friends and family while finishing up on the roads. I called my mom, Craigga (to wish him happy birthday and tell him his ma's a slag), DeCoste, Jilane, my uncle Cedric, Owen during the extra time out there. I thought about calling Tom but he was too busy beating his brother in a pointless duel race. My man DeCoste was the only person to pick up the phone during the run. I chatted with him a bit about overpriced road races and told him to wish his family a great day. I spent Thanksgiving with he and his family along with DaWeeman back in '05. (DeCoste's pops is a pretty sick ping-pong/table tennis player despite his lack of mobility).

I was pretty discouraged from the lack of Thanksgiving entertainment on the run so I decided to start pushing the pace. I threw in a surge with about 1.5 miles to run and hammered it home. It felt good to finish up with a harder effort at the end of today's jaunt.

In news back home in Norman, it looks like my training partner Jerry Lang (aka Scotty D.) dominated a field at the local Turkey Trot. The field included the likes of 7th place finisher Carrot Top (aka David Wrenn) and second place finisher Batman (aka Bruce Wayne).