Blame it on the Icy Hot
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After my run I was walking around the parking lot of the Trader Joes in an almost blissful stupor. I have not felt physically this good in years. In fact I do not remember when I physically felt this good. It may have been the combination of Icy Hot, Bayer, and a great run with good music but I was in the zone. I even let someone in front of me in the queue! Maybe after 696 miles I finally got the "runners high". Right then at that moment as I walked with my two bags of groceries all was right with the world. Sometimes people think they need a fancy car, their team going to the USFL championship or a cruise vacation but somehow in that parking lot it all added up.
About two years ago at this time, I remembered when I felt the opposite. That is when I decided to abstain from drinking for a month, which then stretched for two months.
A few months later I met the nutritionist who pointed the errors of my ways (juice etc), then last year I started running. It sucked. The Nike + system worked wonders as I was able to track what I was doing.
For example this was one of my first runs
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I signed up for the boot camp class at Google. Having that positive social pressure worked wonders.
Ran my first half marathon in November. I have four scheduled for 2008 (including one in a few weeks...) and an annual goal of 1000 miles (in the first 14 days of 2008 I have 45.39 miles.)
Choosing a run over beer and chicken wings will have a much better payoff.
I was an expert on something rather stupid. (drink specials/free food etc...). If smoking and/or Fast food was free would I smoke/eat? Probably not... But in the past, if Panchos put out a pile of free frozen taquitos and had Vodka Tonics marked down to $2, then I was there.
I remembered ordering a drink at black angus which was a piece of chocolate cake in a blender with rum (which was half off for Happy Hour). The guy from Super Size me should do a sequel on those sit down restaurants. Benegans said on the menu that it wants to punch the surgeon general in the face.
Do not get me started on the launch parties. But if it had not been doing the Happy Hours and the launch parties I would have not done the Pink Slip Parties and I would not be where I am now.
--
Marcus Zack Ronaldi
My LinkedIn Profile
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/67/264
My Facebook Profile
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=705175300
I am running the USHalf on 11/4 to raise money for Parkinsons
http://www.firstgiving.com/hydra1970
After my run I was walking around the parking lot of the Trader Joes in an almost blissful stupor. I have not felt physically this good in years. In fact I do not remember when I physically felt this good. It may have been the combination of Icy Hot, Bayer, and a great run with good music but I was in the zone. I even let someone in front of me in the queue! Maybe after 696 miles I finally got the "runners high". Right then at that moment as I walked with my two bags of groceries all was right with the world. Sometimes people think they need a fancy car, their team going to the USFL championship or a cruise vacation but somehow in that parking lot it all added up.
About two years ago at this time, I remembered when I felt the opposite. That is when I decided to abstain from drinking for a month, which then stretched for two months.
A few months later I met the nutritionist who pointed the errors of my ways (juice etc), then last year I started running. It sucked. The Nike + system worked wonders as I was able to track what I was doing.
For example this was one of my first runs
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I signed up for the boot camp class at Google. Having that positive social pressure worked wonders.
Ran my first half marathon in November. I have four scheduled for 2008 (including one in a few weeks...) and an annual goal of 1000 miles (in the first 14 days of 2008 I have 45.39 miles.)
Choosing a run over beer and chicken wings will have a much better payoff.
I was an expert on something rather stupid. (drink specials/free food etc...). If smoking and/or Fast food was free would I smoke/eat? Probably not... But in the past, if Panchos put out a pile of free frozen taquitos and had Vodka Tonics marked down to $2, then I was there.
I remembered ordering a drink at black angus which was a piece of chocolate cake in a blender with rum (which was half off for Happy Hour). The guy from Super Size me should do a sequel on those sit down restaurants. Benegans said on the menu that it wants to punch the surgeon general in the face.
Do not get me started on the launch parties. But if it had not been doing the Happy Hours and the launch parties I would have not done the Pink Slip Parties and I would not be where I am now.
--
Marcus Zack Ronaldi
My LinkedIn Profile
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/67/264
My Facebook Profile
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=705175300
I am running the USHalf on 11/4 to raise money for Parkinsons
http://www.firstgiving.com/hydra1970
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