Asking for abuse

My bud Jason loves to heap (richly deserved) abuse on my bud Fil. So it had to take a lot of guts to show up at Good Times tonight wearing the ugliest kit I’ve ever seen. Bar none folks, just hideous. No way I could bite my tongue on this one.

The fact that it’s the uni for a REALLY fast team that won the inaugural Massachusetts Reach the Beach Relay doesn’t help. The fact that J gave me some race swag doesn’t help. It’s beyond help.

It would make an OK kit for a women’s team, or a French team or something. But dude, no. It’s like the Tour de France had a bastard child with USATF New England Grand Prix. No wonder they set the course record, I’m guessing they wanted to get off the road as quickly as possible.

As soon as I got home, I poured some bleach in my eyes and I'm feeling much better now.

Off to a good start

So far I like 2011 a lot. Saw Doug for a moment before the Wicked Frosty 4, then turned in a pretty good effort. Took over a minute off my time from a year ago, and finished 7th overall and 3rd in 40-49 age group (after the amazing Dave Dunham was pulled out of 40-49 as the 2nd overall!!!)

After a good run, I headed for the Irish American Club of Woburn for even more fun. Good food, good drink and good friends add up to a great way to celebrate a New Year.

Tonight, I'm off to Lowell to have more food and beverage with the Merrimack Valley's finest running club. Tonight features a special guest, Tony Mangan is running through town on his way around the world. A runner who is clearly crazier than my bud Jason should definitely have a tale or two to share.

Since I've consumed far more calories this year than I've burned, I'm going to try to join Tony for a bit of tomorrow's run from Lowell to Hudson. Go Tony, go!