My Legs Don't Work (Race Recap)

My bike needed a tune up, since the chain was hopping off the gears.  So I inquired with Sport Chek and they told me to drop it off on Tuesday and the tech would adjust it on a first come first serve basis.  So after procrastinating a bit, I finally got motivated for a bike ride to the mall.  It was only 5.2k and didn't feel that bad.  I arrived at the mall and walked my bike in towards Sport Chek.  The guy at the tech shop took my bike, I filled out a form and he said it'll be ready Friday.  Good enough, I don't need it until Saturday.  Equipped with a pack sack, I stored my helmet and decided to stop into Walmart where I picked up Robot Chicken DC Comics Special.  I love stop motion and love superheros, so this was a must have, especially since I own most of the Seasons and Star Wars Specials on DVD.  I made my way outside and proceeded to run home.  Although I had a bit of a rest from my short bike ride, my legs again weren't working as they normally should.  This was a bit concerning since I was 5k from home.  It was a shorter bike ride than I did previously on Monday and now a longer run.  Well too late now, I just have to power through it.  It was actually only 4.7k, since I biked an indirect route to the mall and took a different route home.  My pace was horrible, so it's a good thing the final run of the race is shorter.

Today I swapped vehicles with my folks so that I can borrow their Rav4 for the weekend.  Need it to transport a couple of our bikes to Morden.  While at home, I got a call from Sport Chek informing me that my bike was ready for pick up.  This was unexpected.  My plan was to run to the mall on Friday and bike home.  Seeing as I was registered for the 20 Minute Challenge that evening, I didn't want to tired myself beforehand.  Conveniently I did have the Rav4, so I decided to pick it up and load it in the back.  I relaxed at home for a bit before leaving for the Running Room for the 20 Minute Challenge.  I got my free hat.  Not a great hat, but it was free.  I'll likely just use it for running instead of sweating up one of my good hats. 

Free hat from the 20 min challenge

I then found Steph chatting with a friend, so I joined them and we waited patiently for the run to begin.  Some lady got everyone's attention and gave a quick speech before pointing out the run leaders for the 5k run as the fast, faster and fastest run leaders.   I found this humorous as they used these labels instead of slow, medium and fast.  I suppose it is more positive and motivating that way.  Everyone proceeded to gather outside for a few group pics. Apparently Steph's running group was doing a different route (unsure of the distance, I think it was shorter), so she decided to just to the intended 5k for the challenge.  The fastest leader started out first and we decided to follow him.  It was a nice little job which we ran continuously.  The fastest leader and others did pull away from us, but the fast group didn't pass us, so we chose the right leader to follow as we seemed to fall in between them.  We returned to the Running Room and poured ourselves several cups of iced-tea.  Inside we got a cookie, a watermelon slice and some yogurt/granola.

Our plan afterwards was to check out Los Chicos.  I had passed by there a few weeks ago not know what restaurant it was, but it had a nice patio overlooking a man made pond with waterfalls.  It looked like a nice place to go.  I proposed to Steph that we should check it out after our run and she agreed.  When we got there, there was 6 groups ahead of us and it was supposed to be a 30 min wait despite the restaurant not looking that full.  We decided to wait and while Steph was in the restroom, the hostess brought the remaining groups a mini margarita in a shot glass to make up for the wait.  I informed her my friend was in the restroom and she said she'd get her one too.  Upon Steph's return, we got seated almost immediately, but we didn't get the extra party favor.  We were seated away from the water, so we didn't get to enjoy the view.  We did order drinks.  I got a Bulldog (for those who don't know what that is, it's a corona, sitting upside down in a margarita) and Steph got a sangria.

Nearly finished my bulldog before my enchiladas arrived

We proceed to order an pork carnitas enchilada for myself and some fish tacos for Steph.  The meals we delicious, but the drinks, water, food and bills took forever to arrive and we had to ask for cutlery.  The server did apologize as they were short staffed.  I was in no big hurry and was nice just to sit on a patio on such a beautiful evening.  We paid our bills and departed the establishment.

My 30 day squat challenge continued today.  Yesterday was a rest day, so when I got home, I completed day 17 with 150 squats.  By day 30, 250 squats is expected.  I frequent two web sites in particular which I occassionally order T-shirts from.  Tee Fury and RiptApparel.  These 2 sites sells pop culture T-shirts designed by commissioned artists.  Each day it features a new design and is removed after 24 hours.  Tee Fury sells them at $11 each and allows the buyer to choose from one of two or three colors for their shirt.  Occasionally they will offer a grab bag, where you can buy a random shirt from the previous ~3 months at $7.  RiptApparel sells their shirts for $10 each, but with no choice of color.  Today's RiptApparel design has caught my eye.

Mini Bendingbot from RiptApparel

Being a big Futurama fan (I built a Bender costume that I used for a couple of Halloweens years ago), I'm contemplating this shirt.  I'll have to sleep on it and decide tomorrow.