2:03:59...

Just a quick one before bed. The world record for the marathon was broken over the weekend. First time anyone has run under 2:04. Simply amazing.

And speaking of amazing. Rach made me TWO KINDS of cookies while I was on my run today. Made the leaden run somehow way better.

She rules.

~stubert.

Gunny recap...

Obviously you're not a golfer. ~ Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski

Jammed over to Gunnison yesterday to hang out with my pops. I rolled into town around noon, grabbed some grub then Dad got us a tee time at the local links. it is amazing how well one can score when Dad gives them Mulligans every third shot. Yeah. In case you were wondering, I still suck at golf.

Afterwards, we headed up to Crested Butte to dine at one of my favorite restaurants, Donita's Cantina. Awesome Mexican food. Go there immediately if you can. We then listened to/watched the debate. I'll reserve my comments for another time.

By the way, the trees are just AMAZING right now so if you are wanting to get out and annoy some people who are actually trying to get somewhere, tomorrow may be your day. Seriously, the aspen are just going off right now. It won't last long, kids so hit the high country ASAP.

Today, I went for a run then Dad and I made like rednecks and mended the fence in front of his place. It went really well once we pulled out the big guns and got the chainsaw out after the friggin' thing. Sometimes, you just have to use the right tool to get the job done right.

So I am supposed to do a week recap today but will have to catch you guys up tomorrow on this week's running activities. I have a long run planned but ran pretty hard today so we'll see what happens.

Ok. That's it for now.

~stubert.

R.I.P Paul...

Lindsay Crouse and Paul Newman in Slap Shot.

That's the dog that saved Charleston from the 1938 flood. ~ Reggie Dunlop

Paul Newman died today. He will be missed.

~stubert.

Mach V...

Okay, here we go. Focus. Speed. I am speed. One winner, forty-two losers. I eat losers for breakfast. Breakfast? Maybe I should have had breakfast? Brekkie could be good for me. No, no, no, focus. Speed. Faster than fast, quicker than quick. I am Lightning. ~ Lightning McQueen

DSL, I must say, is the friggin' BOMB! So fast, especially up. Loving it.

Also, I had a kickass run yesterday. 10 miles with 5 at mega-fast (probably like 10K) pace. I am still slow but 5 miles in 37 minutes with about half of that being uphill is not too shabby for a Stu.

And Rach made me cookies (and you know Rach makes the world's BEST cookies). All in all a good day.

I am off to Boulder to run with Pete and watch some adventure film.

~stubert.

It's electin' season...

Flag waving twaddle. ~ Brian Bellamy

First the good news. Troy Davis was granted a temporary stay of execution by the Supreme Court today less than 2 hours before he was scheduled to be killed by lethal injection. Why the courts always feel the need to wait until the last minute is beyond me but better late than never. So now they are reviewing his case and will make a decision within the next week whether or not to hear arguments. Let's hope they do... this is one seriously messed up situation.

And in less awesome news, since we are coming into the last month or so of campaigning and since Colorado is still looking like a swing state (though Obama is polling up in the last few days), we had the distinct pleasure to receive Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West the other day, courtesy of the Clarion Fund. Apparently, nothing is known about this fund except that they like producing anti-Islamic tripe and crop-dusting states with close polls with their gingoistic rhetoric. Lovely. Anyway, people... I can not stress this enough... Islam is not the culprit and peddling fear is not the answer to our problems.

So here is a link to Colorado voting information. Express yourself.

~stubert.