"I find it easy catchin' diabetes from fly sweeties..."

"...Sit back and wait to hear a slammin' track
Rockin' jams by popular demand, I'm back."

Lyrics immortalized by the legendary Rakim from his comeback album the 18th letter on the track Guess Who's Back. I've been finding it very interesting that rap and hip hop artists rhyme about diabetes more often then any other genre of music (of course this is based on my own opinion and is not in any way proven, as I have no idea what honky tonk country singers are singing about, so it could turn out that all they sing about is diabetes, but somehow, I feel it's mostly about trucks and beer).

Okay, on to some training news...
Today was my 120' run. I covered 14.6 miles (23.5 km) in just under 2:15. I would tell you what my average pace was, but my Garmin is in the other room, and I don't really feel like getting up to get it after running all that way (you try it, dick!) ;-)

Anyhow, that's pretty damn good if I do say so myself. I have to give props to the Vaquerano (sp?) for hooking me up with some papousas at the El Salvador tent at Belleville Waterfront last night...I'm pretty sure that's what got me through the last few miles this morning.

The lactate test went good on Thursday. The results came back and my lactate threshold went up by 2 points which means that I can run faster longer. It also means that all this training is paying off. Oh, and my max heart rate went up 4bpm to 201, which is good...I think Superman's is around 199, so I've got that guy beat, of course this is only true when he is Clark Kent (again, not proof for this either), so it's not as impressive as it sounds.

Some choice cuts from today...
The Bees - Listening Man
Modest Mouse - Florida
Ludacris - Comming 2 America
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

On a closing note...I was at the waterfront festival last night, and the fireworks were kick ass, although it was really dead, and a little lame down there due to the lack of crowds (and perhaps the fact that I was sober). But seriously...go check it out tonight if you're in town, a lot of people put a lot of work into this thing (no I'm not on the committee), and it's free, so what have you got to lose! See you down there.

Will