ever since reading this thread:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=2267046&page=0
i've been itching to make a run on this myself.
this week i find myself blissfully free of work and school obligations, my family visited me last week (i'm in portland, or they're in baton rouge, la) so i'm not traveling anywhere, and a lot of my friends here are going home for christmas (or have moved away) leaving me alone, somewhat. i'm going to be spending christmas with my roommate, my roommate's brother, and my roommate's brother's dog. so i figured what the f**k? why not run and drink? i also recently ended my two-plus year relationship with the girl i thought i was going marry, so there's some more motivation to run and drink myself into oblivion. (i'm sure i'll post drunk and spout off all about that sometime)
i'm in pretty decent shape as i've been building up and am planning to run the mardi gras half when i go back home for a wedding in new orleans and i was planning to run a lot over my break from school anyway. so the mileage shouldn't be too tough and with all my free time (except when i'm moving) i should have plenty of time to drink.
12/20 was day 1 and i ran from one end of leif erikson to the other and back for 22.3 miles, then added on 4 more around some fields near my apt. i drank 3 full sail pale ales when i got off work early sun morning, then 7 more PBRs when i got off late sun night. i'll be sticking to PBR mostly because it's cheap and i can stomach a lot of it. i may mix it up some and my roommate and his brother have pledged at least a sixer apiece to help with this.
DAY 1 STATS:
Miles: 26.3, 22.3/4.0 (73.7 to go)
Beers: 10, 3 FSPA/7 PBR (90 to go)
Feel: Pretty good all things considered. Most mileage, by .1 mi, I've ever done in one day.
here is a link to my photojournal:
http://picasaweb.google.com/awhuston/ConqueringTheWeakness?feat=directlink
just figured i'd share this experience with the widest possible running audience.