Running in a group

I went running tonight with 2 of my friends tonight. First I went over to Friend Brook's apartment. He was doing a P90X arms and shoulders workout (30 minutes) with our buddy Ben then we all did the "Ab-Ripper X" workout (15 minutes) and then drove on over to the Rose Bowl to do a 3-mile run with my running buddy Parker. we did a 2:1 run:walk and came in at 35:30. We were doing too much talking to run too fast.

I kind of like the whole P90X thing so far. Maybe I should try to jump in on this.

Kings

I just watched the first episode of a TV show called Kings. It is excellent. It is about a modern day king and how he rules his kingdom. Check it out while you can it is available on Hulu.com

A Reading

For those of you who don't know... I do Tarot readings from time to time. I did one on myself and on some of the things that have been on my mind lately. If you can read it here it is. Celtic cross 10 card spread

0. the magician
1. Princess of cups
2. 4 of swords
3. 10 of coins
4. Queen of wands (Inverted)
5. Princess of wands
6. The Hermet
7. Ace of Coins
8. The Tower (inverted)
9. two of Cups (inverted)
10 Seven of wands

Another Wedding

I drove down to Fallbrook today for a friend's wedding. He is a co-worker but we get along very well, and would probably be closer if we weren't so busy and we lived closer. I gave them two bottles of mead as a gift. It was a nice ceremony at their local church followed by a reception at the local golf club. I felt a little isolated there because I only knew 4 people including the bride and groom. My girlfriend didn't make it out either so I was just left to watch awkwardly while the bride's friends cut a rug to classics like Living on a Prayer and Thriller.
It was a Lutheran wedding and as I always do in churches, I felt uncomfortable. There was a lot of talk about having Jesus in the center of the marriage, which I found very strange. Even seeing how happy the bride and groom were I am still not sure if I will ever get married myself. I have no religious compunction to get married, and the legal consequences of a failed marriage are horrific. I do however feel the social pull of going through this ritual as a kind of right-of-passage.
Fallbrook seems like a nice town. It is a smallish hilly spread-out place. I really need to make some time to get to know this friend better. We have a good rapport and mutual respect. Plus, his father (and I think he as well) has gotten into making fruit wines, and he gave me two bottles of blood orange wine. They also have a neighbour with about 1500 wine grape vines split between sangeovese and syrah.

Running again

another three miler, This one was at a 2:1 run:walk ratio with my friend from work. We finished in 35:45. I was hoping for faster but oh well. It seems that I have a dedicated running buddy now.

Run

I went for a 3 mile run in Alhambra. 32minutes 45 seconds. I was hoping for faster. I ran straight, except for a couple of red lights. I am finally healed and ready to get back to some good exercise. Now I just have to make time for the gym!

Back To Running

I went to the Rose Bowl today with a friend for a 3 mile run. We took it easy for a 36 minute total running 2:1 run:walk ratio. It went very well and now I have a new running buddy