Well I hope everyone had a festive St. Patrick's Day weekend!
Mine went swimmingly, it started off with the Running of the Green, a 4 mile race in Green Island, NY. Last year I had to wear a long sleeve Coolmax shirt and a wool sweater, long pants and high socks. This year I wore a T-shirt and capris, so major bonus.
My mother and brother were also running, as well as my good buddy Lindsey, so I asked Tony to take some photos. This is the only photo he took. Thanks, Sweetie. You're the best.
You may also remember, from my last post, that I was pretty skeptical about how this race was going to go and was shooting for a sub 44 minute time. Well, shockingly enough, particularly for Rachael and I, because we haven't been running much at all, we actually finished under 40 minutes (!). I think this is probably the best race pace I've ever held, although not a personal PR. I then got back on my running horse today and did a little over 3 miles, not a lot, but it's something, and that's what's important, right? Tomorrow is suppose to be 77 (insanely nice March weather for upstate NY) so I plan on running another few miles and then hopefully a longer run of 6-7 miles later this week.
Later that afternoon we put our party pants on and went up to Saratoga. The weather continued to hold and we did some bar hopping, sticking to to those with outside terraces.
I wore a shirt I picked up from the children's section at Walmart (in something like a Children's size 18). I knew no one else would be wearing this shirt because we were going out in Saratoga, which is 99% upper middle class white people, where no one else would ever be caught dead wearing clothes from Walmart. I was correct.
Tony chose to wear his St. Patrick's Day blazer. It was purchased off the internet in a drunken haze, so it's rather appropriate for the holiday. I was sober driver (fun) and thus never reached the appropriate level of inebriation that would make this article of clothing remotely appealing. Yet some how Tony managed to get a significant number of compliments. I was baffled. Tony says this is simply a matter of knowing your audience.
We stopped at Bailey's Cafe a few blocks off of Broadway of to get some lunch. Apparently everyone's meal but mine was wonderful. We split the Spinach and Artichoke Dip ($9), which was so-so. They served it with tortilla chips (normal) and diced wheat bread (wtf?), the latter was tasty on it's own and not so much with the somewhat slimy dip (and had random slices of tomatoes thrown on it, also not normal). Bizarre.
I got a Veggie Garden Burger, which was a $10 Garden Burger with cheddar, ranch, and scallions. Sounds awesome, right? I mean, how can you go wrong with a combination like that? Well let me tell you, you put it on a bun so big that the only thing you can taste is bread. I'm sorry, but if I'm going to consume a bazillion calories of fat I at least want to taste it. The bun wasn't even that amazing. The potato salad wasn't even redeeming, as it also was pretty bland. And our waitress was the suck. I had to eat my potato salad with a toothpick. Disappoint.
The jolly leprechaun peering from underneath our table was one of the highlights of the meal. Sadly, he did not provide much gold to go towards our bill. Apparently no rainbows = no gold.
Ha, I'm kidding! That's not really a leprechaun, that's my friend Rich. I can't believe you guys believed me, you're so gullible! Annnyway, hope you had a good weekend, too!
Mine went swimmingly, it started off with the Running of the Green, a 4 mile race in Green Island, NY. Last year I had to wear a long sleeve Coolmax shirt and a wool sweater, long pants and high socks. This year I wore a T-shirt and capris, so major bonus.
My mother and brother were also running, as well as my good buddy Lindsey, so I asked Tony to take some photos. This is the only photo he took. Thanks, Sweetie. You're the best.
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| Not flattering. |
You may also remember, from my last post, that I was pretty skeptical about how this race was going to go and was shooting for a sub 44 minute time. Well, shockingly enough, particularly for Rachael and I, because we haven't been running much at all, we actually finished under 40 minutes (!). I think this is probably the best race pace I've ever held, although not a personal PR. I then got back on my running horse today and did a little over 3 miles, not a lot, but it's something, and that's what's important, right? Tomorrow is suppose to be 77 (insanely nice March weather for upstate NY) so I plan on running another few miles and then hopefully a longer run of 6-7 miles later this week.
Later that afternoon we put our party pants on and went up to Saratoga. The weather continued to hold and we did some bar hopping, sticking to to those with outside terraces.
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| I think Tony looks kind of doofy here, but it still doesn't make up for the above photo. |
I wore a shirt I picked up from the children's section at Walmart (in something like a Children's size 18). I knew no one else would be wearing this shirt because we were going out in Saratoga, which is 99% upper middle class white people, where no one else would ever be caught dead wearing clothes from Walmart. I was correct.
Tony chose to wear his St. Patrick's Day blazer. It was purchased off the internet in a drunken haze, so it's rather appropriate for the holiday. I was sober driver (fun) and thus never reached the appropriate level of inebriation that would make this article of clothing remotely appealing. Yet some how Tony managed to get a significant number of compliments. I was baffled. Tony says this is simply a matter of knowing your audience.
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| I taste okay, even though I have the consistence of snot. |
We stopped at Bailey's Cafe a few blocks off of Broadway of to get some lunch. Apparently everyone's meal but mine was wonderful. We split the Spinach and Artichoke Dip ($9), which was so-so. They served it with tortilla chips (normal) and diced wheat bread (wtf?), the latter was tasty on it's own and not so much with the somewhat slimy dip (and had random slices of tomatoes thrown on it, also not normal). Bizarre.
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| No utensils for you! |
I got a Veggie Garden Burger, which was a $10 Garden Burger with cheddar, ranch, and scallions. Sounds awesome, right? I mean, how can you go wrong with a combination like that? Well let me tell you, you put it on a bun so big that the only thing you can taste is bread. I'm sorry, but if I'm going to consume a bazillion calories of fat I at least want to taste it. The bun wasn't even that amazing. The potato salad wasn't even redeeming, as it also was pretty bland. And our waitress was the suck. I had to eat my potato salad with a toothpick. Disappoint.
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| Top O the Mornin' to Ya! |
The jolly leprechaun peering from underneath our table was one of the highlights of the meal. Sadly, he did not provide much gold to go towards our bill. Apparently no rainbows = no gold.
Ha, I'm kidding! That's not really a leprechaun, that's my friend Rich. I can't believe you guys believed me, you're so gullible! Annnyway, hope you had a good weekend, too!
I love all of this.
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