7/1/2010

Hello All,

Hope everyone is enjoying the first day of July. It seems like this summer has been flying by. July is a good month and I know a lot of people who say it is his/her favorite month, so I would like to give props to the month named for Julius Caesar.

It has been awesome running weather here on the shores of Lake Erie. Low 70s and sunny. I was able to get in close to 6 miles with 3 miles of that being hill work. There is a grassy "park" where the Case Western Reserve team does hill workouts. I got my workout from Kathy Lanese. I did 6 loops of a long hill, short steep hill, and flat straightaway. If felt really good for my first time. I have really gotten away from hills since my days at Tennessee. There you cannot avoid hills. So overall good workout and it I'm slowly working my way back into it.

After the workout I went down to Ohio City and had lunch at Heck's Cafe. Brilliant place with good burgers and great atmosphere. It is a stone's throw away from my old HS so I decided to take a quick walk around St. Ignatius. That place is still the same with some modern improvements. I have really come to appreciate that place the older I get. I cannot wait to send my boys there one day.

This post will be short and sweet. One last shout out to all my Canadian brothers and sisters. HAPPY CANADA DAY!!! I leave you all with a video that pretty much sums up Canada and what drives the nation. God bless you all and get out and get running! CHEERS