Painting, LRLI, THE run

by Duf Anything and Everything

So yesterday I called back Jay, the Rhinoshield sales guy.  I told him that I talked to the wife and I have her pretty much convinced but I was wondering if he could do to “help me out a bit on the price”.  One thing I have learned from my buddy at work is if you don’t ask for something (a discount in this case), you more than likely will never get it.  I also chose my words carefully, asking him to “help me” as opposed to “give me”.  You would be surprised how that simple word substitution can affect the tone of the question.

Anyway, after some out loud computing by Jay he agreed to knocking another $300 off the price, cool.  He is supposed to come back out Monday so we can hammer out the details.

My buddy Troy asked me out of the blue earlier this week if we could resurrect the LRLI tournament which has been dead since 2007.  When I investigated the possibility of bringing it back I realized that the web site I created for the tournament years ago only existed on my old home server which has been turned off for weeks.  I just haven’t gotten around to disconnecting it totally yet.

So I turned the system on and after muddling through several complications I was able to get the LRLI breathing again.  Troy and I have been working diligently on getting the new field of 32 contestants set up.  The tournament runs hand in hand with the NCAA March Madness.

Unfortunately I can’t tell you much beyond that as much like Fight Club, the first rule of the LRLI is “Never talk about the LRLI”

This weekend will be busy.  Saturday I have to time a 5k.  Then Sunday I turn around and run my first ever official half marathon.  I was actually starting to feel somewhat sick last night.  I slammed a glass of Airborne and feel ok this morning.  Based on my recent running experiences I don’t feel very positive at all about the race.

The one thing I can cling to is I have had similar situations leading up to races before, albeit the much shorter 5K variety.  When I set my personal best 5K time, before the race my legs felt TERRIBLE so you just never know how far adrenalin will carry you.