Secret Message

I have a message to Pokey, Javamom, Eric, Chad, k80k, Moon, diva, Papa Bear, Taryn, Tri-Dummy, Momo, Jumper, Eris2krat, Marcy and all the rest that are running a marathon on the 13th. It's in red below, a secret message.

Gtooond ,LDuicsknteoyeavnedrRyoocnkeNr ’uRnonlilnMgAIrnatthheoHnosu!s


You all know the story of the person that has a bucket and 3 large rocks, 5 smaller rocks and lots of gravel. They have to get all the rocks and gravel in the bucket. When they put the gravel in first, they can't get the large rocks in. Finally, they figure out that they have to put in the large rocks, then the smaller rocks and then pour the gravel in last.

Cheryl up in Maine is having a tough time getting her workouts in and I thought of this story. Our workouts are the large rocks in life. If we don't fit them in first, everything else in life will fill our bucket and the workouts will be left out. We all have this issue from time to time. I told Cheryl to get a bit selfish and make the workouts an 'A' priority. When workouts take priority over family, work, eating, sleeping and even vacations, I find that those things become better anyway. I have better relationships with my family, I am a better worker at work, I eat, sleep and feel better when I do my workouts. Give Cheryl some support at her blog and try making your workouts an 'A' priority. Your family will love you for it and you'll love it too. Funny how that works. Take care of yourself and everyone around you will be better off.

Try the rocks and bucket trick. Get a bucket. Fill it half way up with gravel or small rocks or sand. Then get 5 bigger rocks that fill up about half of the remaining bucket space. Then get three large rocks that could fit in the bucket by themselves, but not on top of the grave. Take it all out and put the rocks in largest to smallest. Make it work and then let your kids try the experiment.

Did you figure out the message yet? Keep trying.

Oh yeah, I can beat up 23 five year olds at once. You'll have to go to Obrats blog to see how many you can beat up.

OK. I gotta run. No literally, I have to go for a run.
Mile 1198, Chandler, AZ -Yesterday I got to golf with my nephew John Lachmann. He's out visiting Arizona and southern California and watching a lot of hockey. It's the second time I've golfed in the past 12 months. The other time was with my dad and John's dad, Bob.

Tonight John and I are going to see the Coyotes play the Mighty Ducks on the frozen pond. Are they still mighty? Anyway, I did get in a run this afternoon. 4.08 miles in about 45 minutes. You can see the details on the graph below. However, what it doesn't tell you is that I did about a half mile before I realized that garmin was on.