Merry Merry!

Friday morning in New Orleans is all about recovery. The family is sitting in the living room watching "America's Game" on the New Orleans 2009 Saints. All of the guys have tears in their eyes. I just ate a strawberry pastry thingy from PJs and some sushi- all in an attempt to recover from the Carousel Bar and hit the road for some mile repeats. I can hear a little voice on my shoulder saying "way to make good choices, Damie."

2011- the year I start making better nutritional choices. You heard it here.

My mother-in-law just clapped at the TV- at a taped Saints program- so funny.

The Roberts family at Antoine's in the quarter last night.

Spending some holiday time with Dave's Pop Pop

Seriously- I am still watching the Saints on the road to the 2009 Superbowl, and I have chills. My mother-in-law is still clapping. And I want Sean Peyton to be my coach. I think he has the right combination of cojones, curse words, and superstitious beliefs that would fit right in line with me.

I recently found a great blogger- Bourbon Feet. Extremely fast runner with a great love for the sport and respect for his body. I absolutely love how he runs a lot of 10 minute miles, yet can crush races (2:3o something marathoner). I have never thought it was necessary to pay homage to your Garmin and force yourself to run a certain pace in every training session. Some of my fastest races have come on the back end of my slowest training. Bourbon Feet has some very wise words on listening to your body to determine training and race paces as well as keeping a healthy perspective on running and getting faster. Plus he enjoys life and doesn't take himself so seriously. So, I stole the picture below from his blog- some good thinking.

Racing

(health vs ego)

Merry Christmas to everyone- have a great weekend and enjoy your friends and family!

My Christmas list, in no particular order:
1. A Saints win over Atlanta
2. A pair of 808s
3. Ability to run long in 2011
4. The perfect home for Shelby Angel