Had to juggle a few balls...

I got a call just before noon from HP, one of our suppliers. They offered me 4 tickets to the Toronto Raptors NBA game. I was reluctant to take the tickets because Tuesday's are pretty heavy training days for me. Yet at the same time the family really likes going to Raptors games and the seats were 3rd row with free food & booze. It's kinda a cool concept. The seats are part of the Platinum Suites which are underneath the stands and each one has a hostess and you hang out there and eat and drink before the game and during intermission. Then during the game the hostess serves you at your seats. It's really a first class experience. I've heard that just to lease one suite it costs $350,000 plus food charges.

The family really wanted to go. By coincidence Reid was saying to Alice yesterday that he'd love to go to a Raptor game again. The last time we went was probably 4 - 5 years ago. I decided to do my run at lunchtime. It was a really easy paced run and it was about -6 C with windchill. I was hoping I'd have some time to do the ride after work and before the game but there was just not enough time so I postponed it to tomorrow, which is probably not a bad thing because it's supposed to be warmer and I'd rather ride outside. This rarely happens to me but I was a little sleepy about an hour after the run and didn't perk up until I got a beer in me at the game. The game was fun, Raptors lost and we were back home by 10:30 pm. I had a couple more beers watching the news at the bar with Alice and it was off to bed. Also a big congratulations to Johan Stemmet, a Mark Allen trained athlete, who finished 9th at Ironman South Africa and managed to get a spot for the Hawaii Ironman. 

Moderate Run - 1:06:02 / 7.88 miles / 8:22 pace

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