Slashing and a Crashing...

Got to bed fairly late, the neighbors had a farewell party for their daughter who was leaving for college today. It was a very emotional time for her, especially with the boyfriend issue.

I didn't get moving until around 11 am and decided to put my long run off till the evening. Yesterday at the Horror Expo I told the kids we would go to Halloween II this afternoon. The horror expo was incredible and packed with people. I think they said they had over 50,000 inside and had us stand at the door outside the building until some people left. When we did get in, the line up to get tickets was hundreds deep.

When we got in, the place was filled with nerds and geeks, many in costumes. Lots of Star Trek and Star Wars people. Some of the costumes were amazing, especially the horror ones. Some people had eye balls that looked real, hanging out of their sockets. They had lots of stars like Linda Hamilton and Leonard Nimoy signing autographs for $40 each. And believe it or not there was long line ups of people waiting to get autographs.

Today's movie was too gruesome for me. I don't know how many people Michael Myers killed, but it was a lot. Reid and Alyssa seemed to enjoy it and I was just waiting for it to be over. As it was playing, I was thinking I should have sent them by themselves and went for a run, but in retrospect I'm glad I did the family thing instead.

Movies are so expensive, especially the popcorn and drinks, although the theatre does give you free refills. As we were leaving I had them refill my popcorn and diet coke. I told the kids that I'm going to keep the bag and cup and take it with me next time we go to a movie. I don't think they have a statute of limitations on free refills.

I went for my run at 8 pm and it was a night run. It was too dangerous to take my normal country road long run so I ran through the city on the sidewalks. It was good, I needed a break from learning on my computer. I ran slow the first half and ended up having negative splits.

Ten minutes from home I noticed that my feet were skimming along the ground and that I needed to be careful that I didn't hit a crack in the side walk and wipe out. Literally seconds after I thought that I hit a crack and went down. I scraped my hand, elbow, knee and wore off part of the fabric on one shoe. Of course that was on the foot with the fracture, boy did that hurt.

I was numb when I got up and was glad no one saw me tumble. It was tough to get going again with my body in a semi state of shock. In a way I felt like a kid again. I thought that I must be in good shape and flexible because I didn't break anything. At my age, breakage is not uncommon.

When I got home I had blood and grime all over my clothes. Reid saw it and started laughing. He said "Karma got you back" and was referring to me wrestling with him last night and opening up a can of whoop ass on him.

Long Run - 1:55:52 / 14.47 miles / 7:59 pace / 135 avg hr / 1472 ft climbing