Number crunching...

It was one of those late nights last night.

I had my Ironman Kona poster plaque-mounted and was hanging it in the Man Cave. I got thirsty and the Kegerator was right there looking at me all lonely and stuff. It wanted to play.

One beer turned into many. It loves when I pull on it's handle. Alice ended up going to bed at a reasonable hour and I stayed up watching TV and tweeting on my iPhone. Before I knew it, it was 2 am.

I gained 11 new follows last night, I assume people found my tweets amusing, I know I did. It is so fun to make fun of other people and their tweets. Many tweeters tend to be much to serious.

Speaking of numbers, over the past thirty days I've had 8011 hits to my blog and 1925 unique visitors. It's a new PB. Last month was special, I surpassed 100,000 visits to the blog since starting it. Oh, and after the other day's video of the two horses, I didn't lose one follower. In fact, I gained 3 new ones.

I also want to thank a couple of new contributors to the TPPF, they are Rob G (@triwithms) for $25 and John K (@Fletcher54) for $15. Thanks guys. Also, the Top 10 largest donors list at the side of the blog has been updated. Those folks on it are definitely "role models".

For those that got kicked off the list, or have never contributed, don't despair, be competitive, send "Moola" and "Viola" you may get on that podium. I've now received $870.27 in total donations. Many Thanks to "those that know who you are".

It may seem like a lot of money, but it's not. Based on the hours I put into the blog, I'm making about a dollar an hour, almost as much as Simon pays his maids.

The goal of the fund is to raise one-million dollars a year. As you can see, I'm well off that goal. If anyone wants to organize a charity ride or something similar on my behalf, go for it.

Please keep the donations coming, I need beer money for the NYC Marathon coming up. Also, every donation entitles you to a one-year membership in the "Training Payne All Access Program". Unlike Ironman, I'm not going to "Waffle" and change my mind and stop the program. Click Here to see the apology.

As many know, if you donated to the TPPF pre-Ironman Kona, you got a postcard with a special message on it. For the rest of you, nan-na-nan-na-nan-na.

BUT....it's not too late to donate and not miss out on the next round of special gifts and learn about my upcoming parties BEFORE the others. You may even get better odds on me possibly inviting you.

Changing subjects, I went for a run today. The first in 6 days. It's amazing how fast "you can lose it when you don't use it". I started running 4:57 pace and then had to do a LOT of walking to keep my heart rate under 143 bpm. Mind you, last nights shenanigans definitely made it harder to stay in the zone.

In the past couple days I noticed my muscles were starting to "atrophy" and even during the run they felt weaker than they have in a LONG time. The hip bothered me, although it feels better than the last time I ran. I'm not sure if it's because of the rest, yesterday's ART therapy, stretching or psychologically feeling better knowing it's not a problem that can't be fixed.

On the diet front, other than drinking beer last night, I ate perfectly. No junk food and that's NOT easy to do after having a few beers.

Oh, one last thing, on Tuesday we went to the movie "Jackass", it's not as good as the earlier ones and it was in 3D. Save your money and donate it to the TPPF.

Mod Run - 1:01:44 / 11.02 km / 5:35 per km avg / 143 bpm avg