How the H do you create a link on here!?

All I want to do is post a link !!! Can I figure it out? NO! GD it, I managed to embed the entire running calendar, but couldn't create a side bar link.  And now it's all underlined.  Good night! I am too tired to fiddle with this crapola any longer!!

Bonnaroo!

(a week later.)

Wednesday night, 10:30 - Eck arrives from the Sox game (2-1 loss) at my house, chats with the parents a bit since I'm obviously not packed yet
Thursday, 4:30am - Eck and KB arrive in Paducah, KY.
Thursday, 5:30am - Eck, KB and Jared take a refreshing plunge off the cliffs of Lake Something-or-other, KY.
Thursday, 12pm, after grocery shopping and meeting up with alumni Kobe + brother, arrive in the vicinity of Manchester, TN and proceed to wait in Bonnaroo traffic.
Thursday, 11pm - enter the Bonnaroo campgrounds. 11 hours of traffic. This made us both really frustrated and amused at the same time. Mostly relieved.
Friday, 12am - sprint back to the campsite in monsoon-style rain after failing to retrieve a schedulebook from Centeroo.
SLEEP.


I won't bore you with all the details of the shows, but basically...

Friday shows:
Kaki King is incredibly talented.
Animal Collectice was amazing.
Galactic + Trombone Shorty was tight.
Al Green - "Can I get a witness!" "Them safety folks in the yellow shirts out there - I'm already safe! These people come to love me, not hurt me!"
TV on the Radio - I was kinda drunk, I think. Fun show, though.
DAVID BYRNE PLAYED BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE IN A TUTU. <3 href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59i4pLdTNcFU2diw1tFGtsPqJnF3lUUIW4azcGSKpdL-CM6JUKHMfHK0O5yW_kNo93pcm7L87ny5MfbvpY07555WIqOmPsWRI49xgcQrHMl3bOREdSySFJ6xz-Cb3x92uIpwBQpGiw-aW/s1600-h/Bonnaroo+005.jpg">Del McCoury Band :-)
Wilco!! great show.
Bruce Springsteen...wow. Fantastic. Jared was so giddy the entire time. "IT'S TOO FUCKIN HOT FOR SANTA!" - He played "Santa Clause Is Coming To Town." Nice.
Tried to stay up for Moe... no success. Once again, Eck stayed out.



Sunday shows:
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - really fun. Partially due to intoxication.
Brett Dennen was good, but he opened with Ain't No Reason and we missed it :-(
Andrew Bird: naptime (I stayed up for Nervous Tick Motion and then half-dozed for the rest)


Snoop Dogg. Um..."Fuck the police! Show your love for Tupac!" ..he sang Gin & Juice. We had to get a good spot for Phish. We missed Neko Case because of this, unfortunately.
Phish - the feet killing us by this point, Jared and I sat in the back watching unbelievable amounts of glowsticks being tossed up throughout the show. It was a pretty damn good show. The Boss came on and jammed with Trey for a while. That was tight.


2am, Monday morning - depart. Karen passes out.
2:30 - Huddle House. A garden omelette, then more passing out.
sometime that morning - arrive at Paducah, Eck departs for Louisville en route to Pittsburgh for more Phish.
Pass out for like 5 hours.
Monday: Hang out with the Wynne's...and THIS LITTLE GUY:

Too adorable for words.

Tuesday: return home via Amtrak at 6:30am & pick up a Miss Anne Bayerle at the Art Institute for a lovely visit involving coffee & chatting, Ecuador & Madagascar photo-sharing, Chinese pastries with Kyle Lipinski, Zoe Lukens and Sam somebody, and passing out while watching Elizabethtown (I don't really recommend it).

In other news, the ol' plantar fascia is really cramping my style with the summer training schedj. I'm not a fan. Lots of weights, abs, and cross training. Wearing running shoes everywhere. This sucks. I hope all of you are having better success.

Friendly reminder about the summer running calendar.... Share your miles with us! Your training can't be going worse than mine!

Later gators.

Biking, Stupid

She said Christ walked on water, we can wade through the war.

You don't need to tell me who the fire's for.

(Apply to running & biking & Joan of Arc)

Somehow got signed up for the biking leg of the Great Race over the 4th of July. If I had a bike in Vermont, it would make more sense.

Anyone reading this is encouraged to crash the Green Mountains in late July to join me, Anne, and the finest harriers of Central Vermont at the Stowe 8-Miler on July 19. It's going to be hilly, but these races are small, relaxed and a great excuse to spend the day in those pricey foot-of-the-mountain tourist towns.

As a bonus, here are some alternative summer running jams for Miss Stutzbach.

A Few Things

Here is a random picture of your fine running coach for enjoyment. The T gave me this when I was trying to get Eckburg mentioned in Runner's World a few years ago. Apparently they didn't think Eckburg was cool enough. Lame.

But something that's NOT lame is this:

BOSTON!

I'm sure you're all sick of hearing but Boston was pretty cool. It was great to hang out with Eckburg and Dewar (left). It was my goal to catch Eck in the race, which I thought entirely possible because of his bum hamstring. You've got to count your wins right? The only reason I was conf. champ in anything was because of heart failure.... But I actually fell short of that goal, crawling across the finish line four minutes behind him. It was a pretty cool race. I'd suggest giving it a try.

Good luck with summer training ladies. You can always come visit me. I always run alone. Maybe I'll see you at the BC Olde English!

Breakfast at the Wayside

Returned from hiking/melting in the Caribbean to find that more infamous Julie in downtown Montpelier, hitting the bars with Anne.

After posting their run on Google the next morning, they took me to breakfast at a venerated central Vermont establishment where $0.99 buys you two eggs and two pieces of toast. It was just as beautiful as I remembered.

Fuel up & post your miles, smahties.