Monday, May 21, 2012

Reasons to postpone a run

Phone conversation:
Brett: hey you wanna grill those fish tonight?
Neil: sure sounds good.
Brett: I thought we could get a bunch of vegetables and make a veggie boat too.
Neil: so we are going to go all out.
Brett: yeah!

So here is the deal. Brett and I went fishing earlier this spring and caught some pretty good looking walleye when they were running. They have been sitting in the freezer since. If you aren't aware walleye are some of the best tasting fish on the face of the earth.

So my predicament is I pretty much need to get a run in tonight. I very rarely make exceptions to this rule. I can count the number of days I have taken off in the last 6 months on two hands. This is one of those times. I love running, but I love fish almost as much. So tonight I'm eating walleye, asparagus, green peppers, mushrooms, potatoes, biscuits, with chips and a nacho cheese dip concoction made by yours truly. Polishing it off with a nice cool bud light.

Brett asked me why I was taking a picture of the fish. My response was "just a reminder of how good life is sometimes!"

Running is very important to me, but sometimes you need to stop and smell the roses. In this case the roses are fish.

Happy running...tomorrow.