Three Ways a Great Day

Up at 5 am, it's about 22 hours later as I attempt to put this incredible day into a few humble words. Three great things happened, all before working till almost midnight, so I'll try to type a few words before I hit the hay.

The Las Vegas Track Club offered a 5k race at Sunset Park and I can never pass on a run on my local course. The runs start at 7am now to beat the heat. Today's run was more desert and less asphalt which was fine with me because I'm ultra familiar with the sandy trails. The first mile was OK but I really turned it on when we hit the trails and the last mile I turned on the afterburners to finish in 25:05 my fastest 5k of the year. It was good for 3rd in my age group.

That would have been enough for one day but I had pre-paid in advance for yoga guru Steve Ross' class. He's the Lance Armstrong of yoga. What made it better is my favorite teacher Cypresse practiced along side me. This was the most demanding yoga class I've ever taken. It was hard, rewarding and difficult just like a marathon. But the good thing about sweating so much was I was so warmed up I was able to go deeper into the postures than ever before.

All this was going on while the mighty Buffalo Sabres were beating the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 to take a one game lead in the NHL Eastern Conference Best-of-7 series. Cha-Ching! If Daisy hadn't wet the bed and Haven hadn't puked all over the carpet it would have been the perfect day. But that's life. There must have been at least 36 hours in this day..