Thanksgiving for every wrong move.

Today was a perfect fall day.
I had planned to ride downtown for the turkey trot. Instead I caught the bus. The alone time was good for me. Introspection was good.

I arrived at the convention center at 8:30, got my timing chip, stripped down to my shorts and
long sleeve CTC t-shirt, packed my pack, and started looking for a place to stash it.

I ran into the Collisters, then Martha Brennan, then the men's room.
Finally I took Matt and Jen's advice and left my belongings with volunteers.

I had that funny pre race focus. It is similar to my pre gig mood. My aloofness is in hyper drive. I am really distracted and feel like I can't hold a conversation with anyone. I am happy to see every one, I just can't make my self attentive.

I do a little warm up and find my place in the crowd of 3000.

While waiting for the gun I start chatting with a young member of CTC. He is spending next summer in Australia doing Marine training with 2008 IMFLA in the long term plans. I try to say prayers for the kids serving for our nations defense. I want to see that kid finish the Ironman.

The bell sounded and the crowd began to move forward. 45 seconds later we crossed the starting line. I started moving quickly through the crowd. About a 1/2 mile into the race I caught Jack. We stayed together the rest of the race. We really pushed each other to run hard and had a really strong 2nd 1/2. I got the feeling that neither of us had run that hard in a while.
Following the race Jack and I wish everyone a Happy day of thanks and head to the Caribou.
Coffee
Coffee
Coffee.
I like Coffee.
After Jack left I still had to produce a veggie dish for the Mosbrook feast on Coleridge.
All week I had different people including my mom telling me to make a string bean casserole. The ingredients are: sting beans, cream of mushroom soup, and french fried onions.
Today was a day off the diet as I had planned, but it didn't mean I had to cook non vegan food.
I decided to modify the recipe to fit my current diet. Here is the Recipe:

Vegan Thanksgiving string bean casserole:
Wax Beans, string beans, and Poll beans
Coconut milk
garlic
pepper
basil
mixed mushrooms
Olive Oil
Red and white onions
Red Wine Vinegar

Cook garlic, pepper and shrooms together in soucepan
add coconut milk and sweet basil let simmer
Slice onions into rings and saute in vinegar oil and water cover and simmer.
pre heat oven to 400
clean beans.
mix all into a casserole and bake for 40 minutes while mixing every 10 minutes.

Reviews were good.
The rest of dinner was great and it was really a nice evening with the family.
After getting home I turned on Spider man and rode the trainer for an hr.

Happy Thanksgiving