Milestones and Movies

I did it. I reached my first marathon training milestone. I'll wait for your applause to die down before I continue...

There are about 7 different milestones on this training endeavor and it is extremely gratifying to check the first one off. Oh, what's the milestone? I ran for thirty minutes at my desired marathon pace without stopping to walk. For the runners in the crowd (or the athletic folks), that's not that big of a deal. However, I have never been able to do this before. Even when I was running 6 or 7 miles at a time last summer, I had to stop and walk every 5 minutes or so. Not anymore! VERY exciting!

My poor wife was confined to her bed for a lot of this weekend because of back spasms. As a result (and also due to poor weather outside), I watched THREE movies on Saturday. The best (by far) of the bunch was Slumdog Millionaire...it was a great movie. Great story, great casting, great music, and a happy ending (the last part is especially important to me...this is why Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie of all time and Pride & Prejudice is my favorite book; I want a happy ending). I also went to see the new X-Men movie at the theater with some guys from my Junior High sunday school class I teach. It was surprisingly good (I was expecting to be bored out of my mind...I liked it a lot). And I finished the day with Adam Sandler in Bedtime Stories--not a life-changing experience but a good, fun story.

Oh, and may I share something ridiculous with you? Church's CHICKEN is offering a free corn dog with purchase of a large soft drink (and a complimentary triple bypass). Never mind the nutritional value of that last statement...a fast food fried chicken joint is now selling corn dogs. And people wonder why American culture is dead...