My last run in the cold weather that caused so much gasping for air that I thought I was done for led me back to Dean and Dr. Gronski's team. I am now on a serious Prednisone taper that is about half way done and has me feeling almost human again.
Since my last post, almost 3 or 4 weeks ago, I have not run but did jog in and out of Hilldale the other day and did not collapse in search of air.
Since my last post I have travelled to Coralville, Iowa, Boston, MA and just this past week to Chicago. All good stops and I know we are making positive steps forward with the apparel and footwear. While change is in the wind, I feel that we are headed in the right direction.
The trip to Iowa City was an interesting one given the fact that I headed there in doom and gloom as evidenced by this picture.
On the way home the next day the clouds cleared and yielded a totally different look to the exciting terrain that is Iowa. This shot here is actually a bit hilly as I am headed down towards the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa. You can almost make out the river at the bottom of the hill. Got to love those blue skies though!
While in Coralville I got to hit the team at Scheels. These stores are pretty awesome. Can't wait to get back to see them when they are in riding season. I have to admit that I have never been in a store that has a tree right in the center of the store, but Scheels is all about creating a sense of entertainment in their retail stores. This was an incredible difference from the store in Mankato that Di and I stopped at when we went up to visit Gustavus Adolphus with KJ a few years back. This place is so much more incredible it is hard to believe. This is their model for all of their shops.
My time in Boston was accentuated by the Cartoon Network's stupid idea of putting up electronic gizmo's to promote some lame cartoon. Having arrived in to Logan on the 10th of September a few years back, I know how sensitive this area is to things like this. They did lose a lot of people from the local area. You just have to think about what you are doing!
Shot this as I headed over the Charles River as I made my way to Landry's on Commonwealth. Right in BU territory and a great meeting with Mark Vatour and met Mark Phelan. Great visit and we need to get our line better to rock with these guys.
Dinner after day one in Boston took me up to Newburyport for an incredible dinner with Jeff Williams, Ron Shinn and Greg Hannoosh at my most favourite restaurant on the North Shore: Glenn's. The martini's were as awesome as ever!
Lots more to get caught up on given my time away and how I am feeling.
This weekend, it is Chicago and then Texas. Stay tuned!
Oh, one more thing before I sign off for the night. This was the view from the gate at MSN at 0600 as I headed towards Providence via ORD! this almost looks artic-like doesn't it? While I do not fly American, I did think that this pic did a great job of capturing how pleasant the morning was. I get to do the O-dark 30 thing again this coming Monday. Here's hoping it is just a tad more tropical?
Thank goodness I am headed to Houston and points "warm!"
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