Helloooo Everyone !
Hours and miles will follow later today, forgot to grab figures from whiteboard for submittal.
Martha and Craig: Like Liz said, Alton gave a short talk and presentation on the building blocks of food and cooking, then took some questions submitted before the talk, a la James Lipton.
He was funny, and intelligent, and it was a very fast hour.
The same could not be said for the line-up to have books signed.
It was JUST this side of interminable, largely due to poor crowd-management on the part of the museum.
Kudos to AB for his Patience and infinite good humor.
We had picked up his latest book just the night before, and Liz had it for him to sign. Since he is a motorcyclist, and I am one too, I thought it would be cool to have him sign my old helmet that had to be retired last fall.
Alas, I was not quite as original as I thought. Another guy in the group of about 1000 also brought his helmet, recently scarred up in a fall, for signature. And he was ahead of me in line.
Since his helmet bore the recent marks of ill-fortune, AB wrote "To Scott; The rubber side goes Down!" and added his "AB" and a quick caricature of himself.
On my lid, I got the following directions, which I plan to follow religiously: "To Pat; Ride, Eat, Repeat!" and the caricature and "AB" too.
It was a long wait, over 2 hours, for the all-to-brief moment with the man.. But the helmet will be on display in a place of prominence.. As soon as I can figure out such a place that Liz approves. Evidently, on top of the living-room audio rack, is not such a place. I know, I tried it out.
Hopes of Good Weather to all you Bunnies, and congrats on the PR's and teh sheer persistance to keep racking up the minutes and miles.
Good week and good numbers to all !!!
Patrick
Two of my workouts this week would not have happened if it weren't for being apart of this team... sometimes, running or riding a bunch more miles, just for me, isn't motivation enough. Getting out and exercising used to come easily for me, but lately it has been a real challenge.
Thanks, all. 
After this semester (which ends May2nd) I only have one more academic semester in the summer then I have a year of internship.......then FINALLY I AM DONE 
; but I think we have nothing to be ashamed of. We're hanging on to that lead by a thread. Maybe we can all get the bikes out next week to bump our mileage LOL!!!??? 
. Went out for 8 and had to stop at 6. My pace was great but it felt like I was powering through every step. Felt like I'd injure myself if I kept going so I made a "smart" choice for a change 
