Land of the Midnight Sun

John -the Penguin- Bingham — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:49:45 GMT

OK. I think I've been on the road too long.

This trip started last Saturday. I flew to Seattle, drove to Tacoma, spoke, spent the night, drove to Seattle, drove BACK to Tacoma because I forgot my hanging bag in the hotel room, drove BACK to Seattle, spent the night, drove to Bellingham, spent the night, drove BACK to Seattle - and stopped at a Wal-Mart to buy a garment bag-, spent the night, FLEW to Anchorage - which is where I am right now.

SO! I check in, pull mail, get caught up a little and then start thinking about a run. I look at my watch, it's nearly 3 PM. I want to run at 4. THEN I THINK. I hope it doesn't start getting dark while I'm out there.

WHAT A MAROON! It's June 20. I'm in Anchorage, Alaska. The sun sort of goes down at - oh - 11 PM. Too many miles in too many days.

A couple of good things, though. While in Seattle I caught up with Mark Conners - formerly of Spenco - now with BodyGlide. Mark supported me early on when I was trying to get this whole "penguin" thing going. Without his help I never could have toured in 2000 and 2001. It was great to see him again.

Of course, I am a HUGE fan of BodyGlide. My number one rule is that anything that CAN rub together WILL rub together. If they sold BodyGlide in 50 gallon drums I'd probably have one. I use it liberally on all those sensitive areas that tend to rub or blister. It's great stuff and should be in every runner's bag of tricks.

OH, yeah, I got in my run, am back at the computer, and guess what? THE SUN IS STILL OUT! Go figure.

Most of the TEAM will get in tomorrow and then it's off to the TnT Pasta Party and race.

Waddle on,

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Land of the Midnight Sun