{"id":1305,"date":"2015-05-17T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2015-05-21T10:51:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T17:51:27","slug":"run-friends-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/17\/run-friends-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Run, Friends, Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Postaday for May 17th: It\u2019s My Party<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>You\u2019re throwing a party \u2014 for you! Tell us all about the food, drink, events, and party favours you\u2019ll have for your event of a lifetime. Use any theme you like \u2014 it\u2019s *your* party!<\/em><\/p>\n

My wife threw me a pretty good party when I turned 40. We rented a space, invited everyone, set up an open bar, and a microphone for people to do stand-up comedy. That worked out pretty well. I love it when people have to listen to me. (Why do you think I keep a blog?)<\/p>\n

Earlier in my life she threw me an \u201corange\u201d party for my birthday. It turns out that a lot of the things I like to snack on are orange: carrot sticks, doritos, candy orange slices, etc. So she got orange M&Ms, oranges, mac n cheese\u2026 lots of other stuff. Folks came over to the house, and we played Guitar Hero till our hands were numb.<\/p>\n

Hard to trump those things. If I have any faith in my wife, I\u2019m sure she\u2019ll find a way at the next milestone birthday. Me, I\u2019m not so good at planning that kind of thing. For her 35th birthday I tried to rent a space, but wound up renting it for the wrong day. I\u2019m not a clever man.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s hard for me to say how I\u2019d throw a party for me. I like chicken wings, so there should be chicken wings at my party. I also like beer. I also like surf-guitar music. I also like running. So how about a running party? Me and everyone I know would run together from my house on one of my favorite running routes. Let\u2019s make it the 10-miler.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I like where this is going. So, we\u2019d all be wearing blue-tooth enabled headsets and we\u2019d all be listening to the same music as we ran. We\u2019d head out and do a mile warm-up, hit the Interurban Trail and take that to 200th street, then cut over to 10th Ave and head back.<\/p>\n

The best part would be when we get to 10th and 155th. We\u2019d slow down for 2 blocks, then turn left on 8th. The next half-mile would be a sprint, slightly downhill. Daikaiju\u2019s Zombie Harem blasting in our ears as we took over the street.<\/p>\n

And then back home for BBQ wings, beer, more surf guitar, and gathering around each other\u2019s GPS-enabled watches to compare times.<\/p>\n

That would be an excellent\u00a0<\/em>party. And it would never happen<\/em>. But I can dream \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Postaday for May 17th: It\u2019s My Party.\u00a0You\u2019re throwing a party \u2014 for you! Tell us all about the food, drink, events, and party favours you\u2019ll have for your event of a lifetime. Use any theme you like \u2014 it\u2019s *your* party! My wife threw me a pretty good party when I turned 40. We rented … <\/p>\n

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