Cold running

It isn't too often that a short training run at a pace that is slower than most people walk warrants a blog story, but today's run sure did!

Minnesota wild rice, uffda!

Whenever we go to Dominica's, I always request Salmon or other seafood because she takes requests and she's an amazing chef. Also, I have no idea how to cook fish so I totally take adavantage of the situation.  And wisely when I request fish, Dominica always makes her famous Minnesota Wild Rice on the side. It's the absolute perfect partner for seafood. Prior to this most recent trip, whenever I thought of Minnesota, I thought of wild rice!  It's still disputed by some, but many claim this Minnesota Wild Rice is the only true wild rice left in the world; Native Americans still plant it, care for it and harvest it in canoes on the northern lakes of Minnesota.  I guess, the wild rice stuff they sell at Walmart is actually #fakerice, Uffda! Oh yeah, we also learned, Uffda, in Minnesotan, is an expression of surprise and excitement similar to wow or rad. It's of Scandinavian origin and the spelling is inconsistent;  Minnesotans today seem to spell it Uffda while old scandinavians spelled it Oofda. Either way it means the same thing, WOW! And while Minnesota is just two states away, I learned MN has a lot of unique cultural items like hot dishes, and lutefisk!

Kirby's Angel version 3.0

It's not too often you can say your best decision at a race was taking your pants off, but that was definitely the case for the sisters at our 3rd Annual Frostbite Marathon Relay this year! Yes, Mird and I both took our pants off during today's race!

Question of the day...

No. We're not running today.  Well, at least I'm not running, maybe, Mird is, but I'm not!