As Night Sets In ...

Total miles run since entry to NYC marathon/this year: 35.16/353.65
Total miles swam since entry to marathon: 1.38
Total miles biked since entry to marathon: 12.2
Exercise calories burned since entry/this year: 5,907/66,872
Weight: 198
Beers in last 24 hours: 0
Total raised towards goal: $375

That on the right? That's me and the boy a couple months ago at Tonto Natural Bridge State Park near Payson, Arizona. Very beautiful place with a massive natural bridge spanning a river below. From the top of the bridge, a slow-trickling waterfall cascades. Very cool. See the next picture below to see what I mean.

It's late – approaching 11 p.m. here on the Left Coast, and my eyes are getting droopy, heavy, tired. I'm so sleepy, I don't know what to say. I ran, I saw, I conquered? No, that doesn't make much sense ... Hmmm. No. No ideas. Just sleepy.

Actually, that's not totally true. My friend, Eric, told me about a documentary today that has to be one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. I could only watch small parts of it before having to turn it off. It's called "Earthlings" and part of it deals with slaughterhouses and the ways animals are raised to serve the massive demand for meat across the globe - both domestically and internationally. Don't watch it if you don't want to have serious thoughts about whether you or not you should be eating what your eating. If curiosity still gets the best of you, you can check it here. The movie is narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, the guy who played Johnny Cash in Walk the Line:

I ran again today. Had a mini crisis when I thought my iPod broke – it actually just froze for a bit. It was easily fixable.

In other news, Beckett actually ate salmon today. I wonder how many 1-1/2 year olds eat salmon. Heidi told me she reads a blog by a mom who claims her 1-1/2 year old eats oysters. I'm not sure I believe that. But, maybe ...

I really am needing to go to bed. Tomorrow is another busy today. The old CT is almost gearing back up into full swing. The days are about to get hectic soon.

Maybe, I'll post a follow-up tomorrow afternoon at lunch if I have a chance at work. If not, I'll catch y'all on Monday.

Later ...