The Signifigance of '92

 92.

What's the big deal?  Well, a lot happened that year.

Some great movies - Last of the Mohicans, Basic Instinct, Unforgiven, Wayne's World, A League of Their Own, A Few Good Men, My Cousin Vinny and The Mighty Ducks.

Also, in the year that was....

• Bill Clinton became president of the United States. 
•  The Summer Olympics took place in Barcelona.  The Winter Olympics took place in Albertville.
• Rioting broke out in Los Angeles following the acquittal of four white police officers accused of beating Rodney King (Rodney later said "can't we all just get along"). 
• Seth Campbell Allan was born on July 10.
• It was in 1992 that the Mall of American opened. 
• Ralph Klein succeeded Don Getty as Premier of Alberta

We could go on, but let's be honest. This information is somewhat trite.  This is a blog about a run streak and today is Day 92 of said streak. That's what matters.  Only eight days to go!  Seems like the time has flown by, right?

While I haven't added it all up, I think I'm around the 200-mile mark and most of my runs have a common theme in that they've been relatively short and have taken place indoors on a treadmill. The indoor thing has limited things relative to the mileage and if we had started this crazy streak in, say, May rather then December, unquestionably the mileage would have been greater.

Not getting ahead of ourselves, here, but there is the mystery of what happens next once March 20 comes and goes.  I read a book a couple of years ago by former Flames head coach Dave King (or as Jack Neumann calls him "Kinger"). One of the things King described in the book was the fact he ran every day for a year while coaching a team in Russia.  Is that something we should consider?  Oh, and by the way, I'm curious as to where "The King of Russia" book ended up.  The last I heard, big brother Pete had given it to Alex (it was nice knowing you ... "King of Russia").

Or maybe we turn our attention to distance and look to hit the 1,000-mile plateau over the course of a 12-month span.  At my current pace, again, that seems doable. Providing we amp things up a little once the weather gets nice.  The would be a good goal to shoot for.

So that's about if for tonight, y'all.  Hope you've had some good runs lately!

#skinnybadassallans #wereMetis

Stretch Drive

Today's Day 85 on the road to 100 consecutive days for our #AllanNation EARC Secret Run Streak.

Famous number 85's include Little Richard (he's 85 years old), Loretta Lynn (also 85), Meadow Lark Lemon (yup, 85) and Maury Wills (he's 85 and could still steal a base if he had to).

The roman numeral for 85 is LXXXV. And football players who wore this number: Nick Buoniconi, Art Monk and Jack Youngblood.

Mostly irrelevant information with absolutely nothing to do with our streak, but c'mon, interesting nonetheless.

Only 15 days to go.  Just over two weeks.

It's sleeting this afternoon in the Key City, which is typical for this time of year in Minnesota.  In fact, there's an adage around here that if it's the week of the boys high school hockey tournament (which in fact, it is), then you can count on getting some snow.  So, another workout on the treadmill (sigh).

Unless something weird happens (I get sick, my car hits a water buffalo or I win the lottery and immediately head off to Ireland to drink that country out of Guinness), then the probability is high that I'm going to reach this goal.

Again, to me, the most impressive thing during the past few months is the fact that Ab ran on the same day they he also had a colonoscopy.  This will go down in Allan lore.  Told time and time again at our tribal get togethers (or maybe we should call them rendezvous, like a bunch of trappers or voyageurs, given our Metis heritage). 

Have we talked about shoes? How many pairs do you have? I need to get a new pair, but don't want to change from my current model (Asics Guide 8s or 9s). What's your process for buying new running shoes?  Do you have shoes you use for trail running/hiking, running in snow/ice, on asphalt only?

That's it for now.  Next update coming in about a week.

Cheers!  #skinnybadassallans