RAC and more

Happy Thursday to Everyone!!

I had a good workout this morning at the "New and Improved" RAC (Rochester Athletic Club.... the "it" of places to work out in Rochester - you ain't COOOOL unless you belong to the RAC!!! haha). They added a bunch of cool stuff and this morning was the first time I have explored into the new area to see what all they did. It's probably aimed more for kids, but I don't care. I plan on using that stuff.

First thing I noticed was the aeroball or whatever they called it where you jump on trampolines and try to throw a ball through the goal on the other person's side while they jump on their own trampoline. I remember playing that when I was in middle school or whatever at the place out by Westdale.... what was that called? Dad or Emily???? little help here. Had the outdoor water slide and was pretty pathetic when you compared it to Whacky Waters. Is that place still open?

They added a huge tunnel playground for kids. I know Elliott and Al love those things at McDonald's. They also have Foosball and PING PONG!!! So I'm going to start taking my paddles and "beer pong" balls in case I see some 6th grade punk thinking he owns the table. There is also some better quality golf nets so some pre-golf-league practice might be in store for Fisher and I. Plus a couple of other game things that I couldn't quite figure out what it was, and batting cages, and a new basketball court.

They also have the new treadmills that are so much easier for fat people like me to run on! I remember this type of treadmill at the Aspen place where my parents used to work out at in Cedar Rapids. I can already run further on them than I can on the smaller and older ones that the RAC usually has. I know, so many of you are saying "but I'd rather run outside than on a treadmill"... well when you're 100 pounds overweight, you take the fact that you can still run a mile on a treadmill as the first step to the recovery process....

So speaking of Tennis.... I was able to catch some Australian Open last night and this morning. There were some incredible matches being played. Unfortunately, Sharapova lost in 3 sets (she looked good in the 1st but lost her mojo after that) as did Kljisters. Justine will probably win again and I find her to be the most boring of all the women's tennis players right now. Kind of like Federer who will most likely be playing in the Men's Final. Watch out for Hingis though and I was also watching Patty Schnyder the other night (also from Switzerland)..... these dang Swiss players are taking over the world!!! But I was able to watch the 5th set this morning of Baghdatis defeating Nalbandian.... a great 5 setter match! Baghdatis is unseeded and from Cyprus.... who plays tennis in Cyprus? It's a "stoens" throw from Turkey and Lebanon for those still wondering where it's at.

I have performances in La Crosse tomorrow morning after rehearsal tonight. Every January we play 3 concerts for middle school aged kids. Maybe it's 4th grade, I can never remember. I will try to blog if I can connect from my hotel in La Crosse or somewhere. If not, have patience and come back real soon!

Song of the Day - I think I'm probably the only person that loves working out to classical music. If I know the piece well enough, the time goes faster as I sing along in my head. I hit the Sibelius Symphony #2 while running this morning and I think the 4th movement is one of the greatest running songs. I know I'm weird...

Video of the Day - I forgot to mention that I watched Taps last week while on the plane trying to make a 14 hour flight go faster. It's the first major role for Tom Cruise and Sean Penn even though neither one had the primary role (that went to Timothy Hutton who I can't remember any of his other roles without looking). It's a great movie if you haven't seen it. I hadn't seen it in probably 20 years so i rented it for a fresh viewing!

Webpage of the Day - Thanks to Clausen for today's link. It's a video from Google (Safe for work but has a song you have to listen to understand). I think the video is a typical message from every guy I know!

Have a great day!!