Cops

Cops.  The TV show.  Why is it I can never get enough of this show?  I think it's been on since I've been in high school.  Easily 20 years.  & no matter how many times I watch it, I never  tire of watching these "alleged" criminals get busted.  I mean, every episode has a shirtless person wondering why he's getting pulled over for driving on the wrong side of the road, or sleeping in a tree.  Plain craziness & I love it.

& isn't "alleged" one of the best words in the English language?  You can call anyone anything, as long as the word "alleged" falls before or after your incriminating comment.  But I am always on the side of the criminal.  I think, oh they're definitely innocent, I mean the cop really pulled them over for no reason.  Then I have to remind myself that it's a tv show & it wouldn't be entertaining if the person was actually on their way to get a gallon of milk & happened to take the wrong turn into the sketchiest drug neighborhood in America.  No one is that unlucky.  Or are they?  The jury is still out on that one.

Tonight, as I sit here watching the alleged criminals I know that I should have been at the gym or out for a run.  It's tough though.  I did my 5k this weekend & I knew that I would have to come up with a new plan of action if I was going to attempt a 70.3 half way around the world.  The time difference alone is overwhelming.  Tons of planning will have to go into my new hair brained scheme.  First & foremost, I need to save money.  I think I have $30 in my brand new savings account.  I even signed up for "Keep the Change."  I'm turning over a new leaf & I am going to be a huge saver going forward!  What?  I totally am!!!!    OK, please stop laughing.  I know I have at least $4,970 more to go.  & that's US $$$, not Euros.  I don't even want to start thinking about the exchange rate & how much more I will have to save.

Secondly, I need a new bike.  I can't get buy on my old bike for too much longer & it's definitely not going to last through another long race.  It will be fine as a training bike for now, but I am going to have to figure out something fast.  Additionally, whatever bike I get will have to be shipped to Ireland.  Not only shipped, but disassembled, reassembled, disassembled & then shipped back to the US.  Interestingly enough Aer Lingus can ship wedding cakes!  So if they can ship a cake I'm sure they can ship a bike, right?  Ah yeah, right.  I think this means I'd better learn how to do it myself or find someone in Galway to do it.  Quick research has given me a good bike dealer in Galway, but they haven't returned my email.  & if I was smart, I would learn how to do it myself, because you never know what will go wrong.  & something always goes wrong.

For now my plan is to sit down & work out a 20 week training plan which should get me through the fall & into early winter, where I can really assess where I am & how much further I need to go.  It's not going to be easy, but I am definitely going to cross that finish line in Galway.  But tonight & at least for the rest of this week, I'll be sitting planning my goals for 2011.  Allegedly.  Now where's that pint of Ben & Jerry's???