Day371 Sunday 09/04/11

1,100 miles!!!

ran 1.5 miles
Today ends week fifty-three of running against Obama. I ran 20.7 miles this week, averaging 2.96 miles per day.

“Rather than cut, the government needs to spend more money on infrastructure to update crumbling highways, rails and other public entities, as well as to create jobs…the creation of jobs through more infrastructure spending could help bring down the rest of the deficit.”

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

More money for the unions, please, Mr. President. Union boss Richard Trumka thinks that spending more money, on top of what has already been wasted, will magically cure our nation’s economic woes.

Many of the people, organizations, businesses, and much of the Democratic base Obama has been helping so far in his presidency are extremely frustrated with his sudden destructive streak of rationale and logic---in simple terms, to slow down spending or, rather, to just not be quite so prone to waste such vast sums of money all at once. The people he is upsetting cannot comprehend why he is hitting the brakes on crippling America all of a sudden.

In words, which our president will never say directly, his actions reflect the realization that he has made many mistakes and that if he continues them he will be helping his fundamental supporters but enraging the other overwhelming side of Americans who are fed up with his actions and won’t vote for him.

980.0 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day6.

Day370 Saturday 09/03/11

ran 3.1 miles
Today’s post is a little late due to some technical problems. I think I’ve got it under control now.

I ran a 5k yesterday in South Louisiana while Tropical Storm Lee was passing over our heads. Rain and wind were coming from all directions. The weather was not extremely bad at that point because only outer bands of the storm were reaching us, but it still pummeled us. I enjoyed it. It was a tiny battle in the perpetual war of man versus nature. There were many turns on the route and street barricades wrapped with orange caution tape to help direct the runners were being blown over at every turn. Volunteers were there to help guide, but after the second mile there were no more people to direct and the barricades and tape were tossed all over the intersections. I ended up getting turned around and going in the wrong direction. When you’re running as fast as you can for the fastest possible time, something like that can be sort of frustrating. But I found my way and finished.

On Monday, I’m going to run a 5k in Texas. The weather should be much better and I’m hoping for a better time. I’ll have some pictures from the run in the near future.

981.5 miles to go.

Here is what happened one year ago on Day5.