Movie Time Again

So I've been growing facial hair since Tuesday because I got another call-up to be a "Background Artist" (also known as an Extra) for some reshoots this Monday of a movie called "The Year One" which stars Jack Black. Apparently I'll be one of the citizens for the city of Sodom which is located at a sand pit in Sibley, LA south of Minden. I think the film is a comedy about an apocalyptic time or a time in ancient history or something like that. Anyways, the male extras were asked to grow their facial hair and I'm four days into it...and Jonnene is not amused with it! She'll be happy to see it gone after I get home Monday night!

Made it to TWO morning rides this week! Haven't done that in a while and I noticed that it is getting darker longer..surprise, surprise...so the lights on my bike are finally getting some good use. The pace is generally slowly this time of year, going about 21-22 mph on the parkway. I guess everyone is feeling the cool of the air and thinking of the change in seasons and how that affects your energy levels. Tuesday morning we had eight riders show up and the temperature was about 72 degrees with nearly 100% humidity...a regular Louisiana morning for most of us. This morning there were seven of us who showed up and the change in weather was a bit more dramatic: mostly cloudy with temps hovering around 60 degrees!

Toward the end of last Tuesday's ride, around 6:40 am.

Saturday I'll be at the Autumn Breeze Run doing the 10K (6.2 miles) and I don't know how well it'll go. I haven't been running as much as I'd like because of a tender tendon in my left ankle...even took two weeks off from running to give it a rest. That helped and I've already put in over 12 miles this week including a 4-mile run last night that I think I could have stretched it to 6-7 miles if I had wanted to. I'll be happy to get my time under 50 minutes (had a 44:47 last year) but I'm not expecting much this time out. Jonnene has to work this weekend so she won't be trying the 5K run.