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Posted on July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 by runeatralph

This Week in Life (there’s more to life than running, like Weezer concerts!)

Hooray for hump day! I actually have Friday off this week, so it’s really past hump day for me. Does a 4 day work week even HAVE a hump, Bro?

Don’t let that title fool ya. There was plenty of running last week. I finished my week with 26.8 miles (I think it was really 27, but who can argue with Strava). Speaking of Strava, if you don’t use it you should. It’s a great way to track progress and get socially involved with the active community. If you DO use it, feel free to follow me 🙂

I just found out that I’ll be going to Chicago/Wisconsin with my parents in September! My parents are going to take a vacation and head out east and we’ll spend a few days together seeing a Cardinals game at Wrigley Field (a lifelong dream of mine) and then in Sheboygan, WI with relatives. I’m SO EXCITED (like Jesse Spano excited).

Friday night we had our weekly softball games. I pitched about the worst inning I’ve ever pitched. It was awful. I let one questionable call get in my mind and I couldn’t shake it. We lost both games, so I drowned my sorrows in a couple of beers with my friend Cody. Of course if we’d won, I’d have celebrated with a couple of beers with my friend Cody.

Saturday night was a first for me. I cancelled on a sitter so that I WOULDN’T have to go out for beer and a band. Times have changed. My wife and friends had a great time without me, so I heard. I had to save my strength for WEEZER.

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You’re old, Randy. Say it ain’t so, indeed.

In a search for discounted tickets, I stumbled across a website that has free tickets for veterans, called vettix.org. Venues and people donate various tickets for veterans to use and it’s AWESOME. I put in for 4 tickets and it cost us $15 for all of them. The 2 that were going with us couldn’t make it, so it ended up being a date night for Jen and me. I was glad it turned out that way. We had ourselves a time.

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Weezer was GREAT (as were the Pixies). They played a great combo of new stuff, old stuff and covers. They even played a REALLY old cover of the song Happy Together by the Turtles (a childhood favorite of mine). The rain didn’t stop people from hitting those lawn spots. We were living like kings and queens in the very back row of the seated sections. That beer was $17. I wish I could say it was worth that.

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These are funny. Jen and I want them made into t-shirts. 🙂

Well, that’s my week. See, I don’t ALWAYS talk about running. The next weekend is coming up. I hope it’s as awesome as this one was.

Anybody have any plans worth nothing?

 

 

 

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CategoriesMusic, Running TagsMusic, Running, veteran, weezer

13 Replies to “This Week in Life (there’s more to life than running, like Weezer concerts!)”

  1. AJ says:
    July 26, 2018 at 2:01 am

    Sounds like a great week! Glad you got to take advantage of those tickets:)

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    1. runeatralph says:
      July 26, 2018 at 1:59 pm

      Thanks 🙂

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  2. swosei12blog says:
    July 26, 2018 at 4:55 am

    HA! Your tickets were cheaper than the 90’s coverband show that I attended a few months ago. . . there was a Weezer cover band at this show. Dale’s Pale Ale used to be very popular in NYC (especially in the dive bar scene); but now, I cannot seem to find it anywhere.

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    1. runeatralph says:
      July 26, 2018 at 9:16 am

      I’d love a 90s cover band show! Thanks for following on Strava. I followed back. 😀

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  3. runningtotravel says:
    July 26, 2018 at 12:49 pm

    $17 for a beer?! I guess it’s been a while since I’ve been to a concert!

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    1. runeatralph says:
      July 26, 2018 at 1:59 pm

      I was a little shocked myself. I thought beer at sporting events was expensive, but wowzers.

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  4. Amy Lauren says:
    July 26, 2018 at 1:32 pm

    That’s a crazy pricey beer! It looks like you had fun at the concert though. A few years ago Clay and I went to see a bunch of 90s bands that played here in North Charleston. Sugar Ray was one of them, and I don’t remember the rest. I’ve also seen Hootie (Darius Rucker lives here) and Everclear but haven’t seen Weezer.

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    1. runeatralph says:
      July 26, 2018 at 2:00 pm

      We definitely had fun. I probably didn’t need the beer though.

      I’m sure Charleston has some great bands come through. 🙂

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  5. Laurie says:
    July 26, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    OK, I really must enter the 21st Century and get on Strava. Right now, I just use a $10 sport watch to time my runs. The Weezer concert looks like it was a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing!

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    1. runeatralph says:
      July 26, 2018 at 5:17 pm

      If you have a smart phone, you can use the Strava app and your phone’s GPS. Downside is you have to carry your phone.

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      1. Laurie says:
        July 29, 2018 at 12:58 pm

        Yes. That is the downside. I usually don’t.

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  6. aschmid3 says:
    July 27, 2018 at 6:09 pm

    We went to Chicago for the NASCAR race a few years ago and got tickets to a game at Wrigley while we were in town, just to see Wrigley. We happened to go when they were playing the Cardinals. It was by the far the most fun I’ve had in a baseball stadium. Hope you have a blast!
    Beer prices at concert venues are a crime. I went to a show last fall and offered to buy a round of beers for myself and the other two people I went with — $46!! And I’m pretty sure the other two got Bud Light!

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    1. runeatralph says:
      July 27, 2018 at 7:27 pm

      Bud Light was $13. I should have just gone with that. 😤

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