My cutback week turned into a sit-on-my-butt week. I did a total of two whopping runs, and my knee was still not its normal self, so I just scrapped the rest of the week and gave my legs a vacation. It wasn’t painful exactly, but I could still feel the tightness a few miles into my run, and the longer I spent with it in a bent position, the more it felt like it would lock up a little. Right now, it feels fine and I haven’t had any problems with walking or stairs, so I plan to resume a normal schedule next week.
As mentioned, Fiancee and I hit up the Wisconsin State Fair yesterday with Fiancee’s brother and his octopus girlfriend – so named because she always needs to have every limb intertwined with his. Here is photographic evidence:
The Octopus
How many points of contact is in this photo? Is this really necessary?
Anyway, my food tally for the day ran like this:
- corndog
- BBQ ribs (sooooo good)
- chive fries
- root beer
Ribs and chives fries at the fair
Fried cheese
And then I finished the day by eating this giant cinnamon sugar elephant ear all by myself. (For those of you who don’t know, elephant ears are large pieces of dough stretched thin and then deep fried.)
Elephant ear
And for proportion’s sake…
Nom nom nom
I’m surprised Octopussy doesn’t have her purse on the other side of her to ensure maximum bodily contact!
I’ve got to get one of those elephant ears.. yummmm.
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OMG at the food…that last pic is a classic!
Quite cuddly eh?! They’ll get over it once they’re married a few years! ha ha!
I love your pics and I’m always hungry after viewing them! Oh, and the pic of octopus woman…too funny!
Great food porn as always, better that you are eating that stuff rather than me
Did you actually take a photo of them with their heads cut off or did you just crop it out?
Oh on a running note, nothing wrong with turning things down a notch, I’m sure your body will appreciate this much later
I can imagine how the Octopus Picture came about… you gave the impression you were taking a picture of their smiling faces and sneakily took a picture of their bizzare need to be touching as much as possible! brilliant! that tickles me more than the picture itself… good work!
as alwats – loving the food porn!
Whoa, don’t get too close to octopus. You could become enveloped! LOL!
Yikes, that is one ginormous elephant ear! Awesome eats!
Ewww. That first pic made me gag a little too much to fully enjoy the Fried Delights later on. But I’m sure I would have managed had I been there. Elephant ears are so wonderful that I would eat them even if they really were elephant ears. (And I’m vegetarian.)
Hope your legs feel good as new this week and no nagging tightness!
HOLY CRAP! That elephant ear is like 3x your face! And I loved the octopus photo – hahahahah that’s funny. I’m glad you enjoyed your cutback week!
Time off well deserved! And elephant ear well deserved! Aside from the picture being hee-larious, it also shows that elephants are a menace and must be eaten to be stopped. Bravo!
Holy crap I need to make a trip to Chicago… Great post as always Kai.
Wait I forgot to comment on Octopussy, ha! That hand hold looks painful. Must be in case they have to jump off the chair and go right into a tango!
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