Anthony works in the grocery store
Saving his pennies for some day

I’ve been in the process of moving all my possessions out of Manayunk. It’s not so much the moving that bothers me but the time progression of being there. I spent 4 years in the Yunk and can say that I got to know the area pretty well. I earned free covers all the time to Kildare’s and Mad River which I expect to carry me to thru the future. I believe that any bar I visit with any frequency I earn great rapports with the staff. I’ll miss track workouts at Roxbourgh High School which essentially lets anyone run on their track at anytime. The location was the absolute best in terms of travel time to the city and to the suburbs. Even 200 Green Lane will go down as a place to remember. Specifically the age old table which endured countless games of beer pong and quarters. However, I can’t think of many times in the future that will come up where I say to myself, “let’s visit Manayunk.”

More on the progression of time. The one thing you never see coming is looking back and realizing you’ll never be that age again. I moved to Manayunk in my early 20’s and now I’m in my late 20’s and I just think to myself, “wow, I’ll never be 22 again.” I didn’t really mind this when I was in my early 20’s because I never looked back and said I wish I was 18. However, at all points of my life coming up, I’m always going to be wishing I was in my early 20’s. I don’t think there is a better age to want to be. Honestly, I actually think my current age is better but I know that this short little window where I still feel “in my youth” will end. I could care less about the moving process because life always moves on and that I can deal with. It’s knowing you can’t back that sticks me.

Most likely you are a culprit. This photo is better than 90% of the photos people post while they are at the Phillies game. When you are at the Phillies game, taking a picture with your phone and posting it on Facebook isn’t unique. Let’s just take one season for instance. 81 games x 30,000 people = 2.43 million. Out of this many people for 1!!!! season, probably 25 percent have done the same thing you just did and will continue to do. That’s several 500,000+ on a complete rough guess but times that by 5 seasons of Facebook and you have something that I’ve seen before.

I’ve seen it. Your at a Phillies game. Hooray. This picture is at least of a sky that looks somewhat different. People will take a picture of anything and warrant that it deserves posting just because. What is the purpose of posting it? If you have a really great shot, that’s one thing, but the back of a player is water trash. I defriended someone (who wasn’t even a friend) strictly because they constantly post Phillies pics.

It’s amazing what 2 weeks can do to you. I gave my best effort to get into my “racing” shape for the Broad St Run. At 28, racing shape is different than what it used to be. Considering I don’t really have any real reason to run other than my own personal goal, I would hardly consider my training to be a full fledged effort but it has various forms. Leading up to that race I was probably running 5 times a week and putting in around 40 miles. This week I’ve logged 0 so far and tallied about 20 beers. This is a complete 180 from what I was striving for at the beginning of May. Although I will add, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

I have noticed though that I don’t feel as physically fit as I did 2 weeks ago. I feel a little more skin around my belly and just a general sense of well being. I ate Taco Bell last night and just felt like poop with no exercise in my routine. I also noticed that I don’t feel as tired when it comes time to go to sleep. After runs I have a sense of physical exhaustion which leaves when you don’t work out. I do intend to start running again but I just don’t have anything coming up that requires hardcore training. I like to peak for races, not stay in 100% form all year long.