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6 Lessons Learned From Running A 5K In A Sumo Costume

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The Sumo Saga

A couple years ago I made one of the best purchases of my life, which was an inflatable sumo suit costume for Halloween. I’ve had so much fun wearing the sumo costume that I’ve tried to wear it as often as possible.

So when I awoke at 7am Saturday morning and tried to decide what to wear to the Run or Dye 5K, which is probably the worse name for a 5K ever, as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes I looked up into my closet and saw my sumo costume sitting there. I put on the sumo suit just as a joke, but when Whitney showed up to carpool down to the stadiums she concurred that I should do the 5K in it. I learned several things from running A 5K in A a sumo costume, and here they are!

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Parents Philly Visit 2013

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I’ve lived in Philly for over a year now and my parents wanted to come and see what I’ve been upto since moving out here.  Here is a summary of our adventures.

Grabbing Philly Cheesesteaks

The 1st thing everyone wants to do upon arriving to the great city of Philadelphia is to grab a legit Philly Cheesesteak. They were so excited to get a cheesesteak that while I was giving them a tour of my room they discovered my cheesesteak hat and almost consumed it. Eventually we headed over to Tony Lukes, home of my favorite cheesesteak from the triple bypass challenge I did with David.

Greg & Joanna eating cheese steaks (2)

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February Challenge- Balloon Animals

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The Idea

I’m trying this thing where I push myself to learn something each month and I thought that learning how to make balloon animals would be fun. I also have to admit that after watching the trailer “We Bought A Zoo” that I myself wanted to buy a zoo, but since I’m strapped for cash I decided that the next best thing would be to create a zoo of balloon animals.

The Equipment

A total of $20 and I was on my way!

Helpful Resources

I first found Balloon How To which had some great videos, but once I found her and a few others on YouTube I decided just to make a playlist of helpful videos I found.

YouTube Playlist of Helpful Tutorials

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NJ Six Flags Adventures

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Roller Coaster Rest Days : )

SEER Six Flags

I am kind of an adrenaline junky and roller coasters are always a good way to get my fix. I’ve been to six flags in California & Illinois and made sure to put it on my to do list out here in Philly.

Like a lot of things on my list they usually get pushed to the back, but luckily my awesome employer, SEER Interactive set us up to go to 6 Flags NJ for a company retreat. It was an amazing day with amazing co-workers. I will definitely be going back again soon.

(These faces are priceless)