Showing posts with label Exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exercise. Show all posts
Monday, November 12, 2007
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The run took almost 4 hours so this could be a long post.
Garmin Data (link)
Saturday night I decided to go with some asian (rather than italian) carbo loading at the sushi bar. The kids got some other food that came with rice so I really did load up and I think from an energy standpoint I did what I could to be ready. I didn't get to bed until about 12:00 which was clearly a mistake. I think it hurt my overall energy and probably recovery but I was sort of nervous and couldn't wind down (I also got sucked into watching the classic AZ v. Gonzaga 2003 2nd round NCAA tournament game on ESPN classic).
For this long run I wen with a headband (I'm a sweaty bastard), my lightweight running jacket over a sleeveless dri fit shirt, shorts and spandex, my water belt (phone, water, energy blocks and money) and my running hat tucked in the belt for when the sun came up. I also wore my old shoes, by old I mean the pair I bought at the beginning of training. I think I have upwards of 100 miles on them and was thinking this might be their last long run.
The alarm went off at 4:30 and I snoozed at least once and after all the preparations didn't get on the road until right about 5:30. It was insanely beautiful out, not too cold and no moon so the sky was full of stars. It wasn't long before the sun started to color the sky over the Rincons which was chasing away my view of the stars so I made a minor course deviation to start heading west sooner than originally planned. This was double good because now I get the fantastic star show directly overhead and the city lights out to the west.
I did all of the climbing I was going to do in the first 3 or so miles which coincided nicely with hitting the 3 mile cruise point. I felt good and strong. I was walking at the even # miles for about 20 seconds to drink some from the water bottle. Based on past experience I can get to about 10 or 12 miles using this method. I wound up swinging through the 7-11 at Broadway and Craycroft to get a Gatorade. The lady thought I was insane when I paid with a $5 for the $1.29 bottle and didn't want the coins back. Nothing really to report up to that point but I did have a breif and terrifying bit of chest pain right around mile 12. It only lasted about 1 second but nearly doubled me over. I watched the HRM carefully for the next 5 minutes and nothing seemed amiss so I pressed on.
I brought the shot blocks and took some at roughly mile 5 and 10. The idea is that you take them aobut every hour. I skipped eating at 15 for some reason that I can't recall and I think this put me in a deficit which I'm guessing I felt in post race.
A little after 13 is where I started to get tired. At some point (I think around 16) I started taking a little water and walking a bit every mile. No muscle cramps or other problems but my feet really started to get sore from the pounding. Each time I walked it got harder and harder to start running again. In the last 1.5 miles I was walking a bit at each 1/2 mile. Running up University toward Old Main was the perfect ending. Tina and Sophia were playing in the grass waiting for me and Soph ran with me for the last little bit.
It was incredibly tough, easily the hardest exercise I've ever done. I finished in almost exactly 3:50 which beat my expectation by 10 minutes and means I may be able to get done under 5 hours for the big day.
Post race was pretty brutal. I ate grapes and bagels and drank Gatorade immediately after to replace the energy. I think I'd add some OJ or other fruit stuff like an apple. I slept for 4 hours and woke up with a horrible headache that was on again off again all the rest of the day. After muching all day, it was 11 PM before I could actually choke down some solid food.
I wasn't totally dead at the end of the run but the last 6 are going to be tough, no question about it. I think wearing my new shoes will help too as they have alot fewer miles on them. I'll be sure to take in calories at 15, 20 and maybe even 25 to prevent being so much in deficit at the end.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Longmont Training #2 - 10 Miles
Garmin (link)
It was hard to roll out of bed this morning at 4:30 again but I only hit the snooze button once and was on the road at 5 exactly. I had only a vague notion of where I was headed and started off by heading to a bridge over Left Hand creek where I turned around yesterday. I found a path running along the bridge that ran through something called a Greenway area and despite having no lights, I sorta found my way through. The path crossed back under the road my hotel was on and went on into a neighborhood where I crossed and recrossed the water several times. One of the bridges instead of having a concrete floor for the pedestrian lane had only a steel mesh substance that I KNEW was going to collapse both times I crossed it. I stopped under one bridge for a sneaky pee. I hate doing this but when needs must.... I am finding that the first 3 miles are the 'hardest' motivationally speaking. Once I get past that 3 mile barrier for some reason I can settle into a cruising mode. So with walking water breaks at even numbered miles, a pee break and a stop to make a phone call (had to cancel my ride to the office) I came very close to finishing the 10 miles at a 10 minute pace.
It was brutally cold and I was running along a creek or through parks for most of the way. I think the weatherunderground site is in town so my actual temps must have been lower. I dropped the gloves about 4 miles in and my face went numb at around 5 miles. It was so cold that the skin on my legs was still cold to the touch after about 10 minutes in the shower.
It was hard to roll out of bed this morning at 4:30 again but I only hit the snooze button once and was on the road at 5 exactly. I had only a vague notion of where I was headed and started off by heading to a bridge over Left Hand creek where I turned around yesterday. I found a path running along the bridge that ran through something called a Greenway area and despite having no lights, I sorta found my way through. The path crossed back under the road my hotel was on and went on into a neighborhood where I crossed and recrossed the water several times. One of the bridges instead of having a concrete floor for the pedestrian lane had only a steel mesh substance that I KNEW was going to collapse both times I crossed it. I stopped under one bridge for a sneaky pee. I hate doing this but when needs must.... I am finding that the first 3 miles are the 'hardest' motivationally speaking. Once I get past that 3 mile barrier for some reason I can settle into a cruising mode. So with walking water breaks at even numbered miles, a pee break and a stop to make a phone call (had to cancel my ride to the office) I came very close to finishing the 10 miles at a 10 minute pace.
It was brutally cold and I was running along a creek or through parks for most of the way. I think the weatherunderground site is in town so my actual temps must have been lower. I dropped the gloves about 4 miles in and my face went numb at around 5 miles. It was so cold that the skin on my legs was still cold to the touch after about 10 minutes in the shower.
| Time | 5:00 AM | 5:03 AM | 5:08 AM | 5:13 AM | 5:18 AM | 5:23 AM | 5:28 AM | 5:30 AM | 5:33 AM | 5:38 AM | 5:43 AM | 5:48 AM | 5:53 AM | 5:58 AM | 6:00 AM | 6:03 AM | 6:08 AM | 6:13 AM | 6:18 AM | 6:23 AM | 6:28 AM | 6:30 AM | 6:33 AM | 6:38 AM | 6:43 AM | 6:48 AM |
| Temperature | 23.6 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 23.6 | 23.9 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 23.9 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 23.8 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 24.4 | 24.5 | 24.5 |
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Boulder Training #1
I'm in Boulder this week for a bunch of meetings and am due training runs of Tuesday = 5 miles, Wednesday = 10 miles, Thursday = 5. Up at 4:30 AM today to get this one in before having to meet my ride in the lobby at 6:45. I always get crap for being gadget man but today requires a load of gear: Garmin watch + HRM, Ipod Shuffle, long sleeve dri-fit shirt, windbreaker, reflective vest, nike tights (looks dead sexy and works great), dri-fit socks (the green Go-Zilla ones with the yellow monsters on them), race shoes (I have 2 pairs of the GX220...the red ones are for races), water bottle belt (water, phone and room key), knit cap and gloves.
The lady at the desk offered that I should head down to the Longmont Rec Center as they have lots of trails. Good plan except that it was pre-dawn and there were no lights so I stuck to the roads. I felt good all the way through and took off my gloves for the last 2 miles as the sweat was really building up.
Garmin Data (link)
Weatherunderground Info (link)
The lady at the desk offered that I should head down to the Longmont Rec Center as they have lots of trails. Good plan except that it was pre-dawn and there were no lights so I stuck to the roads. I felt good all the way through and took off my gloves for the last 2 miles as the sweat was really building up.
Garmin Data (link)
Weatherunderground Info (link)
| Time | Temp |
| 4:57 AM | 27.20 |
| 5:02 AM | 27.20 |
| 5:07 AM | 27.00 |
| 5:12 AM | 26.90 |
| 5:17 AM | 26.70 |
| 5:22 AM | 26.30 |
| 5:27 AM | 26.00 |
| 5:32 AM | 25.70 |
| 5:37 AM | 25.30 |
| 5:42 AM | 25.00 |
| 5:47 AM | 24.50 |
| 5:52 AM | 24.20 |
| 5:57 AM | 23.80 |
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Tinfoilman Photo Finish
Simply put, my best tri ever. I felt strong throughout and finished with my best bike, run and overall time. Some pictures (link), my Garmin data (link it is kinda goofy because I forgot to start it until I was down the road a bit and didn't stop it until a while after I finished) and the overall results (link).
My historical data:
Collier and I carpooled as he is the guy with the dual bike rack on his car and Tina and the kids were coming down alot later. We racked the bikes and laid out our gear which is a whole process in itself. Most people put down a towel and then spend about 20 minutes obsessing over exactly how to lay out their gear for the quickest transition. Next comes the body marking. Unfortunate volunteers write your race number on each shoulder, the thigh just above the knee and put your age on the back of your right calf. I can only assume that the age thing is there to motivate you as you go around chasing people older than you. I saw an 80 (!!!!!) year old women getting out of the pool and paced my bike for a lap off a 72 year old man who damn near dropped me on the speedway climb from euclid to campbell. The should make anyone over 65 wear an eyepatch and carry a parrot.
The swim is first and we were in the 3rd wave of swimmers to start around 7:20. The idea is that they group you by your projected swim time so that each wave will finish roughly on a predictable schedule. The wave before ours was mostly the relay groups which featured several little kids that were swimming super fast. The lady in my lane in the prior wave was the last one to finish from that wave so I didn't get to do much warm up and was in the water about 90 seconds before the start. Collier who was all amped for a good swim time must not have heard the starter say that we had 15 seconds before start and decided to do a 50m warmup. Our lap counter and I screamed at him but to no avail. They started the race about the time he was at the far wall 25 m away. Obviously he caught up to and passed most of us but I don't think got the swim time he was capable of. I swam fine, felt strong throughout I'm just not very fast. I also constantly lose count of how many laps I've done. I popped up and asked 2x and was off by 2 laps each time. Getting out of the pool was not too bad even though the ledge is very high and the arms are kinda burning. I got to the the transition area and was just putting on my socks when Collier left on the bike. I put on shirt, socks, HRM, sunglasses, helmet and bike shoes pretty quickly and was on the road about 1:30 behind him.
I never did even see Collier on the road and I think we were both riding a really good pace (for us of course). Lap 1 was fine, it only takes a few hundred yards before you settle in, feel dry and find your pace. It's slightly downhill for the first bit which is nice to shake everything loose. Euclid going north was horrible, they seem to have patched over the potholes with series of Mexican topes. I rode behind the old man on that lap and he set a good pace. Looking at the garmin data I kept my average speed over 20 mph on the descent parts Campbell and Broadway and over 18 mph on the ascent parts Euclid and Speedway. I think in the future I can do better on the bike, I would love to get it under 40 minutes which would only be about 10 seconds faster per mile. Very doable. I also need to remember to not give Jackson '5' when I ride by at 25 mph. I can't believe his hand didn't break.
Back into the transition area and I was racking my back as Collier was heading out on the run. This transition is pretty quick as you just have to drop the helmet and change shoes, a quick drink from the bottle and off you go. The first 1/2 mile is literal hell, legs feel like lead and its sooooo hard to get a pace going. Most people look like some form of duck when they get off the bike to run. Collier forgot his belt that had the race number they pull at the end to mark your time so I threw it in my shirt pocket and hoped to catch him later. We basically ran from the pool area over to Cherry, up to the mall and then did 2 laps around the mall from Cambpell around Old Main. Tina and the kids were out at the Campbell end kicking the soccer ball. Its crazy how much it helps seeing freindly faces out on the course, it really gives some kind of adrenaline boost. I was only 20 yards behind Collier at this point and starting to close. Jackson was jogging with me so I had him take the belt up to Collier. Sophia even ran with me which really made me think I could kick up the pace. I think I passed Collier about 3/4 of a mile into the 3 mile run. I didn't see him again until the end and looking back I should have looked back more to see where he was. I ran a comfortable pace but never even looked at the watch to see how fast I was going. The course wasn't marked for distance at all or I never noticed where it was but the visual of going around the mall twice was plenty to roughly guess where you were. I passed alot of people from earlier wave that were doing the run/walk thing. A couple of them were huge and frankly props for getting out there. Coming up to the right turn to Cherry to finish a lady passed me and said 'lets kick this' or something that is lame but sounded inspiring at the time so I sped up a little. About 10 seconds later Collier comes by saying something about 'footsteps' so I try to push a little harder to keep up with him. We chased the lady to the finish and he had a great kick in the last 100 yards to get past her. I didn't have anything left and we finished each 1 second apart.
For the overall this put me 3 seconds behind Collier but he lost at least 30 seconds with his goof at the swim start.
I felt better after this race than ever before. Partly I'm in much better shape and partly being able to have someone to chase really helped.
My historical data:
| Date | Swim | Bike (Transition) | Run | Total |
| 10/02 | 19:00 | 50:22 | 32:51 | 1:42:13 |
| 10/03 | 18:43 | 45:31 | 32:50 | 1:37:04 |
| 3/04 | 18:03 | 47:25 | 33:10 | 1:38:38 |
| 10/07 | 18:25 | 42:12 | 28:03 | 1:28:41 |
Collier and I carpooled as he is the guy with the dual bike rack on his car and Tina and the kids were coming down alot later. We racked the bikes and laid out our gear which is a whole process in itself. Most people put down a towel and then spend about 20 minutes obsessing over exactly how to lay out their gear for the quickest transition. Next comes the body marking. Unfortunate volunteers write your race number on each shoulder, the thigh just above the knee and put your age on the back of your right calf. I can only assume that the age thing is there to motivate you as you go around chasing people older than you. I saw an 80 (!!!!!) year old women getting out of the pool and paced my bike for a lap off a 72 year old man who damn near dropped me on the speedway climb from euclid to campbell. The should make anyone over 65 wear an eyepatch and carry a parrot.
The swim is first and we were in the 3rd wave of swimmers to start around 7:20. The idea is that they group you by your projected swim time so that each wave will finish roughly on a predictable schedule. The wave before ours was mostly the relay groups which featured several little kids that were swimming super fast. The lady in my lane in the prior wave was the last one to finish from that wave so I didn't get to do much warm up and was in the water about 90 seconds before the start. Collier who was all amped for a good swim time must not have heard the starter say that we had 15 seconds before start and decided to do a 50m warmup. Our lap counter and I screamed at him but to no avail. They started the race about the time he was at the far wall 25 m away. Obviously he caught up to and passed most of us but I don't think got the swim time he was capable of. I swam fine, felt strong throughout I'm just not very fast. I also constantly lose count of how many laps I've done. I popped up and asked 2x and was off by 2 laps each time. Getting out of the pool was not too bad even though the ledge is very high and the arms are kinda burning. I got to the the transition area and was just putting on my socks when Collier left on the bike. I put on shirt, socks, HRM, sunglasses, helmet and bike shoes pretty quickly and was on the road about 1:30 behind him.
I never did even see Collier on the road and I think we were both riding a really good pace (for us of course). Lap 1 was fine, it only takes a few hundred yards before you settle in, feel dry and find your pace. It's slightly downhill for the first bit which is nice to shake everything loose. Euclid going north was horrible, they seem to have patched over the potholes with series of Mexican topes. I rode behind the old man on that lap and he set a good pace. Looking at the garmin data I kept my average speed over 20 mph on the descent parts Campbell and Broadway and over 18 mph on the ascent parts Euclid and Speedway. I think in the future I can do better on the bike, I would love to get it under 40 minutes which would only be about 10 seconds faster per mile. Very doable. I also need to remember to not give Jackson '5' when I ride by at 25 mph. I can't believe his hand didn't break.
Back into the transition area and I was racking my back as Collier was heading out on the run. This transition is pretty quick as you just have to drop the helmet and change shoes, a quick drink from the bottle and off you go. The first 1/2 mile is literal hell, legs feel like lead and its sooooo hard to get a pace going. Most people look like some form of duck when they get off the bike to run. Collier forgot his belt that had the race number they pull at the end to mark your time so I threw it in my shirt pocket and hoped to catch him later. We basically ran from the pool area over to Cherry, up to the mall and then did 2 laps around the mall from Cambpell around Old Main. Tina and the kids were out at the Campbell end kicking the soccer ball. Its crazy how much it helps seeing freindly faces out on the course, it really gives some kind of adrenaline boost. I was only 20 yards behind Collier at this point and starting to close. Jackson was jogging with me so I had him take the belt up to Collier. Sophia even ran with me which really made me think I could kick up the pace. I think I passed Collier about 3/4 of a mile into the 3 mile run. I didn't see him again until the end and looking back I should have looked back more to see where he was. I ran a comfortable pace but never even looked at the watch to see how fast I was going. The course wasn't marked for distance at all or I never noticed where it was but the visual of going around the mall twice was plenty to roughly guess where you were. I passed alot of people from earlier wave that were doing the run/walk thing. A couple of them were huge and frankly props for getting out there. Coming up to the right turn to Cherry to finish a lady passed me and said 'lets kick this' or something that is lame but sounded inspiring at the time so I sped up a little. About 10 seconds later Collier comes by saying something about 'footsteps' so I try to push a little harder to keep up with him. We chased the lady to the finish and he had a great kick in the last 100 yards to get past her. I didn't have anything left and we finished each 1 second apart.
For the overall this put me 3 seconds behind Collier but he lost at least 30 seconds with his goof at the swim start.
I felt better after this race than ever before. Partly I'm in much better shape and partly being able to have someone to chase really helped.
Monday, October 08, 2007
Wyatt, I Am Rolling
I haven't posted in a while and took a little 9 day break from exercise a couple of weeks back. I went to a wedding and wound up (along with the entire family) getting sick for a couple of days. I dove back in way to fast when I was feeling better and went for a long run without having done any shorter ones as prep. It was a disaster, I only finished 9 of the planned 12 and felt horrible the whole way.
This week I did much better doing some 4 and 5 mile runs during the week plus some swimming on Saturday in preparation for the 15 miler on Sunday.
Garmin Data
At 5:30 PM (an hour later than I planned due to general farting around) I took a couple of Advil, ate 6 Skittles and took off. I didn't watch my pace real closely in the beginning just trying to find a comfortable rhythm. I planned a route that would have me do some loops near my house so I could refill my water bottle at roughly the 7.5 mile point and shoot another couple of Advil. I need to research if that is a un-supported mod or not. I think it helps reduce the overall pain (specifically knees) but it could be a placebo.
Halfway through it was quite dark, the stars were out and if not for the fact that I was you know...running it would have been cold. The second half went great and I didn't really start feeling tired until about 11.5 miles in. I was surpriesed to notice that many people had fires burning. I think it was 65 degrees or something.
Dinner cooking at all the houses I ran by was torture and I began to fantasize about McDonalds (?!?!?!?!) around mile 9. When Tina picked me up and I had consumed my Big Mac value meal, I felt awful but happy. The watch says I burned 3,000 calories and I'm sure I put 3,500 back in eating that garbage but cravings are weird things.
The results were quite surprising. I unintentionally ran a faster pace the last 6 miles than the first. I guess thats a good thing but its also pretty much downhill the entire way. 2:41 was a great time for me, much better than the 3 hours I expected.
I had alot of trouble getting to sleep last night and a weirdly debilitating headache this morning but otherwise just the normal not-too bad knee pain. I think I've drunk a couple of gallons of water between last night and this morning though the always thirsty feeling is finally fading now.
15 is the farthest I've ever gone and for the first time I actually think the 26.2 is legitimately doable.
This week I did much better doing some 4 and 5 mile runs during the week plus some swimming on Saturday in preparation for the 15 miler on Sunday.
Garmin Data
At 5:30 PM (an hour later than I planned due to general farting around) I took a couple of Advil, ate 6 Skittles and took off. I didn't watch my pace real closely in the beginning just trying to find a comfortable rhythm. I planned a route that would have me do some loops near my house so I could refill my water bottle at roughly the 7.5 mile point and shoot another couple of Advil. I need to research if that is a un-supported mod or not. I think it helps reduce the overall pain (specifically knees) but it could be a placebo.
Halfway through it was quite dark, the stars were out and if not for the fact that I was you know...running it would have been cold. The second half went great and I didn't really start feeling tired until about 11.5 miles in. I was surpriesed to notice that many people had fires burning. I think it was 65 degrees or something.
Dinner cooking at all the houses I ran by was torture and I began to fantasize about McDonalds (?!?!?!?!) around mile 9. When Tina picked me up and I had consumed my Big Mac value meal, I felt awful but happy. The watch says I burned 3,000 calories and I'm sure I put 3,500 back in eating that garbage but cravings are weird things.
The results were quite surprising. I unintentionally ran a faster pace the last 6 miles than the first. I guess thats a good thing but its also pretty much downhill the entire way. 2:41 was a great time for me, much better than the 3 hours I expected.
I had alot of trouble getting to sleep last night and a weirdly debilitating headache this morning but otherwise just the normal not-too bad knee pain. I think I've drunk a couple of gallons of water between last night and this morning though the always thirsty feeling is finally fading now.
15 is the farthest I've ever gone and for the first time I actually think the 26.2 is legitimately doable.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Dirty Knees, Look at These
Editors Note: There is a 100% chance you don't care about the first few paragraphs and a 4% chance you will find the last 2 paragraphs funny. As always, I recommend you read something else.
City League game last night down at El Rio ( I think thats the name, its the neighborhood center over by the rodeo grounds at Irvington and 6th). We moved up to the 'A' league this season after winning the 'double B' last season without much effort.
We won our first game against a team that was also in 'double B' last season and who we played like 4 times. I think we split with them in the regular season and then had them twice in the double elimination playoff. This time around they were missing their big guy and we were really on and wound up beating them by about 12.
The second game was against what looked like a very strong team that included Neal (he played at Sahuaro a few years behind me and has only gotten quicker over the years) and a couple of other guys I don't know but looked kinda good. They only had 3 guys show up so we won by forfeit but scrounged some extras that were standing around and played anyway. The lady running the clock actually ran the clock even though we had no refs. It was a fun game, close the whole way. We were down 2 with about 30 seconds to go and hit a tough 3 pointer to go up by one. They came down and got a quick 2 and nearly stole the inbounds pass, it got tipped around to Eric who hit what had to be the ugliest off balanced one handed layup of all time to win the game. For a game that wasn't actually real, it was a blast.
Last night's game was against a very strong press team and we didn't have a true point guard to handle the ball for us. They were all good athletes and had played together quite a bit and though we were up as much as 11 in the first half as we wore down our turnovers increased. Even though they missed a bunch of free throws down the stretch to give us a chance we turned the ball over on 2 of our last 3 possessions. Down 3 with 1.7 seconds to go we managed to get a long baseball pass off to Krump who (amazingly) managed to jump about 30 feet in the air and tip it to a wide open Adam (who had hit a huge 3 just a few minutes ago). Unfortunately he missed the shot so we didn't get OT but it was a great game.
There was a weird moment mid-way through the 2nd half. They had this skinny white guy that could really leap. He had thrown down 2-handed on a dead play and tipped in a pretty nice alley oop from their point guard(conspicuosly wearing his Tucson Summer Pro League jersey, come on dude....be serious) but he wasn't very strong. I posted him up every chance I got and he had 4 fouls by halftime. This play I had the whole side cleared out and Jason was coming to me with the entry pass. When playing post defense from behind, you are taught to never square up completely, it gives the offensive player all the leverage. Instead you are supposed to either get around to the side of his body (usually the lane side to keep him from the middle) or to put your outside knee sort of between his legs so that you get the leverage advantage back and can move him around. It also forces his hips forward so that he can't get a good base to push off from.
ANYWAY...this guy tried the knee trick because I was actually physically restraining him from coming around the side. I don't know if it was because he was extra skinny or what but when he pushed his knee at me, instead of it knocking me off balance it sort of pushed between my ass cheeks. I jumped like I'd been hit with a cattle prod and the ref immediately called a foul thinking the guy had shoved or punched me. Me and the defender both kind of recoiled and I think silently agreed to never speak of it. He didn't argue the call and I went home to check WebMd and make sure that knee to ass contact doesn't put me at risk for any kind of disease. I still feel kind of violated.
No exercise today, I'll be taking 30 showers and trying to forget what happened.
City League game last night down at El Rio ( I think thats the name, its the neighborhood center over by the rodeo grounds at Irvington and 6th). We moved up to the 'A' league this season after winning the 'double B' last season without much effort.
We won our first game against a team that was also in 'double B' last season and who we played like 4 times. I think we split with them in the regular season and then had them twice in the double elimination playoff. This time around they were missing their big guy and we were really on and wound up beating them by about 12.
The second game was against what looked like a very strong team that included Neal (he played at Sahuaro a few years behind me and has only gotten quicker over the years) and a couple of other guys I don't know but looked kinda good. They only had 3 guys show up so we won by forfeit but scrounged some extras that were standing around and played anyway. The lady running the clock actually ran the clock even though we had no refs. It was a fun game, close the whole way. We were down 2 with about 30 seconds to go and hit a tough 3 pointer to go up by one. They came down and got a quick 2 and nearly stole the inbounds pass, it got tipped around to Eric who hit what had to be the ugliest off balanced one handed layup of all time to win the game. For a game that wasn't actually real, it was a blast.
Last night's game was against a very strong press team and we didn't have a true point guard to handle the ball for us. They were all good athletes and had played together quite a bit and though we were up as much as 11 in the first half as we wore down our turnovers increased. Even though they missed a bunch of free throws down the stretch to give us a chance we turned the ball over on 2 of our last 3 possessions. Down 3 with 1.7 seconds to go we managed to get a long baseball pass off to Krump who (amazingly) managed to jump about 30 feet in the air and tip it to a wide open Adam (who had hit a huge 3 just a few minutes ago). Unfortunately he missed the shot so we didn't get OT but it was a great game.
There was a weird moment mid-way through the 2nd half. They had this skinny white guy that could really leap. He had thrown down 2-handed on a dead play and tipped in a pretty nice alley oop from their point guard(conspicuosly wearing his Tucson Summer Pro League jersey, come on dude....be serious) but he wasn't very strong. I posted him up every chance I got and he had 4 fouls by halftime. This play I had the whole side cleared out and Jason was coming to me with the entry pass. When playing post defense from behind, you are taught to never square up completely, it gives the offensive player all the leverage. Instead you are supposed to either get around to the side of his body (usually the lane side to keep him from the middle) or to put your outside knee sort of between his legs so that you get the leverage advantage back and can move him around. It also forces his hips forward so that he can't get a good base to push off from.
ANYWAY...this guy tried the knee trick because I was actually physically restraining him from coming around the side. I don't know if it was because he was extra skinny or what but when he pushed his knee at me, instead of it knocking me off balance it sort of pushed between my ass cheeks. I jumped like I'd been hit with a cattle prod and the ref immediately called a foul thinking the guy had shoved or punched me. Me and the defender both kind of recoiled and I think silently agreed to never speak of it. He didn't argue the call and I went home to check WebMd and make sure that knee to ass contact doesn't put me at risk for any kind of disease. I still feel kind of violated.
No exercise today, I'll be taking 30 showers and trying to forget what happened.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
10 Miles = Success!!!
Garmin Data
It irked me that I couldn't finish my run this weekend so I decided to move my off day from Monday to Sunday and redo the long run on Monday. This might turn out badly because I have basketball games Tuesday and Thursday and my buddy Hal says I'm supposed to lay off basketball for the duration. Apparently its bad on the joints or something.
Preparations for the long run included taking 3 Cliff Blok Shots (Lemon/Lime), Tina's phone (mine is about 20# and thick as a brick) and a 1/2 water 1/2 gatorade bottle in one of those SUPER cool fanny (not the British 'fanny' you dirty bird) packs. I also recently got some new shoes GT-2120 to replace my old GT-2110s. The people at Fleet Feet over by Sakura on Tanque Verde are incredibly helpful and spent alot of time with Tina on the treadmill etc. figuring out her arches and making recommendations. I highly recommend them and you should support your friendly local whenever possible. But ANYWAY...........I loaded up some podcasts (Allen I hope your eyes are not bleeding because despite that fact that its in fact an .mp3 I calls it a podcast cause its a thing I subsribe to and magically shows up in Itunes everyday) from Bill Simmons and This American Life and took off.
I mapped out a route consisting of a loop around my house and then working down the long jogging trail following Old Spanish Trail to where it meets Broadway. I live on a high ridge so its pretty much all downhill no matter which way I go. When possible I try to set it up so that I do some up hill in the early part of the run and save the downhill for later. The only problem with this particular run was that I started late and so it was very dark with almost no moon. Running down Freeman was a little nervy, I only saw 3 cars but they all tried to run me over and I couldn't see the shoulder well enough to get over much ahead of time. I think I nearly fell in a few holes but in the end no harm done.
The loop was fine and by the time I got to the downhill section I was cruising and felt fine. I changed the route a little and ran by the house my parents lived in while I was in high school. This took me a back way to Jessie Owens park along a road being chip-sealed which was smelly, gravelly and annoying. Made the turn on Broadway and did another mile and half back up OST where Tina picked me up.
I felt great throughout the run, my knee was still a little sore but nothing too bad. I'm due for a 12 miler this weekend but am going to be at a wedding full of drunken bad influences so I'll have to try for another Monday evening run next week.
By the way, I like Adam Corolla's appearances on the Simmons podcasts. He gives plot rundowns on fake movies and in particular this week he presented 'Snapper' the story of Blitz Rusher who is the fallen world's greatest long-snapper seeking redepmtion etc. I also listened to a This American Life about a Iraq war vet who had PTSD and couldn't stand being around brown looking people. He eventually joined a Muslim student association and everything worked out. Its actually better than it sounds.
It irked me that I couldn't finish my run this weekend so I decided to move my off day from Monday to Sunday and redo the long run on Monday. This might turn out badly because I have basketball games Tuesday and Thursday and my buddy Hal says I'm supposed to lay off basketball for the duration. Apparently its bad on the joints or something.
Preparations for the long run included taking 3 Cliff Blok Shots (Lemon/Lime), Tina's phone (mine is about 20# and thick as a brick) and a 1/2 water 1/2 gatorade bottle in one of those SUPER cool fanny (not the British 'fanny' you dirty bird) packs. I also recently got some new shoes GT-2120 to replace my old GT-2110s. The people at Fleet Feet over by Sakura on Tanque Verde are incredibly helpful and spent alot of time with Tina on the treadmill etc. figuring out her arches and making recommendations. I highly recommend them and you should support your friendly local whenever possible. But ANYWAY...........I loaded up some podcasts (Allen I hope your eyes are not bleeding because despite that fact that its in fact an .mp3 I calls it a podcast cause its a thing I subsribe to and magically shows up in Itunes everyday) from Bill Simmons and This American Life and took off.
I mapped out a route consisting of a loop around my house and then working down the long jogging trail following Old Spanish Trail to where it meets Broadway. I live on a high ridge so its pretty much all downhill no matter which way I go. When possible I try to set it up so that I do some up hill in the early part of the run and save the downhill for later. The only problem with this particular run was that I started late and so it was very dark with almost no moon. Running down Freeman was a little nervy, I only saw 3 cars but they all tried to run me over and I couldn't see the shoulder well enough to get over much ahead of time. I think I nearly fell in a few holes but in the end no harm done.
The loop was fine and by the time I got to the downhill section I was cruising and felt fine. I changed the route a little and ran by the house my parents lived in while I was in high school. This took me a back way to Jessie Owens park along a road being chip-sealed which was smelly, gravelly and annoying. Made the turn on Broadway and did another mile and half back up OST where Tina picked me up.
I felt great throughout the run, my knee was still a little sore but nothing too bad. I'm due for a 12 miler this weekend but am going to be at a wedding full of drunken bad influences so I'll have to try for another Monday evening run next week.
By the way, I like Adam Corolla's appearances on the Simmons podcasts. He gives plot rundowns on fake movies and in particular this week he presented 'Snapper' the story of Blitz Rusher who is the fallen world's greatest long-snapper seeking redepmtion etc. I also listened to a This American Life about a Iraq war vet who had PTSD and couldn't stand being around brown looking people. He eventually joined a Muslim student association and everything worked out. Its actually better than it sounds.
Monday, September 17, 2007
10 Miles = FAIL!
I only did 4 miles of a planned 10.
I got a late start which meant it was hot but that wasn't the problem. The first 5 miles were pretty much all up hill but that wasn't the problem. I was running on a road w/ 4,000 road bikes constantly flying at me but that wasn't the problem. I forgot to slather my sensitive chest areas w/ goo but that wasn't the problem.
The problem was my knee. I fell on Thursday afternoon and bruised my knee on some asphalt. There was a kid w/ a 60 year old truck (that is roughly true) stuck on the uphill driveway to McDonald park. The high volume of cars coming down Harrison meant that for him to simply roll back into traffic (esp. w/ no power steering) would have been dangerous so me and a couple of other guys pushed it up the hill for him. This satisfied my good deed for the week but also cost me a nice long run. The knee felt fine when I played basketball Thursday night, in fact I kind of forgot that it happened. It was (and is) a little sore to the touch but not a big deal.
Around the 2nd mile when the hills/grade really started to get intense I think maybe the swelling started and in any case the bastard really started to hurt. I tried mixing in some walking with the running but to no avail. Everytime I tried running again, he started up. I bailed and will add some more miles to a run hopefully today.
I got a late start which meant it was hot but that wasn't the problem. The first 5 miles were pretty much all up hill but that wasn't the problem. I was running on a road w/ 4,000 road bikes constantly flying at me but that wasn't the problem. I forgot to slather my sensitive chest areas w/ goo but that wasn't the problem.
The problem was my knee. I fell on Thursday afternoon and bruised my knee on some asphalt. There was a kid w/ a 60 year old truck (that is roughly true) stuck on the uphill driveway to McDonald park. The high volume of cars coming down Harrison meant that for him to simply roll back into traffic (esp. w/ no power steering) would have been dangerous so me and a couple of other guys pushed it up the hill for him. This satisfied my good deed for the week but also cost me a nice long run. The knee felt fine when I played basketball Thursday night, in fact I kind of forgot that it happened. It was (and is) a little sore to the touch but not a big deal.
Around the 2nd mile when the hills/grade really started to get intense I think maybe the swelling started and in any case the bastard really started to hurt. I tried mixing in some walking with the running but to no avail. Everytime I tried running again, he started up. I bailed and will add some more miles to a run hopefully today.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Didn't Have to Use My AK...
Pretty heavy exercise load this week. Starting with the Sunday ride that really wiped me out, Monday for recovery, Tuesday for basketball in a new city league, Wednesday a nice relaxed 5 mile run in the cool evening, more basketball tonight, off Friday and a 10 mile run Saturday.
Last night's run was good, but slow. I still can't manage what my percived vs. actual pace is. I really thought I was going faster than normal for the first 2 miles and didn't even look at the watch to confirm. Turns out I did the whole thing averaging 11:20 pace but finished a little faster than I had started. My heart rate stayed in the nice 150 zone the whole way and was back under 100 about 7 minutes after I ended the run and was walking to cool down. I feel great for the 10 miler this weekend but will definitely not try to go any faster pace doing that distance.
Actually it was a great day overall, I finished some work stuff up that is getting me closer to being able to move on to do another project, made > $200 playing online poker, took my son out for lunch to a Mongolian BBQ place my wife hates, made a simple but great dinner (sautéed a whole cut up chicken and made a red wine reduction from the brown bits plus some roasted vegetables) and had a good run listening to Bill Simmons interview Steve Kerr (easily UA's best alum). I even ate a bowl of ice cream which I never do. The point is, its one of those days when you get to the end and think...the only thing missing from today was beer.
Last night's run was good, but slow. I still can't manage what my percived vs. actual pace is. I really thought I was going faster than normal for the first 2 miles and didn't even look at the watch to confirm. Turns out I did the whole thing averaging 11:20 pace but finished a little faster than I had started. My heart rate stayed in the nice 150 zone the whole way and was back under 100 about 7 minutes after I ended the run and was walking to cool down. I feel great for the 10 miler this weekend but will definitely not try to go any faster pace doing that distance.
Actually it was a great day overall, I finished some work stuff up that is getting me closer to being able to move on to do another project, made > $200 playing online poker, took my son out for lunch to a Mongolian BBQ place my wife hates, made a simple but great dinner (sautéed a whole cut up chicken and made a red wine reduction from the brown bits plus some roasted vegetables) and had a good run listening to Bill Simmons interview Steve Kerr (easily UA's best alum). I even ate a bowl of ice cream which I never do. The point is, its one of those days when you get to the end and think...the only thing missing from today was beer.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Long Way Home
Garmin Data
We rode 46.68 miles on Sunday. For well conditioned bike dudes this is no big deal. For me it was nearly fatal. I got home around 10 AM, ate about 4,000 calories of breakfast and went to sleep for 3.5 hours. Waking up I felt like dog shit the rest of the day. No doubt I wasn't hydrated enough going in and probably barely had enough to drink during the ride.
Dan and I met up at Old Spanish Trail and Houghton around 6 and rolled up to Collier's. Short rest there while Tom, who started late caught up and we rode with just a few short regroup stops up Tanque Verde to Sabino Canyon to Sunrise and stopped at the Dan and Tom's parents place to refill water. Ice water in the bike bottle on a hot day is really one of the underrated pleasures. After a 10-15 minute rest stop we headed back the way we came skipping Houghton and cruising through Tanque Verde (the community I mean). Tom blew a tire at Ridgeside and Speedway and I left him there while he did repairs because the heat was really wiping me out and I figured if I didn't get inside and cool off soon I'd die of heatstroke. Even from there I punked out and made Tina come pick me up at Broadway barely a mile from home.
That was a tough ride and particularly hot. I have now finally conceded that there is no reason to do the full 109 mile El Tour. I think I'll sign up for the 60 and do the full bit after I lose 30 pounds and get in better bike shape.
We rode 46.68 miles on Sunday. For well conditioned bike dudes this is no big deal. For me it was nearly fatal. I got home around 10 AM, ate about 4,000 calories of breakfast and went to sleep for 3.5 hours. Waking up I felt like dog shit the rest of the day. No doubt I wasn't hydrated enough going in and probably barely had enough to drink during the ride.
Dan and I met up at Old Spanish Trail and Houghton around 6 and rolled up to Collier's. Short rest there while Tom, who started late caught up and we rode with just a few short regroup stops up Tanque Verde to Sabino Canyon to Sunrise and stopped at the Dan and Tom's parents place to refill water. Ice water in the bike bottle on a hot day is really one of the underrated pleasures. After a 10-15 minute rest stop we headed back the way we came skipping Houghton and cruising through Tanque Verde (the community I mean). Tom blew a tire at Ridgeside and Speedway and I left him there while he did repairs because the heat was really wiping me out and I figured if I didn't get inside and cool off soon I'd die of heatstroke. Even from there I punked out and made Tina come pick me up at Broadway barely a mile from home.
That was a tough ride and particularly hot. I have now finally conceded that there is no reason to do the full 109 mile El Tour. I think I'll sign up for the 60 and do the full bit after I lose 30 pounds and get in better bike shape.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Weekend Exercise 8/24 to 8/26
Friday I had a very good run. Just 3 miles so I tried to run under 30 minutes. (Garmin Data) I just barely finished in time but definetly felt good throughout and no lingering pain after.
Saturday was supposed to be a nice long 50 mile bike but we got rained out 7 miles in. The weather cleared later but I think we made the right call to bail (Garmin Data).
Sunday was scheduled for a 7 mile run but the day sort of got away from me and it was pretty hot so I wound up going at 8 PM under a big nearly full moon. It was fantastic (Garmin Data). I felt fine throughout and kept my HR right where I wanted it. I had to slow gradually as I progressed but it was the longest run I have done probably since the half marathon back in Dec. of 2005. The wife and the boy were very nice to bring me water at a couple of points along the way. I listened to a Bill Simmons podcast about football statistics and a This American Life '24 hours at the golden apple'. I liked both and am going to stick with my old policy of 3miles or less gets music on the ipod, 3 miles or more gets an audiobook or podcast. I could have gone further without any trouble and had my HR back under 100 in about 10 minutes. I feel good and am going to sign up for the marathon this week.
I know you are waiting with baited breath to know how my nipples fared. I used some product and they were fine, no issues at all.
Saturday was supposed to be a nice long 50 mile bike but we got rained out 7 miles in. The weather cleared later but I think we made the right call to bail (Garmin Data).
Sunday was scheduled for a 7 mile run but the day sort of got away from me and it was pretty hot so I wound up going at 8 PM under a big nearly full moon. It was fantastic (Garmin Data). I felt fine throughout and kept my HR right where I wanted it. I had to slow gradually as I progressed but it was the longest run I have done probably since the half marathon back in Dec. of 2005. The wife and the boy were very nice to bring me water at a couple of points along the way. I listened to a Bill Simmons podcast about football statistics and a This American Life '24 hours at the golden apple'. I liked both and am going to stick with my old policy of 3miles or less gets music on the ipod, 3 miles or more gets an audiobook or podcast. I could have gone further without any trouble and had my HR back under 100 in about 10 minutes. I feel good and am going to sign up for the marathon this week.
I know you are waiting with baited breath to know how my nipples fared. I used some product and they were fine, no issues at all.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
8/21/07 Run Till You Puke
Garmin Data
So I needed to get 3 miles in today but had only a limited window before Meet the Teacher night. Lacking the common sense area of the brain that my wife claims everyone else possesses, the plan I came up with was to run the same distance I normally would but just to do it really fast. I should also mention that I had lunch about 1.5 hours ago (Wendy's greasy burger/fries and Dr. Pepper), it was 90 degrees out and I was running on about 5 hours of sleep.
I ran the first mile a little under 8 minutes pace. This is substantially faster than the anemic 11 minutes per mile I usually do. My idea was to do the mile fast then walk like .2 to catch my breath and repeat. Felt great on the mile and the walk, starting back up on pace was tough and I couldn't maintain for very long at all before I felt like puking. I alternated running and walking and had to work very hard to not puke. I felt horrible all the rest of the way and all through the night. Running faster is not a good thing.
So I needed to get 3 miles in today but had only a limited window before Meet the Teacher night. Lacking the common sense area of the brain that my wife claims everyone else possesses, the plan I came up with was to run the same distance I normally would but just to do it really fast. I should also mention that I had lunch about 1.5 hours ago (Wendy's greasy burger/fries and Dr. Pepper), it was 90 degrees out and I was running on about 5 hours of sleep.
I ran the first mile a little under 8 minutes pace. This is substantially faster than the anemic 11 minutes per mile I usually do. My idea was to do the mile fast then walk like .2 to catch my breath and repeat. Felt great on the mile and the walk, starting back up on pace was tough and I couldn't maintain for very long at all before I felt like puking. I alternated running and walking and had to work very hard to not puke. I felt horrible all the rest of the way and all through the night. Running faster is not a good thing.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Tell me again, why do I have nipples?
Garmin Data
I have not run 5 miles in a very, very long time. I'm pretty happy with how I felt during and after this run. The retarded dog got loose and followed me for the first 1.5 miles so I had to turn around and chase him home and then pick up another mile out and mile back going the other direction. He walks in the middle of the street and is a bad training partner because I keep having to either chase him back home or out of the street so as not to get killed.
It was overcast and threatening to rain which was perfect because it stayed cool throughout the run. I had no problems with my lower legs after a couple of long stretching sessions during the day. I could easily have done more distance as I was not winded at all. I think I should pick up the pace on my 3 mile runs during the week because my fitness is pretty good right now and it will probably speed me up a little. I'm still not worried about time, just about completing the distances and I'm on pace for my modified version of Hal's Novice Marathon Training Plan. I need to find a way to show my workout plan online because I have running, swimming and biking goals all mixed in there. Next week's long run is 9 miles, that is a big jump from 5 and I may smooth out the mileage increase over the next couple of weeks
Anyway, the nipple thing. I have never had a nipple chafing issue until the tail end of this run. Stupid G$ mentioned this (nipguards) product a few days ago and I replied that I had never had that problem. I obviously should have kept my mouth shut. I'm going to experiment with different shirts, this one was drifit but not one I had run in before. Stupid vestigial organs.
I have not run 5 miles in a very, very long time. I'm pretty happy with how I felt during and after this run. The retarded dog got loose and followed me for the first 1.5 miles so I had to turn around and chase him home and then pick up another mile out and mile back going the other direction. He walks in the middle of the street and is a bad training partner because I keep having to either chase him back home or out of the street so as not to get killed.
It was overcast and threatening to rain which was perfect because it stayed cool throughout the run. I had no problems with my lower legs after a couple of long stretching sessions during the day. I could easily have done more distance as I was not winded at all. I think I should pick up the pace on my 3 mile runs during the week because my fitness is pretty good right now and it will probably speed me up a little. I'm still not worried about time, just about completing the distances and I'm on pace for my modified version of Hal's Novice Marathon Training Plan. I need to find a way to show my workout plan online because I have running, swimming and biking goals all mixed in there. Next week's long run is 9 miles, that is a big jump from 5 and I may smooth out the mileage increase over the next couple of weeks
Anyway, the nipple thing. I have never had a nipple chafing issue until the tail end of this run. Stupid G$ mentioned this (nipguards) product a few days ago and I replied that I had never had that problem. I obviously should have kept my mouth shut. I'm going to experiment with different shirts, this one was drifit but not one I had run in before. Stupid vestigial organs.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Running With the Dog
Garmin Data
I have to run in the evenings now because it takes a good 30 minutes of stretching to get my lower legs to not hurt. I had to make dinner last night so I came up with the ingenious plan of doing a roasted vegetable pan in the oven and starting the charcoal for steaks right before I left so that when I returned the charcoal is ready to dump and the veggies need 20 more minutes. As I was leaving the dog started trotting along with me and wound up following me the entire run. He belongs to Tina's brother who is staying with us and is mostly mentally retarded (the dog not brother but....). Shady (the dog again, not the brother...do try to pay attention) has been an apartment dog nearly its whole life and living outdoors now is blowing his mind. He has even become a bit of a pack rat hunter which we totally need. I think he is an Aussie sheperad mix or something.
Anyway, we had a nice 2.5 mile run and he spent the first 1/2 running way ahead, side to side etc. The last mile or so he was beat and lagged way behind. I brought a plastic bag to scoop poop but when he finally decided to drop the load it was off in the desert and about 1/4 mile behind me so I didn't bother. We saw a pile of 4-5 big and dead packrats by the side of the road. I hope they were there as a warning to others.
This was one of the easiest runs I've had. I ran slowly and was barely out of breath. I hope to do 2 of these per week in very slowly increasing distances and a long run on the weekend opposite days of the bike workout. I think Hal would have me run 3 today and 5 this weekend to be on the novice marathon training pace.
I have to run in the evenings now because it takes a good 30 minutes of stretching to get my lower legs to not hurt. I had to make dinner last night so I came up with the ingenious plan of doing a roasted vegetable pan in the oven and starting the charcoal for steaks right before I left so that when I returned the charcoal is ready to dump and the veggies need 20 more minutes. As I was leaving the dog started trotting along with me and wound up following me the entire run. He belongs to Tina's brother who is staying with us and is mostly mentally retarded (the dog not brother but....). Shady (the dog again, not the brother...do try to pay attention) has been an apartment dog nearly its whole life and living outdoors now is blowing his mind. He has even become a bit of a pack rat hunter which we totally need. I think he is an Aussie sheperad mix or something.
Anyway, we had a nice 2.5 mile run and he spent the first 1/2 running way ahead, side to side etc. The last mile or so he was beat and lagged way behind. I brought a plastic bag to scoop poop but when he finally decided to drop the load it was off in the desert and about 1/4 mile behind me so I didn't bother. We saw a pile of 4-5 big and dead packrats by the side of the road. I hope they were there as a warning to others.
This was one of the easiest runs I've had. I ran slowly and was barely out of breath. I hope to do 2 of these per week in very slowly increasing distances and a long run on the weekend opposite days of the bike workout. I think Hal would have me run 3 today and 5 this weekend to be on the novice marathon training pace.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Wrestling and NASCAR Suck
I stretched about 6 times through the day including the 'dog' and 'tree' stretches I found on a Yoga for Runners website. It made a world of difference and my calves never did tighten up. If finished the 3 miles running a bit over a 10 minute pace and kept my heart rate below 160 almost the whole way. I was getting worried that a long term running goal might not be possible but now I'm thinking the last outing was a fluke.
The downside to my run was the Sports Guy podcasts. I loaded 2 of them plus a This American Life just for good measure. Sports Guy #1 was Bill interviewing a NASCAR guy who drives the 33 car (this is only relevant because it was Larry Bird's number) as a job interview to become the drive Bill would follow. Appearantly the doofus being inteviewed didn't realize that the whole thing was a goof driven by that fact that he was from Indiana and drove a car with Larry Bird's number. He didn't deliver on any of the softwball jokes TSG threw him and just sounded dumber and dumber the more they talked. He continually referred to himself in the 1rst person plural ('we' love driving for the team, 'we' have alot of nicknames etc.). Everything about NASCAR sucks and I don't mind having that idea reaffirmed over and over. I hit skip about 2 minutes into it. Podcast #2 was TSG interviewing a guy that writes a wrestling magazine about the Chris Benoit guy that killed his family and himself. This could not have been worse. #1 wrestling is not a sport, its fake. I know everyone knows this but I think secretly some people don't KNOW it or something. How can they talk about who are 'good' wrestlers and not even in the contrived good guy/bad guy sense but in the skilled/succesfull sense? Am I missing somethign or isn't it all scripted? Damn you Sports Guy, Damn You.
I ended up on a This American Life leaning about how hard it is in the world of art to be an artist. To illustrate this point we listened to the story of a balloon animal creator guy who was no longer being taken seriously by his peer group for having 'sold out'. There was lots of isolated stereo sound of balloons squeaking and ponderous silences as we were left to contemplate the tragedy that is a tortured soul balloon clown.
Garmin Data
The downside to my run was the Sports Guy podcasts. I loaded 2 of them plus a This American Life just for good measure. Sports Guy #1 was Bill interviewing a NASCAR guy who drives the 33 car (this is only relevant because it was Larry Bird's number) as a job interview to become the drive Bill would follow. Appearantly the doofus being inteviewed didn't realize that the whole thing was a goof driven by that fact that he was from Indiana and drove a car with Larry Bird's number. He didn't deliver on any of the softwball jokes TSG threw him and just sounded dumber and dumber the more they talked. He continually referred to himself in the 1rst person plural ('we' love driving for the team, 'we' have alot of nicknames etc.). Everything about NASCAR sucks and I don't mind having that idea reaffirmed over and over. I hit skip about 2 minutes into it. Podcast #2 was TSG interviewing a guy that writes a wrestling magazine about the Chris Benoit guy that killed his family and himself. This could not have been worse. #1 wrestling is not a sport, its fake. I know everyone knows this but I think secretly some people don't KNOW it or something. How can they talk about who are 'good' wrestlers and not even in the contrived good guy/bad guy sense but in the skilled/succesfull sense? Am I missing somethign or isn't it all scripted? Damn you Sports Guy, Damn You.
I ended up on a This American Life leaning about how hard it is in the world of art to be an artist. To illustrate this point we listened to the story of a balloon animal creator guy who was no longer being taken seriously by his peer group for having 'sold out'. There was lots of isolated stereo sound of balloons squeaking and ponderous silences as we were left to contemplate the tragedy that is a tortured soul balloon clown.
Garmin Data
Monday, July 30, 2007
Mt. Lemmon Ride 7.29.07 (10 Miles Up)
Felt really good going up today and didn't crash at all coming back down. I finally figured out how the watch stores data and so I made a quick table below to show the altitude changes. 10 was a good milestone and from the looks of it the next 2 or so will be relatively easy followed by a big climb up to Windy Point.
Garmin Data
Mt. Lemon Data
Garmin Data
Mt. Lemon Data
| | Altitude | Altitude Change | Grade % |
| Start | 2,888 | 0 | 0 |
| Mile 1 | 3,132 | 244 | 4.63% |
| Mile 2 | 3,389 | 257 | 4.87% |
| Mile 3 | 3,659 | 270 | 5.11% |
| Mile 4 | 3,930 | 271 | 5.13% |
| Mile 5 | 4,220 | 290 | 5.50% |
| Mile 6 | 4,493 | 273 | 5.16% |
| Mile 7 | 4,736 | 243 | 4.60% |
| Mile 8 | 5,095 | 359 | 6.80% |
| Mile 9 | 5,316 | 221 | 4.18% |
| Mile 10 | 5,485 | 169 | 3.20% |
| Week | Bike Miles | Run Miles | Swim Miles | Basketball Hours |
| 1 (7/16 - 7/22) | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 (7/23 - 7/29) | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 (7/30 - 8/5) | ||||
| Total | 65 | 2.5 | 4 |
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