Archive for June, 2007

year 7, day 1

Six years on. I wonder when I will become tenured…

Monday, June 25th, 2007 uncategorized No Comments

maratraining: week 2 redux

Um, yeah, so I didn’t run at all this past week…

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Sunday, June 24th, 2007 running 1 Comment

“summer solstice may refer to your mom”

summer solstice

Thanks, Wikipedia!

Today’s agenda:
Thursday, June 21st, 2007 uncategorized No Comments

maratraining: week 1 redux

So I registered for the Marine Corps Marathon, and I figure it’s about time I start preparing for it. My goal is to finish…period. And that’s it.

For the next 20 weeks, I expect to make updates on how my “training” is progressing. I’m off to a pretty lousy start…

date dist. time route notes
6/12 3 31:10 link splits: 8:49, 12:11, 10:10, time of day: 5:00 PM, temp: 86
Walked most of 2nd mile, rained lightly during 3rd mile, but it didn’t really bother me. Mostly level, but end of run was uphill.
6/13 3 32:17   splits: 9:42, 10:10, 12:25, time of day: 6:30 PM, indoors
Walked first 2/10 of 3rd mile.
6/14 2.5 30:00 link splits: 9:55 (mile 1), walked mins. 14 - 26, stopped after 30:00, time of day: 7:30 PM, temp: 65
Left knee and left glute ached and I couldn’t really run.
6/17 4.7 57:24 link splits: 9:44 (mile 1), 10:20 (mile 2), 5:09 (mile 2.5), walked for 20:37, 11:35 (last mile), time of day: 8:00 PM, temp: 79
Road didn’t exist on originally planned route (fuckin’ Google maps!), ended up running 0.5 miles through a field. When the grass got chest-high, I turned around and walked for a bit to rejoin the road and then ran the last mile home. Left glute still aches really bad, but knee is fine.
comments:

  • Running in the evenings sucks. I just feel like I can’t move after two meals, several cups of coffee, and sitting at a desk (usually) for eight hours straight. I’m going to have to start getting up in the mornings to run from now on.

  • I’m going to have to push through and actually run these distances from beginning to end. I know I can do it, so no need to be a pussy and stop for all these walking breaks. I’ll save those for when I actually start doing longer distances.

  • Watch out for cars! (Thanks, Andrew.)
Sunday, June 17th, 2007 running No Comments

balloons vs. blimps?

I just saw the Goodyear Blimp and the RE/MAX Balloon simultaneously in the skies over Frederick. I think they were fighting for corporate air supremacy of western Maryland…

Friday, June 15th, 2007 uncategorized 1 Comment

first post ever

Word.

Friday, June 8th, 2007 uncategorized 2 Comments

 

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