Beastie Boys, “Girls”
Silverstein, “Giving Up”
Hilary Duff, “Wake Up”
WX at 0800: 46.9 (8.3), DP 39.0 (3.9), BP 29.74 (1007), W 12, RH 73%
Odometer 3: 368.3mi
Z4.
Didn’t run on x-moose morning, woke up too late. Today’s morning run almost turned into an emergency case of the shits. It’s amazingly therapeutic when I found an outhouse on the golf course, which led to the reaction of THANK FUCK after taking care of business.
Wind was a major factor in today’s run. I thought I started fast, but in reality probably started slow because of trying not to crap in my shorts enroute. This paid off in the way of overall accelerating pace almost the entire way out. Spiffy.
This will be my last run in the US before returning to theater, amazingly not as out of shape as I thought I’d get during the x-moose season.
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST 7.4 T loop
0.63 05:12 05:12 08:15 08:15 0.63 CC and Carolina Shores
1.81 20:28 15:16 08:26 08:23 2.44 Full Loop West
0.97 28:10 07:42 07:56 08:16 3.41 Carolina Shores Pkwy
2.11 45:19 17:09 08:08 08:13 5.52 Pinewood S limit
1.39 56:23 11:04 07:58 08:10 6.91 Persimmon and CSP
0.48 59:52 03:29 07:15 08:06 7.39 Finish
Monday, December 26, 2005
Thursday, December 22, 2005
5.87mi, 50:21, 22 DEC 05, Fort Bragg NC
Trey Parker, “America, Fuck Yeah”
Silverstein, “Smashed to Pieces”
WX at 1300: 44 (7), DP 17 (-8), BP 30.29 (1025), N 3 clear, RH 33%
Odometer 3: 360.9mi
Z3 high.
I keep meaning to run in the mornings, but I feel too weenieish to go out and actually run. For being such a short song, the Team America theme song is an amazingly effective running mantra.
This was followed by about 30 minutes of weights:
3 sets ab machine work at 140x12/140x12/155x10lbs
3 sets vertical press at 140x10/140x10/140x10lbs
2 sets low row at 155x20/170x15
In the absence of a Concept2 machine at Fort Bragg, the low row is the next best thing, albeit only for strength work. On the other hand, after hearing from Fort Leavenworth, I’ll be going to SAMS this coming summer. There are two Concept2 Model C rowers in Gruber Gym...thank god.
Pwrlns Aggreg Segmt PerMi MPace Actual
1.79 15:18 15:18 08:33 08:33 1.79
1.64 29:42 14:24 08:47 08:40 3.43
1.16 39:09 09:27 08:09 08:32 4.59
1.16 49:21 10:12 08:48 08:35 5.75
0.12 50:21 01:00 08:20 08:35 5.87
Silverstein, “Smashed to Pieces”
WX at 1300: 44 (7), DP 17 (-8), BP 30.29 (1025), N 3 clear, RH 33%
Odometer 3: 360.9mi
Z3 high.
I keep meaning to run in the mornings, but I feel too weenieish to go out and actually run. For being such a short song, the Team America theme song is an amazingly effective running mantra.
This was followed by about 30 minutes of weights:
3 sets ab machine work at 140x12/140x12/155x10lbs
3 sets vertical press at 140x10/140x10/140x10lbs
2 sets low row at 155x20/170x15
In the absence of a Concept2 machine at Fort Bragg, the low row is the next best thing, albeit only for strength work. On the other hand, after hearing from Fort Leavenworth, I’ll be going to SAMS this coming summer. There are two Concept2 Model C rowers in Gruber Gym...thank god.
Pwrlns Aggreg Segmt PerMi MPace Actual
1.79 15:18 15:18 08:33 08:33 1.79
1.64 29:42 14:24 08:47 08:40 3.43
1.16 39:09 09:27 08:09 08:32 4.59
1.16 49:21 10:12 08:48 08:35 5.75
0.12 50:21 01:00 08:20 08:35 5.87
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
My fucking sentiments exactly
And one of my all-time favorite x-moose songs, by a New York hardcore band called FEAR...
Don't despair,
just because it's Christmas.
Children, they're
all so gay at Christmas.
All the children on the street
hope they get something good to eat.
But for me it's not so great.
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
FUCK CHRISTMAS!
And some more validation of that belief for me...
Don't despair,
just because it's Christmas.
Children, they're
all so gay at Christmas.
All the children on the street
hope they get something good to eat.
But for me it's not so great.
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas!
FUCK CHRISTMAS!
And some more validation of that belief for me...
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Some more food for thought
He picked up the blue NATOPs manual lying on the podium and held it up. “This book is the Bible. The engineers that built this plane and the test pilots that wrung it out put their hearts and souls into the book – for you. Telling you everything they knew. And the process didn’t stop there – as new things are learned about the plane this book is continually updated. It’s a living document. You should know every word in it. That is the best insurance you can get this on this side of hell.
“But the book doesn’t cover everything. Sooner or later you are going to run into something that isn’t covered in the book. Whether you survive the experience will be determined by you skill, your experience, and your luck.
“There’s been a lot of mumbling around here the last twenty-four hours about luck. Well, there is no such thing. You can’t feel it, taste it, smell it, touch it, wear it, fuck it, or eat it. It doesn’t exist!
“This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it’s your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it’s how well you know and understand your airplane and your own limitations. We make our own luck. Each of us. None of us is Superman. Luck is the sum total of your abilities as an aviator. If you think your luck is running low, you’d better get busy and make some more. Work harder. Pay more attention. Study your NATOPs more. Do better preflights.
“A wise man once said, ‘Fortune favors the well prepared.’ He was right.
“Rory Smith is not with us here tonight because he didn’t eject when he should have. Hank Davis is alive because he did.
“We’re going to miss Rory. But every man here had better resolve to learn something from his death. If we do, he didn’t die for nothing. Think about it.”
“But the book doesn’t cover everything. Sooner or later you are going to run into something that isn’t covered in the book. Whether you survive the experience will be determined by you skill, your experience, and your luck.
“There’s been a lot of mumbling around here the last twenty-four hours about luck. Well, there is no such thing. You can’t feel it, taste it, smell it, touch it, wear it, fuck it, or eat it. It doesn’t exist!
“This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it’s your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it’s how well you know and understand your airplane and your own limitations. We make our own luck. Each of us. None of us is Superman. Luck is the sum total of your abilities as an aviator. If you think your luck is running low, you’d better get busy and make some more. Work harder. Pay more attention. Study your NATOPs more. Do better preflights.
“A wise man once said, ‘Fortune favors the well prepared.’ He was right.
“Rory Smith is not with us here tonight because he didn’t eject when he should have. Hank Davis is alive because he did.
“We’re going to miss Rory. But every man here had better resolve to learn something from his death. If we do, he didn’t die for nothing. Think about it.”
Stephen Coonts, The Intruders
7.6mi, 59:10, 20 DEC 05, Fayetteville NC
Silverstein, "Smashed to Pieces"
WX at 0700: 26 (-3), DP 23 (-5), BP 30.29 (1025), NNW 2 clear, RH 86%
Odometer 3: 355.0mi
Z4.
Resting heart rate before start = no reading
First run in Fayetteville since returning on emergency leave, and it was a smoker. It was cold outside, which was a factor. I could just also be in better shape than I thought. Running nothing but positive splits implies I went out too fast, though. In spite of it, it still represents a PB for this course. Never a bad thing.
My legs, and more pointedly, my hip flexors, were very tired by the end of this run. My knees will undoubtedly hurt later today, but I’m still awaiting my new shoes to arrive in the mail, albeit back in Iraq.
Splits
7.62 AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.5 11:23 11:23 07:35 07:38 1.49
2.1 28:02 16:39 07:56 07:40 3.66
1.5 39:37 11:35 07:43 07:42 5.15
2.5 59:10 19:33 07:49 07:46 7.62
WX at 0700: 26 (-3), DP 23 (-5), BP 30.29 (1025), NNW 2 clear, RH 86%
Odometer 3: 355.0mi
Z4.
Resting heart rate before start = no reading
First run in Fayetteville since returning on emergency leave, and it was a smoker. It was cold outside, which was a factor. I could just also be in better shape than I thought. Running nothing but positive splits implies I went out too fast, though. In spite of it, it still represents a PB for this course. Never a bad thing.
My legs, and more pointedly, my hip flexors, were very tired by the end of this run. My knees will undoubtedly hurt later today, but I’m still awaiting my new shoes to arrive in the mail, albeit back in Iraq.
Splits
7.62 AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.5 11:23 11:23 07:35 07:38 1.49
2.1 28:02 16:39 07:56 07:40 3.66
1.5 39:37 11:35 07:43 07:42 5.15
2.5 59:10 19:33 07:49 07:46 7.62
Monday, December 19, 2005
Some food for thought
"There's a decision point for every career officer," Lieutenant Colonel Haldane said, "one day when you wake up and decide that you want to make a contribution." And for pilots, that doesn't mean driving an airplane through the sky every day...
..."True, some officers merely decide to stay until retirement, and I suppose that's okay. We need those people too. But the people we want are those who dedicate themselves to making the service better, to being leaders, people who try to grow personally and professionally every day. Those folks are few and far between but we need them desperately."
Jake merely nodded. Haldane had read the latest classified messages and handed the board back to Jake before he began this monologue. Apparently Jake's letter of resignation was on his mind, although he hadn't mentioned it.
Haldane went on, almost thinking out loud: "In every war America fought before Vietnam, the people who led the military to victory were never the people in charge when the shooting started. U.S. Grant and W.T. Sherman weren't even in the army when the Civil War started. Phil Sheridan was a captain. Eisenhower and George Patton were colonels at the start of World War II, Halsey and Nimitz were captains. Curious, don't you think?"
Before Jake could reply, he continued, "In peacetime the top jobs go to politicians, men who can stroke the civilians and oil the wheels of the bureaucracy. During a war the system works the way it is supposed to - men who can lead other men in combat are pulled to the top and given command. In Vietnam this natural selection process was stymied by the politicians. It was a political war all the way and the last thing they wanted was to relinquish the controls to war fighters. So we lost. And you know something funny? We could afford to lose because we didn't have anything important at stake in the first place.
"Someday America is going to get into a fight it has to win. I don't know when it will come or who the fight will be with. That war may come next year, or twenty years from now, or fifty. Or a hundred. But it will come. It always has in the past and evolution doesn't seem to be improving the human species anywhere near fast enough.
"The question is, who will be in the military when that war comes? Will the officer corps be full of glorified clerks, efficiency experts and computer operators putting in their time to earn a comfortable retirement? Or will there be some military leaders in that mix, men who can lead other men to victory, men like Grant, Patton, Halsey?
Haldane rose from his chair and adjusted his trousers. "Interesting question, isn't it, Mr. Grafton?"
"Yessir."
"The quality of the people in uniform - such a little thing. And that may make all the difference."
..."True, some officers merely decide to stay until retirement, and I suppose that's okay. We need those people too. But the people we want are those who dedicate themselves to making the service better, to being leaders, people who try to grow personally and professionally every day. Those folks are few and far between but we need them desperately."
Jake merely nodded. Haldane had read the latest classified messages and handed the board back to Jake before he began this monologue. Apparently Jake's letter of resignation was on his mind, although he hadn't mentioned it.
Haldane went on, almost thinking out loud: "In every war America fought before Vietnam, the people who led the military to victory were never the people in charge when the shooting started. U.S. Grant and W.T. Sherman weren't even in the army when the Civil War started. Phil Sheridan was a captain. Eisenhower and George Patton were colonels at the start of World War II, Halsey and Nimitz were captains. Curious, don't you think?"
Before Jake could reply, he continued, "In peacetime the top jobs go to politicians, men who can stroke the civilians and oil the wheels of the bureaucracy. During a war the system works the way it is supposed to - men who can lead other men in combat are pulled to the top and given command. In Vietnam this natural selection process was stymied by the politicians. It was a political war all the way and the last thing they wanted was to relinquish the controls to war fighters. So we lost. And you know something funny? We could afford to lose because we didn't have anything important at stake in the first place.
"Someday America is going to get into a fight it has to win. I don't know when it will come or who the fight will be with. That war may come next year, or twenty years from now, or fifty. Or a hundred. But it will come. It always has in the past and evolution doesn't seem to be improving the human species anywhere near fast enough.
"The question is, who will be in the military when that war comes? Will the officer corps be full of glorified clerks, efficiency experts and computer operators putting in their time to earn a comfortable retirement? Or will there be some military leaders in that mix, men who can lead other men to victory, men like Grant, Patton, Halsey?
Haldane rose from his chair and adjusted his trousers. "Interesting question, isn't it, Mr. Grafton?"
"Yessir."
"The quality of the people in uniform - such a little thing. And that may make all the difference."
Stephen Coonts, The Intruders
Thursday, December 15, 2005
The Next Coolest Thing Ever
Pinky and the Brain and Animaniacs on DVD!
Which is good, since my PATB tapes are starting to come apart after the last seven years...
Which is good, since my PATB tapes are starting to come apart after the last seven years...
Sunday, December 11, 2005
9.75mi, 79:04, 11 DEC 05, Carolina Shores NC
Team America theme song
AC/DC, "Thunderstruck"
The Go-Go's, "Here You Are"
Journey, "Only The Young"
For Against, "Clandestine High Holy"
WX at 0800: 42 (6), BP 33 (1), DP 29.89 (1012), W 9, RH 70% clear
Odometer 3: 347.4mi
Z4.
Resting heart rate before start = no reading
I thought today was going to be a relaxed run, but in reality, it was pretty damn quick. I was going hard since it was the first run I'd done in about four days. Or I thought it felt quick. It was hard, at least. It was hard enough where there were a couple of places where the bile started coming up.
My knees hurt. I'm waiting for another pair of shoes to show up, although I didn't hit the painkillers any.
Splits:
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.99 24:23 24:23 08:09 08:09 2.99
1.81 39:04 14:41 08:07 08:08 4.80
0.97 46:39 07:35 07:49 08:05 5.77
3.50 75:25 28:46 08:13 08:08 9.27
0.48 79:04 03:39 07:36 08:07 9.75
AC/DC, "Thunderstruck"
The Go-Go's, "Here You Are"
Journey, "Only The Young"
For Against, "Clandestine High Holy"
WX at 0800: 42 (6), BP 33 (1), DP 29.89 (1012), W 9, RH 70% clear
Odometer 3: 347.4mi
Z4.
Resting heart rate before start = no reading
I thought today was going to be a relaxed run, but in reality, it was pretty damn quick. I was going hard since it was the first run I'd done in about four days. Or I thought it felt quick. It was hard, at least. It was hard enough where there were a couple of places where the bile started coming up.
My knees hurt. I'm waiting for another pair of shoes to show up, although I didn't hit the painkillers any.
Splits:
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
2.99 24:23 24:23 08:09 08:09 2.99
1.81 39:04 14:41 08:07 08:08 4.80
0.97 46:39 07:35 07:49 08:05 5.77
3.50 75:25 28:46 08:13 08:08 9.27
0.48 79:04 03:39 07:36 08:07 9.75
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
6.0mi, 51:11, 7 DEC 05, COB Speicher IZ
Housewife, “Channel Noir”
WX at 0800: 50, DP 36, BP 30.19, 2@280, haze/dust
Odometer 4: 182.8mi
Z3.
I was feeling off. I had heard that Tom, my father-in-law, had died of a massive heart attack the night prior, so I wasn’t feeling very chipper. I was also probably just tired from not sleeping more than five hours a night the last few nights.
WX at 0800: 50, DP 36, BP 30.19, 2@280, haze/dust
Odometer 4: 182.8mi
Z3.
I was feeling off. I had heard that Tom, my father-in-law, had died of a massive heart attack the night prior, so I wasn’t feeling very chipper. I was also probably just tired from not sleeping more than five hours a night the last few nights.
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
6.7mi, 58:25, 6 DEC 05, COB Speicher IZ
Anberlin, “We Dreamt in Heist”
WX at 0630: 50, DP 39, BP 30.06, 3@60, smoke/haze
Odometer 3: 337.6mi
I ran easy the first 4.5 in 39:03 (8:40 average pace), and then ran hard the last 2.2 for an aggregate of 58:25. I’ll have to double check the 2.2 since I don’t think it’s really that if the distance I ran is any indicator. I was clocking quarter times around 1:53 to 1:58.
I got an answer back from SAW. There were 40 Air Force officers who applied, so I guess my packet wasn’t competitive enough. Still hoping to hear from Fort Leavenworth about SAMS.
WX at 0630: 50, DP 39, BP 30.06, 3@60, smoke/haze
Odometer 3: 337.6mi
I ran easy the first 4.5 in 39:03 (8:40 average pace), and then ran hard the last 2.2 for an aggregate of 58:25. I’ll have to double check the 2.2 since I don’t think it’s really that if the distance I ran is any indicator. I was clocking quarter times around 1:53 to 1:58.
I got an answer back from SAW. There were 40 Air Force officers who applied, so I guess my packet wasn’t competitive enough. Still hoping to hear from Fort Leavenworth about SAMS.
Sunday, December 04, 2005
4.84mi, 37:40, 4 DEC 05, COB Speicher IZ
Hilary Duff, “Wake Up”
AC/DC, “Thunderstruck”
Bentframe, “Star Wars Gangsta Rap”
WX at 0800: 63, DP 39, BP 30.10, 4@200, haze
Odometer 4: 176.8
Z4.
I was in a bad mood this morning. I read the admissions list for the School of Advanced Warfighting at Quantico, and although the course director had promised me a slot after my interview with him, I did not see my name on the list as a primary or an alternate.
I’m hoping it’s a clerical error, but there are 24 names on the list and the class size is 24. Needless to say, I was fucking pissed.
So I ran hard this morning, or something resembling it. I didn’t go as far as I’d have liked, but it doesn’t fucking matter at the speed and relative effort I took. I find it a little improbable that I went as fast as I did on the last two legs, but I don’t fucking care.
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.10 08:39 08:39 07:52 07:52 1.10
1.67 21:39 13:00 07:47 07:49 2.77
1.39 32:37 10:58 07:53 07:50 4.16
0.30 34:53 02:16 07:33 07:49 4.46
0.38 37:40 02:47 07:19 07:47 4.84
AC/DC, “Thunderstruck”
Bentframe, “Star Wars Gangsta Rap”
WX at 0800: 63, DP 39, BP 30.10, 4@200, haze
Odometer 4: 176.8
Z4.
I was in a bad mood this morning. I read the admissions list for the School of Advanced Warfighting at Quantico, and although the course director had promised me a slot after my interview with him, I did not see my name on the list as a primary or an alternate.
I’m hoping it’s a clerical error, but there are 24 names on the list and the class size is 24. Needless to say, I was fucking pissed.
So I ran hard this morning, or something resembling it. I didn’t go as far as I’d have liked, but it doesn’t fucking matter at the speed and relative effort I took. I find it a little improbable that I went as fast as I did on the last two legs, but I don’t fucking care.
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.10 08:39 08:39 07:52 07:52 1.10
1.67 21:39 13:00 07:47 07:49 2.77
1.39 32:37 10:58 07:53 07:50 4.16
0.30 34:53 02:16 07:33 07:49 4.46
0.38 37:40 02:47 07:19 07:47 4.84
Friday, December 02, 2005
9.0mi, 82:38, 2 DEC 05, COB Speicher IZ
Hilary Duff, “Wake Up”
WX at 0800: 50, DP 37, BP 30.15, 8@290 haze
Odometer 3: 331.9mi
Z2-Z3.
I decided to run the routes through Google Maps pedometer (www.gmap-pedometer.com) and in a comforting way, I have managed to underestimate the mileage I’ve run...again.
This means that I’m probably not as slow as I thought I was. This is refreshing, yet scary in some ways.
This morning’s run ended up being about 8.98mi, so it’s going in as 9.0mi.
Based on average pace, it’s about 9:18, which is acceptable for a Z2-Z3 run.
WX at 0800: 50, DP 37, BP 30.15, 8@290 haze
Odometer 3: 331.9mi
Z2-Z3.
I decided to run the routes through Google Maps pedometer (www.gmap-pedometer.com) and in a comforting way, I have managed to underestimate the mileage I’ve run...again.
This means that I’m probably not as slow as I thought I was. This is refreshing, yet scary in some ways.
This morning’s run ended up being about 8.98mi, so it’s going in as 9.0mi.
Based on average pace, it’s about 9:18, which is acceptable for a Z2-Z3 run.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
5.5+0.5mi, 48:50, 1 DEC 05, COB Speicher IZ
“Freedom Isn’t Free” from Team America: World Police
WX at 0900: 52, DP 36, BP 30.05, 8 @ 290 haze
Odometer 4: 172.0mi
Z3
The run wasn’t that fast, but it was more than made up for by one of the most insidiously punishing workouts I’ve done for abs in a long time. I also did some tricep presses, seated rows, and lat pulldowns. I normally don’t lift, but it was something to do in between the ab machines I hit today. It might even start working off some of the residual lard on the sides away from my legs.
I have the “Freedom Isn’t Free” song stuck in my head from watching the movie from which it came. Sigh. Not a great song, nor is it meant to be!
WX at 0900: 52, DP 36, BP 30.05, 8 @ 290 haze
Odometer 4: 172.0mi
Z3
The run wasn’t that fast, but it was more than made up for by one of the most insidiously punishing workouts I’ve done for abs in a long time. I also did some tricep presses, seated rows, and lat pulldowns. I normally don’t lift, but it was something to do in between the ab machines I hit today. It might even start working off some of the residual lard on the sides away from my legs.
I have the “Freedom Isn’t Free” song stuck in my head from watching the movie from which it came. Sigh. Not a great song, nor is it meant to be!
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