iThink: Philip Aaberg, "The Gift"
WX at 0800: 26.1 (-3.3) DP 15.1 (-9.4) BP 30.25 (1024) S 3 RH 62
Odometer 1: 259.0mi rough equivalence
Z2/Z4.
Average/max heart rate = no reading.
I'm trying to figure out something different than running on the elliptical or on the dreadmill. Pulling 14 minutes on the elliptical and 16 minutes on the dreadmill was an exercise in "when do I get this over with?"
I did some lifting instead to kill some other time and get through some of the other things I'd been meaning to do. It's a shame it's so cold - otherwise I'd go for a run through the neighborhood.
No splits.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
A guilty feeling and some irritation
I was walking from Faneuil Hall in Boston today and while it was cold as hell, the children and adults I was with saw the steam rising from the New England Holocaust Memorial. I didn't realize it until I saw the Martin Niemoeller quotation at the end and I stopped right there.
The adults and children were more concerned with some place to get warm and absolutely did not share my awful realization that I absolutely did not want to have anyone playing any grabass anywhere near there.
I really would've liked to have gone by the Robert Gould Shaw memorial, but it was a few hundred meters away and nobody else in the group really gave a flying fuck about the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, let alone have any familiarity with Robert Lowell's "For The Union Dead."
I was in a group which included an adult who had no idea what tilting at windmills was until I tied it to Don Quixote, as in Cervantes' literature work from the 1600s, not to be confused with some movie.
I swear to god I'm not fucking making this up.
The adults and children were more concerned with some place to get warm and absolutely did not share my awful realization that I absolutely did not want to have anyone playing any grabass anywhere near there.
I really would've liked to have gone by the Robert Gould Shaw memorial, but it was a few hundred meters away and nobody else in the group really gave a flying fuck about the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, let alone have any familiarity with Robert Lowell's "For The Union Dead."
I was in a group which included an adult who had no idea what tilting at windmills was until I tied it to Don Quixote, as in Cervantes' literature work from the 1600s, not to be confused with some movie.
I swear to god I'm not fucking making this up.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
3.0mi on dreadmill + 15 minutes on elliptical, 29 DEC 09, Billerica, Massachusetts
iThink: Dos Gringos, "Going In For Guns"
WX at 0800: 21.9 (-5.6) DP 8.1 (-13.3) BP 29.59 (1002) W 16 RH 54
Odometer 1: 256.0mi rough equivalence.
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 157/167
I forget from time to time how much I loathe running on dreadmills. I hate it. But when it's too cold to run outside (for all intents and purposes) then it is what it is.
Part of why I dislike dreadmills is that my actual pace tends to vary much more than what a dreadmill will allow.
This gives me a chance, however to watch TV news. Aside from schlock human interest stories (about which I care not at all), I get to hear about a Korean missionary whose zeal to bring Xtianity to North Korea far outweighs his common sense and then leads to some potential Combat Darwinism.
The other top story is the paradox of security and civil liberties. There are some people who are concerned that backscatter scanners will show that many Americans are actually fat, somewhat jiggly, and may have less endowment than they want to claim. If someone wants to see that, and be safe, so be it. I frankly couldn't give two flying fucks about civil liberties when security is an issue, but I have a slightly more draconian view of the universe than many bleeding-heart Americans. The other 800 pound gorilla that nobody wants to touch is profiling, but the fact remains that the security threat from little old ladies is substantially lower than guys who might be Muslims from Nigeria. The political and social implications of that are a little too touchy for most people to address honestly.
Harrumph. Or, if I want to be topically relevant, humbug.
No splits.
WX at 0800: 21.9 (-5.6) DP 8.1 (-13.3) BP 29.59 (1002) W 16 RH 54
Odometer 1: 256.0mi rough equivalence.
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 157/167
I forget from time to time how much I loathe running on dreadmills. I hate it. But when it's too cold to run outside (for all intents and purposes) then it is what it is.
Part of why I dislike dreadmills is that my actual pace tends to vary much more than what a dreadmill will allow.
This gives me a chance, however to watch TV news. Aside from schlock human interest stories (about which I care not at all), I get to hear about a Korean missionary whose zeal to bring Xtianity to North Korea far outweighs his common sense and then leads to some potential Combat Darwinism.
The other top story is the paradox of security and civil liberties. There are some people who are concerned that backscatter scanners will show that many Americans are actually fat, somewhat jiggly, and may have less endowment than they want to claim. If someone wants to see that, and be safe, so be it. I frankly couldn't give two flying fucks about civil liberties when security is an issue, but I have a slightly more draconian view of the universe than many bleeding-heart Americans. The other 800 pound gorilla that nobody wants to touch is profiling, but the fact remains that the security threat from little old ladies is substantially lower than guys who might be Muslims from Nigeria. The political and social implications of that are a little too touchy for most people to address honestly.
Harrumph. Or, if I want to be topically relevant, humbug.
No splits.
Monday, December 28, 2009
60 minutes of wogging on the elliptical, 28 DEC 09, Billerica, Massachusetts
iThink: Linkin Park, "Crawling"
WX at 0800: 28.0 (-2.2) DP 27.0 (-2.8) BP 29.66 (1004) Calm RH 95
Odometer 1: 252.0mi rough equivalence.
Z2.
Average/max heart rate = no reading.
I was going to get in about an hour on the elliptical. I intended to do some reading on the elliptical, but for whatever reason, it's been a while and I couldn't get much into it. Of course, the fact that the book is Pyong Gap Min's Ethnical Solidarity for Economic Survival: Korean greengrocers in New York City might have had something to do with it.
I'm meeting up later today with my old friend and School of Advanced Military Heresy classmate Eric Larkin, who's back visiting his parents in Rhode Island. Eric and I kept each other from going insane in our respective plans jobs while we were out in our respective combat theaters of Iraq and Afghanistan last year.
No splits.
WX at 0800: 28.0 (-2.2) DP 27.0 (-2.8) BP 29.66 (1004) Calm RH 95
Odometer 1: 252.0mi rough equivalence.
Z2.
Average/max heart rate = no reading.
I was going to get in about an hour on the elliptical. I intended to do some reading on the elliptical, but for whatever reason, it's been a while and I couldn't get much into it. Of course, the fact that the book is Pyong Gap Min's Ethnical Solidarity for Economic Survival: Korean greengrocers in New York City might have had something to do with it.
I'm meeting up later today with my old friend and School of Advanced Military Heresy classmate Eric Larkin, who's back visiting his parents in Rhode Island. Eric and I kept each other from going insane in our respective plans jobs while we were out in our respective combat theaters of Iraq and Afghanistan last year.
No splits.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Distance indeterminate, ~60:00, 27 DEC 09, Billerica, Massachusetts
iThink: Ultimate Fakebook, "Liferaft Halo"
WX at 0800: 51 (11) DP 51 (11) BP 29.86 (1011) SE 17 rain; mist RH 100
Odometer 1: 249.0mi rough equivalence
Z3.
Average/max heart rate = no reading, but average ~145-150.
I dislike ellipticals but not as much as I loathe dreadmills. I was intent on getting at it after not doing much yesterday, flying most of yesterday.
The trip wasn't bad, but I knew the crosswinds going into Chicago (admittedly, the Windy City) were bad when we were crabbing in on the final approach. The plane touched down right wheel, left wheel, front wheel.
When we flew into Manchester NH last night, we flew in instruments only at night on a zero-zero approach. Awesome.
I've forgotten that I need to read the map when I'm driving with Household6, every time. I have gotten lazy and I didn't want to stop on the side of Interstate 93 (the wrong way but it was my fault for not personally navigating it) to vet directions. This generated a 20 mile detour but at that point, I didn't want to try to debate it since I tend to be a tad rigorous about map reading ability and directions on the interstate and no one else in my immediate household meets that standard. I also sort of didn't fucking care at that point after a day of travel.
No splits.
WX at 0800: 51 (11) DP 51 (11) BP 29.86 (1011) SE 17 rain; mist RH 100
Odometer 1: 249.0mi rough equivalence
Z3.
Average/max heart rate = no reading, but average ~145-150.
I dislike ellipticals but not as much as I loathe dreadmills. I was intent on getting at it after not doing much yesterday, flying most of yesterday.
The trip wasn't bad, but I knew the crosswinds going into Chicago (admittedly, the Windy City) were bad when we were crabbing in on the final approach. The plane touched down right wheel, left wheel, front wheel.
When we flew into Manchester NH last night, we flew in instruments only at night on a zero-zero approach. Awesome.
I've forgotten that I need to read the map when I'm driving with Household6, every time. I have gotten lazy and I didn't want to stop on the side of Interstate 93 (the wrong way but it was my fault for not personally navigating it) to vet directions. This generated a 20 mile detour but at that point, I didn't want to try to debate it since I tend to be a tad rigorous about map reading ability and directions on the interstate and no one else in my immediate household meets that standard. I also sort of didn't fucking care at that point after a day of travel.
No splits.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
A slightly different take on x-moose
I don't go in much for comics, but I do read Lio. Today's strip particularly stuck at me.
I used to read Non Sequitur pretty regularly, but I found that I don't find it as funny as I used to. Lio cracks me up a lot more - a lot closer to what I think is funny lately, but sometimes it hits home, as it did today.
4.1mi, 36:50, 24 DEC 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink:
Sarah McLachlan, "Fear"
James Horner, opening credits to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Senses Fail, "Bonecrusher"
WX at 0700: 35.1 (1.7) 35.1 (1.7) 29.78 (1008) NNW 12 light drizzle; mist RH 100
Odometer 2: 78.0mi
Z3 high.
Average/max heart rate = 156/170
Keeping the streak going, although today felt slow. In reality probably not much faster or slower than any other given day, but I can tell the recovery period is getting easier after these runs the next day.
I have no idea what sparked the James Horner relapse - apart from remember a scene from Star Trek III where the Enterprise gets destroyed and the leadup to it. I haven't seen that movie in years. Not sure why I thought of it.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:58 08:58 08:58 08:58 1.00
1.00 17:53 08:55 08:55 08:56 2.00
1.00 27:14 09:21 09:21 09:05 3.00
1.00 35:53 08:39 08:39 08:58 4.00
0.11 36:50 00:57 08:38 08:58 4.11
Sarah McLachlan, "Fear"
James Horner, opening credits to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Senses Fail, "Bonecrusher"
WX at 0700: 35.1 (1.7) 35.1 (1.7) 29.78 (1008) NNW 12 light drizzle; mist RH 100
Odometer 2: 78.0mi
Z3 high.
Average/max heart rate = 156/170
Keeping the streak going, although today felt slow. In reality probably not much faster or slower than any other given day, but I can tell the recovery period is getting easier after these runs the next day.
I have no idea what sparked the James Horner relapse - apart from remember a scene from Star Trek III where the Enterprise gets destroyed and the leadup to it. I haven't seen that movie in years. Not sure why I thought of it.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:58 08:58 08:58 08:58 1.00
1.00 17:53 08:55 08:55 08:56 2.00
1.00 27:14 09:21 09:21 09:05 3.00
1.00 35:53 08:39 08:39 08:58 4.00
0.11 36:50 00:57 08:38 08:58 4.11
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
6,000m on Concept2 Model E, 25:59.6, 23 DEC 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink: Senses Fail, "Garden State"
WX at 0600: 37 (3) 37 (3) 29.78 (1008) E 21 light rain; mist RH 96
Odometer 1: 246.0mi equivalence
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = no reading.
It was raining this morning and I didn't want to break the streak, so I went in and hit the erg for the first time in a little while. I guess I should've gone running anyway since the rain wasn't hard.
I guess I need to get back to lifting since I'm barely holding down paces that I would've considered pedestrian a few months ago.
Splits
Distance: 6000
Time: 00:26:00
Avg/500m: 02:10
Drag Factor : 104
Per Mile: 00:06:58
WX at 0600: 37 (3) 37 (3) 29.78 (1008) E 21 light rain; mist RH 96
Odometer 1: 246.0mi equivalence
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = no reading.
It was raining this morning and I didn't want to break the streak, so I went in and hit the erg for the first time in a little while. I guess I should've gone running anyway since the rain wasn't hard.
I guess I need to get back to lifting since I'm barely holding down paces that I would've considered pedestrian a few months ago.
Splits
Distance: 6000
Time: 00:26:00
Avg/500m: 02:10
Drag Factor : 104
Per Mile: 00:06:58
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
4.1mi, 36:12, 22 DEC 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink:
Mark Van Dale With Enrico, "Water Verve"
Albinoni, Adagio in g minor
WX at 0700: 32.0 (0.0) 30.0 (-1.1) 29.89 (1012) ENE 3 RH 92
Odometer 2: 73.9mi
Z3.
Average/max heart rate = 156/174
Almost slept in, but decided to try to keep the streak. Nothing special, but I was running a little easier today.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:45 08:45 08:45 08:45 1.00
1.00 17:34 08:49 08:49 08:47 2.00
1.00 26:36 09:02 09:02 08:52 3.00
1.00 35:10 08:34 08:34 08:47 4.00
0.11 36:12 01:02 09:24 08:48 4.11
Mark Van Dale With Enrico, "Water Verve"
Albinoni, Adagio in g minor
WX at 0700: 32.0 (0.0) 30.0 (-1.1) 29.89 (1012) ENE 3 RH 92
Odometer 2: 73.9mi
Z3.
Average/max heart rate = 156/174
Almost slept in, but decided to try to keep the streak. Nothing special, but I was running a little easier today.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:45 08:45 08:45 08:45 1.00
1.00 17:34 08:49 08:49 08:47 2.00
1.00 26:36 09:02 09:02 08:52 3.00
1.00 35:10 08:34 08:34 08:47 4.00
0.11 36:12 01:02 09:24 08:48 4.11
Monday, December 21, 2009
3.5mi + 0.3mi, 31:02, 21 DEC 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink: Thomas Newman, "Oscar and Lucinda"
WX at 0700: 42.1 (5.6) 28.0 (-2.2) 30.14 (1020) S 6 RH 57
WX at 0600: 30.9 (-0.6) 28.9 (-1.7) 30.13 (1020) SSE 3 RH 92
Odometer 1: 244.1mi
Z3.
Average/max heart rate = 153/170
The iThink was brought on by my just being able to get the TV off the Disney Channel long enough to watch a snippet of Oscar and Lucinda, which is one of my favorite movies.
Almost didn't go out, but I decided not to go to the gym this early and then went to the track for 3 miles of wogging.
Splits
WX at 0700: 42.1 (5.6) 28.0 (-2.2) 30.14 (1020) S 6 RH 57
WX at 0600: 30.9 (-0.6) 28.9 (-1.7) 30.13 (1020) SSE 3 RH 92
Odometer 1: 244.1mi
Z3.
Average/max heart rate = 153/170
The iThink was brought on by my just being able to get the TV off the Disney Channel long enough to watch a snippet of Oscar and Lucinda, which is one of my favorite movies.
Almost didn't go out, but I decided not to go to the gym this early and then went to the track for 3 miles of wogging.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:52 08:52 08:52 08:52 1.00
1.00 17:48 08:56 08:56 08:54 2.00
1.00 26:34 08:46 08:46 08:51 3.00
0.48 31:07 04:33 09:29 08:56 3.48
Sunday, December 20, 2009
5.1mi, 46:17, 20 DEC 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink:
Marine Research "Hopefulness to Hopelessness"
Senses Fail, "Rum is For Drinking, Not For Burning"
WX at 0900: 30.9 (-0.6) 30.0 (-1.1) 30.07 (1018) SSW 13 mist RH 96 WC 21 (-6)
Odometer 1: 239.3mi
Z3 high.
Average/max heart rate = 156/174
Today was slow. Really slow. At least it felt really slow. I also realized after the first mile that I was overdressed for today as I had on a shirt that stopped almost all wind coming through, which in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, but I was glad I left my hat at home for this one. I was sweating, big time.
Still, I had to remind myself that I wasn't out there to run fast, I was out there to burn lard.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:18 09:18 09:18 09:18 1.00
1.00 18:23 09:05 09:05 09:11 2.00
1.00 27:20 08:57 08:57 09:07 3.00
1.00 36:24 09:04 09:04 09:06 4.00
1.00 45:13 08:49 08:49 09:03 5.00
0.12 46:17 01:04 08:53 09:02 5.12
Marine Research "Hopefulness to Hopelessness"
Senses Fail, "Rum is For Drinking, Not For Burning"
WX at 0900: 30.9 (-0.6) 30.0 (-1.1) 30.07 (1018) SSW 13 mist RH 96 WC 21 (-6)
Odometer 1: 239.3mi
Z3 high.
Average/max heart rate = 156/174
Today was slow. Really slow. At least it felt really slow. I also realized after the first mile that I was overdressed for today as I had on a shirt that stopped almost all wind coming through, which in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, but I was glad I left my hat at home for this one. I was sweating, big time.
Still, I had to remind myself that I wasn't out there to run fast, I was out there to burn lard.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:18 09:18 09:18 09:18 1.00
1.00 18:23 09:05 09:05 09:11 2.00
1.00 27:20 08:57 08:57 09:07 3.00
1.00 36:24 09:04 09:04 09:06 4.00
1.00 45:13 08:49 08:49 09:03 5.00
0.12 46:17 01:04 08:53 09:02 5.12
Saturday, December 19, 2009
4.7mi, 42:05, 19 DEC 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink:
Senses Fail, "NJ Slides Into the Atlantic"
Albinoni, Adagio in g Minor
Dos Gringos, "Going In For Guns"
WX at 0900: 24 (-4) 23 (-5) 30.15 (1020) NNW 12 mist RH 92 WC 12 (-11) snow
Odometer 2: 69.8mi
Z3.
Average/max heart rate = 157/174
I was sore enough that I thought about not going out, but I want to try to start a streak of actually exercising every day for as long as I can - if possible. No graduate school for a little bit is the window of opportunity.
It was pretty cold this morning where I had to squint because of the frozen snow particles (more ice than fluffy snow) coming down. Today started slow and got better as I progressively warmed up. The first mile was from a jackrabbit start.
I was thinking of the film Rollerball (the 1975 one) when Albinoni came to mind. Wikipedia says the Albinoni Adagio isn't really Albinoni. I'm waiting for more conclusive scholarship than Wikipedia.
I do notice my knees reacting to this workload again, though. Time to start eating NSAIDs again.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:42 08:42 08:42 08:42 1.00
1.00 17:57 09:15 09:15 08:58 2.00
1.00 26:52 08:55 08:55 08:57 3.00
1.00 35:44 08:52 08:52 08:56 4.00
0.72 42:05 06:21 08:49 08:55 4.72
Senses Fail, "NJ Slides Into the Atlantic"
Albinoni, Adagio in g Minor
Dos Gringos, "Going In For Guns"
WX at 0900: 24 (-4) 23 (-5) 30.15 (1020) NNW 12 mist RH 92 WC 12 (-11) snow
Odometer 2: 69.8mi
Z3.
Average/max heart rate = 157/174
I was sore enough that I thought about not going out, but I want to try to start a streak of actually exercising every day for as long as I can - if possible. No graduate school for a little bit is the window of opportunity.
It was pretty cold this morning where I had to squint because of the frozen snow particles (more ice than fluffy snow) coming down. Today started slow and got better as I progressively warmed up. The first mile was from a jackrabbit start.
I was thinking of the film Rollerball (the 1975 one) when Albinoni came to mind. Wikipedia says the Albinoni Adagio isn't really Albinoni. I'm waiting for more conclusive scholarship than Wikipedia.
I do notice my knees reacting to this workload again, though. Time to start eating NSAIDs again.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:42 08:42 08:42 08:42 1.00
1.00 17:57 09:15 09:15 08:58 2.00
1.00 26:52 08:55 08:55 08:57 3.00
1.00 35:44 08:52 08:52 08:56 4.00
0.72 42:05 06:21 08:49 08:55 4.72
Friday, December 18, 2009
4.0mi, 34:21, 18 DEC 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink:
Senses Fail, "Rum is For Drinking, Not For Burning"
Senses Fail, "Stephen"
WX at 0600: 28.0 (-2.2) 25.0 (-3.9) 29.99 (1015) NW 9 mist RH 88 WC 19 (-7)
Odometer 1: 234.2mi
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 162/180
Was meaning to run yesterday, but if I'm napping for 10 minutes and that 10 minutes includes REM sleep, it means I should probably practice some discretion.
Today was about as expected, although the relative lack of wind was not bad.
My lack of work over the last few weeks has come to roost as running uphill at almost any grade is harder work than I'd like.
On the bright side, I'm done with my second and last paper this semester...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:17 08:17 08:17 08:17 1.00
1.00 17:00 08:43 08:43 08:30 2.00
1.00 26:04 09:04 09:04 08:41 3.00
0.98 34:21 08:17 08:27 08:38 3.98
Senses Fail, "Rum is For Drinking, Not For Burning"
Senses Fail, "Stephen"
WX at 0600: 28.0 (-2.2) 25.0 (-3.9) 29.99 (1015) NW 9 mist RH 88 WC 19 (-7)
Odometer 1: 234.2mi
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 162/180
Was meaning to run yesterday, but if I'm napping for 10 minutes and that 10 minutes includes REM sleep, it means I should probably practice some discretion.
Today was about as expected, although the relative lack of wind was not bad.
My lack of work over the last few weeks has come to roost as running uphill at almost any grade is harder work than I'd like.
On the bright side, I'm done with my second and last paper this semester...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:17 08:17 08:17 08:17 1.00
1.00 17:00 08:43 08:43 08:30 2.00
1.00 26:04 09:04 09:04 08:41 3.00
0.98 34:21 08:17 08:27 08:38 3.98
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Oh Hell Yeah
In the bookstore at the Command and General Staff College, where I teach:Because nothing goes together with the first year of parenting than Hostage Rescue Teams and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
This was not a staged photo! I'm serious. This really was NOT a staged photo.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
4.1mi, 36:21, 16 DEC 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink: Sarah McLachlan, "Fear"
WX at 0600: 17.1 (-8.3) 12.0 (-11.1) 30.42 (1030) S 9 WC 6 (-14)
Odometer 1: 230.1mi
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 158/179
First run in over a week, but really, for all intents and purposes, first run in about 3 weeks. Woot!
Today was cold, but not as crazy cold as I thought it might have been. The relative lack of wind compared to yesterday and the fact that it was 8F warmer had something to do with it.
I'm going to deliberately not worry about speed since I'm in the position of just about having to completely rebuild my mileage base. Urgh.
The Sarah McLachlan snippet comes from an old episode of Due South ("A Cop, a Mountie and a Baby,") which featured the song. Ironically, I used to watch Due South in the afternoons when I was attending the Combined Arms and Services Staff School at Fort Leavenworth over a decade ago.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:22 08:22 08:22 08:22 1.00
1.00 17:17 08:55 08:55 08:39 2.00
1.00 26:32 09:15 09:15 08:51 3.00
1.00 35:19 08:47 08:47 08:50 4.00
0.12 36:21 01:02 08:37 08:49 4.12
WX at 0600: 17.1 (-8.3) 12.0 (-11.1) 30.42 (1030) S 9 WC 6 (-14)
Odometer 1: 230.1mi
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 158/179
First run in over a week, but really, for all intents and purposes, first run in about 3 weeks. Woot!
Today was cold, but not as crazy cold as I thought it might have been. The relative lack of wind compared to yesterday and the fact that it was 8F warmer had something to do with it.
I'm going to deliberately not worry about speed since I'm in the position of just about having to completely rebuild my mileage base. Urgh.
The Sarah McLachlan snippet comes from an old episode of Due South ("A Cop, a Mountie and a Baby,") which featured the song. Ironically, I used to watch Due South in the afternoons when I was attending the Combined Arms and Services Staff School at Fort Leavenworth over a decade ago.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:22 08:22 08:22 08:22 1.00
1.00 17:17 08:55 08:55 08:39 2.00
1.00 26:32 09:15 09:15 08:51 3.00
1.00 35:19 08:47 08:47 08:50 4.00
0.12 36:21 01:02 08:37 08:49 4.12
Monday, December 14, 2009
2,000m/5,000m on Concept2 Model E, 8:24/22:05, 14 DEC 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink: Senses Fail, "Bonecrusher"
WX at 2000: 14 (-10) 8 (-13) 30.28 (1025) NNW 13 RH 77 WC 0
Odometer 4: over 400mi (no more readings)
Z3.
Average/max heart rate = no reading
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. I got on the Concept2 while the Sledgehammer was at gymnastics practice and thought it might be a good workout. Well, it was, and it was proof positive that three weeks of doing nothing but eating doesn't help much.
I had to step off after the first 2,000, pulling a bit around 1:59-2:00/500m for the first 500m, then realizing that it sucked too bad to stay at that pace. I backed off to 2:08/500m by the end when I finally quit.
I then went back, drank some water, and cranked out a fairly aerobic 5,000 at a much more realistic pace of about 2:10-2:15/500m. My goal was explicitly not to feel like I was going to ralph at the end, which is usually the end of most of my sessions on the Concept2.
I'm going to try to run tomorrow morning. Should be fun since the wind chill was 0F. Yes, ZERO F. Once again, I refer you back to my previous post of Frak. It's. Cold. I think I'll just be happy to run slow distance in an attempt to burn lard until I can regain my base (and shave off some of the weight I've gained in the last month).
Splits
Distance: 2000
Time: 00:08:24
Avg/500m: 02:06
Drag Factor : 114
Per Mile: 00:06:46
Distance: 5000
Time: 00:22:05
Avg/500m: 02:12
Drag Factor : 114
Per Mile: 00:07:06
WX at 2000: 14 (-10) 8 (-13) 30.28 (1025) NNW 13 RH 77 WC 0
Odometer 4: over 400mi (no more readings)
Z3.
Average/max heart rate = no reading
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. I got on the Concept2 while the Sledgehammer was at gymnastics practice and thought it might be a good workout. Well, it was, and it was proof positive that three weeks of doing nothing but eating doesn't help much.
I had to step off after the first 2,000, pulling a bit around 1:59-2:00/500m for the first 500m, then realizing that it sucked too bad to stay at that pace. I backed off to 2:08/500m by the end when I finally quit.
I then went back, drank some water, and cranked out a fairly aerobic 5,000 at a much more realistic pace of about 2:10-2:15/500m. My goal was explicitly not to feel like I was going to ralph at the end, which is usually the end of most of my sessions on the Concept2.
I'm going to try to run tomorrow morning. Should be fun since the wind chill was 0F. Yes, ZERO F. Once again, I refer you back to my previous post of Frak. It's. Cold. I think I'll just be happy to run slow distance in an attempt to burn lard until I can regain my base (and shave off some of the weight I've gained in the last month).
Splits
Distance: 2000
Time: 00:08:24
Avg/500m: 02:06
Drag Factor : 114
Per Mile: 00:06:46
Distance: 5000
Time: 00:22:05
Avg/500m: 02:12
Drag Factor : 114
Per Mile: 00:07:06
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Frak. It's. Cold.
Not a slipped decimal point, sports fans.The measuring station for this website is 300 meters away from my house.
It is so unpleasant driving out there that the most reliable method of getting to/back from work is dismounted. Several inches of snow and ice on the ground = outstanding potential for death by misadventure.
Monday, December 07, 2009
4.1mi, 35:49, 7 DEC 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink: Senses Fail, "Rum Is For Drinking, Not For Burning"
WX at 0600: 23.0 (-5.0) 19.0 (-7.2) 30.19 (1022) NNW 13 RH 84
Odometer 1: 226.0mi
Z3 mid-high.
Average/max heart rate = 159/177
Today didn't feel that hard, but it was, based on heart rate readings. I don't think I would've worked nearly that hard had it not been for all the patches of ice that were out on the road. That's a powerful incentive to run carefully.
It also makes today the first workout in almost two weeks. I don't remember the last time I took a 2-week hiatus in exercising since, well, when I broke my leg over a decade ago.
This is at least partial acknowledgement that most of what I need to for my papers is revision, since most of the heavy lifting behind the papers are done and I need to sharpen them prior to final submission.
I realize I've gotten slower, but this was an unavoidable consequence of limited time during the day.
I guess I could lay off the occasional Jeremiah Weed and Chartreuse nightcaps, but lately, I don't have much incentive not to. I started with Chartreuse but I have no idea how long that'll last, so I figured I'd go for the much less-expensive (and much less-refined, at that) substitute of Jeremiah Weed...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:31 08:31 08:31 08:31 1.00
1.00 17:21 08:50 08:50 08:41 2.00
1.00 26:26 09:05 09:05 08:49 3.00
1.00 34:54 08:28 08:28 08:43 4.00
0.11 35:49 00:55 08:20 08:43 4.11
WX at 0600: 23.0 (-5.0) 19.0 (-7.2) 30.19 (1022) NNW 13 RH 84
Odometer 1: 226.0mi
Z3 mid-high.
Average/max heart rate = 159/177
Today didn't feel that hard, but it was, based on heart rate readings. I don't think I would've worked nearly that hard had it not been for all the patches of ice that were out on the road. That's a powerful incentive to run carefully.
It also makes today the first workout in almost two weeks. I don't remember the last time I took a 2-week hiatus in exercising since, well, when I broke my leg over a decade ago.
This is at least partial acknowledgement that most of what I need to for my papers is revision, since most of the heavy lifting behind the papers are done and I need to sharpen them prior to final submission.
I realize I've gotten slower, but this was an unavoidable consequence of limited time during the day.
I guess I could lay off the occasional Jeremiah Weed and Chartreuse nightcaps, but lately, I don't have much incentive not to. I started with Chartreuse but I have no idea how long that'll last, so I figured I'd go for the much less-expensive (and much less-refined, at that) substitute of Jeremiah Weed...
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:31 08:31 08:31 08:31 1.00
1.00 17:21 08:50 08:50 08:41 2.00
1.00 26:26 09:05 09:05 08:49 3.00
1.00 34:54 08:28 08:28 08:43 4.00
0.11 35:49 00:55 08:20 08:43 4.11
Sunday, December 06, 2009
You've gotta be shitting me
Peace...love...75TH RANGERS?This is the same Ranger Regiment that has had posters made of it to the tune of Orwell's immortal quotation "people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
The same 75th Ranger Regiment that I'll now associate with peace...love...and two rounds in the lethal zone.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
The Coolest Thing Ever
Even the URL cracks me up:
http://twitter.com/Shitmydadsays
I was tipped off to it by one of my coworkers who's oddly enough, a member of the State Department. I saw it and the first words that came to mind were "fucking awesome."
There's a statistically reasonable chance that I'll end up like this in, oh, maybe 25 years or so.
In the meantime, my crashing on getting papers done for graduate school has pretty much guaranteed that my exercise program has stopped since, well, Thanksgiving. Fucking awesome.
http://twitter.com/Shitmydadsays
I was tipped off to it by one of my coworkers who's oddly enough, a member of the State Department. I saw it and the first words that came to mind were "fucking awesome."
There's a statistically reasonable chance that I'll end up like this in, oh, maybe 25 years or so.
In the meantime, my crashing on getting papers done for graduate school has pretty much guaranteed that my exercise program has stopped since, well, Thanksgiving. Fucking awesome.
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