iThink:
"Rendezvous with Destiny" (the original, non-politically correct lyrics)
Linkin Park, "Faint"
WX at 0800: 19.9 (-6.7) DP 15.1 (-9.4) BP 30.15 (1020) WNW 6 haze WC 12 (-11) RH 81
Odometer 2: 109.4mi
Z3 high.
Average/max heart rate = inaccurate reading. There's no way I was beating 247 bpm at the start. I guess I didn't prep the heart rate monitor enough.
First actual run in a while. I spent most of yesterday reading through James Brooks' Captives and Cousins, which is good history, but something that's hard for me to latch onto since it's so far outside even nominal interest. That took much longer than expected.
Today was good running weather, but I'm acclimated to 19F being closer to how I normally regard 35F. That's an indicator of how cold a winter this has been.
On the other hand, I was gratified that I wasn't holding above 9:00/mi average pace in any given mile, even the ones that have lots of uphill segments.
For what it's worth, the original "Rendezvous with Destiny" lyrics from the 101st Airborne Division:
We have a rendezvous with destiny
Our strength and courage strike the spark
That will always make men free
Jump right down through the skies of blue
Keep your eyes on the job to be done
We're the men of the Hundred-First
We'll fight 'til the battle's won
Screaming Eagles diving from the sky
Diving boldly from the air
Now it's time to jump- look out below!
Stand up, hook up, Screaming Eagles, go!
(first verse repeated)
The current version now sung in the 101st deletes the second verse (no longer on jump status), changes "Jump" to "Assault" (now an air assault division), and changes "men of the Hundred-First" to "soldiers of the Hundred-First" (there are women in the division now). Tradition yields to progress, and rightly so.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:30 08:30 08:30 08:30 1.00
1.00 17:07 08:37 08:37 08:33 2.00
1.00 25:46 08:39 08:39 08:35 3.00
1.00 34:42 08:56 08:56 08:41 4.00
1.00 43:24 08:42 08:42 08:41 5.00
1.00 51:58 08:34 08:34 08:40 6.00
0.03 52:13 00:15 08:20 08:40 6.03
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
4.36mi on elliptical, 47:00, 25 FEB 10, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink:
Senses Fail, "Bonecrusher"
All-American Rejects, "It Ends Tonight"
WX at 0600: 9.0 (-12.8) DP 1.0 (-17.2) BP 30.17 (1021) E 7 WC -2 (-19) RH 69
Odometer 1: 337.8mi
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = no reading
As usual the heart rate monitors were wonky today, but I was holding steady at almost 165-170bpm for the last 25 minutes, which is sizeably more effort than just an easy run.
I think to myself that I don't really much care for ellipticals, but I like dreadmills even less, so it is what it is. It's still much too cold to run outside, and there's not enough assurance that the ice is cleared off, so I'm not running outside.
No Splits.
Senses Fail, "Bonecrusher"
All-American Rejects, "It Ends Tonight"
WX at 0600: 9.0 (-12.8) DP 1.0 (-17.2) BP 30.17 (1021) E 7 WC -2 (-19) RH 69
Odometer 1: 337.8mi
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = no reading
As usual the heart rate monitors were wonky today, but I was holding steady at almost 165-170bpm for the last 25 minutes, which is sizeably more effort than just an easy run.
I think to myself that I don't really much care for ellipticals, but I like dreadmills even less, so it is what it is. It's still much too cold to run outside, and there's not enough assurance that the ice is cleared off, so I'm not running outside.
No Splits.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
3.1mi on elliptical, 33:47, 24 FEB 10, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink: Linkin Park, "Faint"
WX at 0700: 1.9 (-16.7) DP -0.9 (-18.3) BP 30.22 (1023) NW 6 WC -9 (-23) RH 87
Odometer 1: 333.4mi
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = no reading
Today was even colder. It's almost the end of February. I don't get it.
Last summer was the coolest I'd seen ever. I guess we had it coming.
The heart rate monitors on the elliptical machines at the gym don't work for shit lately, so I might take my Garmin Forerunner to get something. Something.
I woke up a little later, but I figured even 30-some minutes was better than nothing. It's not 666 calories, but it was 500 today.
No splits.
WX at 0700: 1.9 (-16.7) DP -0.9 (-18.3) BP 30.22 (1023) NW 6 WC -9 (-23) RH 87
Odometer 1: 333.4mi
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = no reading
Today was even colder. It's almost the end of February. I don't get it.
Current Weather Conditions: | |
| (KMCI) 39-18N 94-44W 320M | |
| | |
| Conditions at | |
| Wind | from the NW (310 degrees) at 6 MPH (5 KT) |
| Visibility | 10 mile(s) |
| Sky conditions | clear |
| Temperature | 1.9 F (-16.7 C) |
| Windchill | -9 F (-23 C) |
| Dew Point | -0.9 F (-18.3 C) |
| Relative Humidity | 87% |
| Pressure (altimeter) | 30.22 in. Hg (1023 hPa) |
| ob | KMCI 241253Z 31005KT 10SM CLR M17/M18 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP252 T11671183 |
Last summer was the coolest I'd seen ever. I guess we had it coming.
The heart rate monitors on the elliptical machines at the gym don't work for shit lately, so I might take my Garmin Forerunner to get something. Something.
I woke up a little later, but I figured even 30-some minutes was better than nothing. It's not 666 calories, but it was 500 today.
No splits.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
4.13mi on elliptical, 37:53, 23 FEB 10, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink:
Antonin Dvorak, Adagio-Allegro molto, Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Dmitri Shostakovich, Moderato, Cello Concerto No. 1
WX at 0600: 10.9 (-11.7) DP 9.0 (-12.8) BP 30.04 (1017) WSW 7 WC 0 (-18) RH 91
Odometer 1: 331.3mi
Z3 high.
Average/max heart rate = no reading
Frak. It's. Cold. Again.
To give an idea of why, here's the grafted weather readings:
So I didn't feel like running. And this is the first workout in a week. I'm finally coming out what I call the two weeks of Excessive Suck. This past week marked writing two papers. The week before that was another paper and about a thousand pages of reading. The two weeks before that were my Not-A-Vacation-Trip-to-Italy.
I realized over the last few days that I've gotten noticeably fatter in the last two weeks. That whole "not working out" thing is getting in the way.
I still have mixed feelings about a new dog in the house, even if she appears to be housetrained. My wife and kids can't know that I'd read through the Day of the Dead entry I'd done in Afghanistan, where my former dog Thor featured, prominently.
Antonin Dvorak, Adagio-Allegro molto, Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Dmitri Shostakovich, Moderato, Cello Concerto No. 1
WX at 0600: 10.9 (-11.7) DP 9.0 (-12.8) BP 30.04 (1017) WSW 7 WC 0 (-18) RH 91
Odometer 1: 331.3mi
Z3 high.
Average/max heart rate = no reading
Frak. It's. Cold. Again.
To give an idea of why, here's the grafted weather readings:
| Conditions at | |
| Wind | from the WSW (240 degrees) at 7 MPH (6 KT) |
| Visibility | 7 mile(s) |
| Sky conditions | clear |
| Weather | 6 inches of snow on ground |
| Temperature | 10.9 F (-11.7 C) |
| Windchill | 0 F (-18 C) |
| Dew Point | 9.0 F (-12.8 C) |
| Relative Humidity | 91% |
| Pressure (altimeter) | 30.04 in. Hg (1017 hPa) |
| Pressure tendency | 0.00 inches (0.0 hPa) lower than three hours ago |
| ob | KMCI 231153Z 24006KT 7SM CLR M12/M13 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP186 4/006 T11171128 11089 21122 55000 |
So I didn't feel like running. And this is the first workout in a week. I'm finally coming out what I call the two weeks of Excessive Suck. This past week marked writing two papers. The week before that was another paper and about a thousand pages of reading. The two weeks before that were my Not-A-Vacation-Trip-to-Italy.
I realized over the last few days that I've gotten noticeably fatter in the last two weeks. That whole "not working out" thing is getting in the way.
I still have mixed feelings about a new dog in the house, even if she appears to be housetrained. My wife and kids can't know that I'd read through the Day of the Dead entry I'd done in Afghanistan, where my former dog Thor featured, prominently.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
4.1mi, 35:36, 16 FEB 10, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink:
Bear McCreary, "Storming New Caprica"
Outkast, "Hey Ya"
WX at 0600: 19.0 (-7.2) DP 12.0 (-11.1) BP 30.15 (1020) NNW 14 WC 5 (-15) RH 73
Odometer 1: 327.2mi
Z3 high/Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 166/182
I was up early, partly out of jet lag (still) but partly because I wanted to make sure I got my ass out the door and actually doing something. I could have yesterday but I needed to make sure I got sufficiently into a book I needed for graduate school to be able to talk it with some semblance of a clue.
For the flurries (big hairy chunks of snow) on Saturday, there were still patches of ice on the ground, but otherwise it was passable.
The Outkast song (far outside the norm for a run) is because of the now-removed-from-YouTube Battlestar Galactica Season 1 gag reel, which featured Mary McDonnell and Tricia Helfer dancing (not with each other, mind you) to the tune of that particular song.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:16 08:16 08:16 08:16 1.00
1.00 16:56 08:40 08:40 08:28 2.00
1.00 26:06 09:10 09:10 08:42 3.00
1.00 34:46 08:40 08:40 08:41 4.00
0.10 35:36 00:50 08:20 08:41 4.10
Bear McCreary, "Storming New Caprica"
Outkast, "Hey Ya"
WX at 0600: 19.0 (-7.2) DP 12.0 (-11.1) BP 30.15 (1020) NNW 14 WC 5 (-15) RH 73
Odometer 1: 327.2mi
Z3 high/Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 166/182
I was up early, partly out of jet lag (still) but partly because I wanted to make sure I got my ass out the door and actually doing something. I could have yesterday but I needed to make sure I got sufficiently into a book I needed for graduate school to be able to talk it with some semblance of a clue.
For the flurries (big hairy chunks of snow) on Saturday, there were still patches of ice on the ground, but otherwise it was passable.
The Outkast song (far outside the norm for a run) is because of the now-removed-from-YouTube Battlestar Galactica Season 1 gag reel, which featured Mary McDonnell and Tricia Helfer dancing (not with each other, mind you) to the tune of that particular song.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:16 08:16 08:16 08:16 1.00
1.00 16:56 08:40 08:40 08:28 2.00
1.00 26:06 09:10 09:10 08:42 3.00
1.00 34:46 08:40 08:40 08:41 4.00
0.10 35:36 00:50 08:20 08:41 4.10
Sunday, February 14, 2010
4.25mi, 36:21, 14 FEB 10, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink: Journey, "Only The Young"
WX at 1200: 24 (-4) DP 15 (-9) BP 30.01 (1016) NW 12 light snow RH 68
Odometer 2: 103.4mi
Z3 high.
Average/max heart rate = 170/182
First run in a week, running around a track, like many things in my life lately. It, like most of this week, and most Valentine's Days, sucked big hairy monkey balls. Today was no exception.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:25 08:25 08:25 08:25 1.00
1.00 17:07 08:42 08:42 08:33 2.00
1.00 25:27 08:20 08:20 08:29 3.00
1.00 33:57 08:30 08:30 08:29 4.00
0.25 36:21 02:24 09:36 08:33 4.25
WX at 1200: 24 (-4) DP 15 (-9) BP 30.01 (1016) NW 12 light snow RH 68
Odometer 2: 103.4mi
Z3 high.
Average/max heart rate = 170/182
First run in a week, running around a track, like many things in my life lately. It, like most of this week, and most Valentine's Days, sucked big hairy monkey balls. Today was no exception.
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 08:25 08:25 08:25 08:25 1.00
1.00 17:07 08:42 08:42 08:33 2.00
1.00 25:27 08:20 08:20 08:29 3.00
1.00 33:57 08:30 08:30 08:29 4.00
0.25 36:21 02:24 09:36 08:33 4.25
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Not your average stomachache
This was a full-up stomach flu that beat my ass for the better part of a full day. Awesome.
Monday, February 08, 2010
40min on elliptical, 8 FEB 10, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
iThink: Senses Fail, "Cinco de Mayo"
WX at 0600: 32.0 (0.0) DP 30.9 (-0.6) BP 29.99 (1015) SSE 6 light snow; mist RH 92
Odometer 1: 323.1mi
Z3-Z4.
Average/max heart rate = about 165/173
First workout after returning to the US, and I needed it. Jet lag continues to wake me up early, but I woke up with an upset stomach and was hoping I could work my way thru it. It worked, sort of, but now I'm looking for anything that looks like Pepto-Bismol in the house.
I was shooting for 666 calories in 40 minutes but overshot by 1. Bummer.
No Splits.
WX at 0600: 32.0 (0.0) DP 30.9 (-0.6) BP 29.99 (1015) SSE 6 light snow; mist RH 92
Odometer 1: 323.1mi
Z3-Z4.
Average/max heart rate = about 165/173
First workout after returning to the US, and I needed it. Jet lag continues to wake me up early, but I woke up with an upset stomach and was hoping I could work my way thru it. It worked, sort of, but now I'm looking for anything that looks like Pepto-Bismol in the house.
I was shooting for 666 calories in 40 minutes but overshot by 1. Bummer.
No Splits.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
45 minutes on elliptical + lift, 4 FEB 10, Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy
iThink: Better Than Ezra, "In The Blood"
WX at 1600: 41 (5) DP 30 (-1) BP 30.21 (1023) Variable 2 mist RH 65
Odometer 1: 319.1mi if the elliptical machine is any indicator
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 153/171
I slept in after a trip to Venice yesterday that had me walking someting along the lines of almost four miles. That was a productive trip for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was the opportunity to see Venice, although I didn't go to any of the usual tourist traps.
Today was an early out day from the work here, so I decided to self-mutilate myself to the tune of 45 minutes (or 650 calories or four miles) on the elliptical, followed up the full-up rehab workout that I've been doing since April.
No Splits.
WX at 1600: 41 (5) DP 30 (-1) BP 30.21 (1023) Variable 2 mist RH 65
Odometer 1: 319.1mi if the elliptical machine is any indicator
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 153/171
I slept in after a trip to Venice yesterday that had me walking someting along the lines of almost four miles. That was a productive trip for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was the opportunity to see Venice, although I didn't go to any of the usual tourist traps.
Today was an early out day from the work here, so I decided to self-mutilate myself to the tune of 45 minutes (or 650 calories or four miles) on the elliptical, followed up the full-up rehab workout that I've been doing since April.
No Splits.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
30 minutes on the stairstepper, 3 FEB 10, Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy
iThink: None.
WX at 0700: 28 (-2) DP 24 (-4) BP 30.06 (1018) Calm RH 86
Odometer 1: 315.1mi estimated
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = no reading.
The track was probably a less safe bet than yesterday since it was partly melted and there were patches of ice on the track, so I decided to go to the gym.
I'd been warned by the senior member of the group here that the gym tended to fill up fast (at least for cardiovascular machines) 5 minutes after it opened. I didn't get there until about 30 minutes after the fact so I did my first stairstepping in almost a decade.
A lot of people pass it by, but I don't think stairstepping is all that bad necessarily - it's a very low impact exercise and I work a hell of a lot harder on a stairstepper than I would on an elliptical or even a dreadmill, and it doesn't have the same kind of uncertainty that I get on a dreadmill.
I used to do it to improve my roadmarching, but I'm not in the close combat industry anymore, so I don't. Unless I don't have a choice...which I didn't this morning.
Still, burning 450 calories in 30 minutes is better than doing nothing.
No splits.
WX at 0700: 28 (-2) DP 24 (-4) BP 30.06 (1018) Calm RH 86
Odometer 1: 315.1mi estimated
Z4.
Average/max heart rate = no reading.
The track was probably a less safe bet than yesterday since it was partly melted and there were patches of ice on the track, so I decided to go to the gym.
I'd been warned by the senior member of the group here that the gym tended to fill up fast (at least for cardiovascular machines) 5 minutes after it opened. I didn't get there until about 30 minutes after the fact so I did my first stairstepping in almost a decade.
A lot of people pass it by, but I don't think stairstepping is all that bad necessarily - it's a very low impact exercise and I work a hell of a lot harder on a stairstepper than I would on an elliptical or even a dreadmill, and it doesn't have the same kind of uncertainty that I get on a dreadmill.
I used to do it to improve my roadmarching, but I'm not in the close combat industry anymore, so I don't. Unless I don't have a choice...which I didn't this morning.
Still, burning 450 calories in 30 minutes is better than doing nothing.
No splits.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
3.1mi, 28:40, 2 FEB 10, Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy
iThink:
EPO-555, "Le Beat's On Fire"
James Horner, "Battle in the Mutara Nebula"
WX at 0800: 24 (-4) DP 19 (-7) BP 30.09 (1019) Variable 2 RH 79
Odometer 1: 312.1mi
Z3 high/Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 157/171
The snow (and black ice) remains on the ground, but I need to get out there and hit the roads. I decided the safest place to run was the outer lane of the running track, and it was more work because it was still covered in medium pack snow and ice. That made for some real work when it came time for running a measly three miles.
I have no idea why I couldn't get the EPO-555 song out of my head. I heard it on a SXSW sampler years ago and liked it enough to listen to it some, but nothing recently (as in a few years now).
It just occurred to me that today's Groundhog Day. Not that it means squat in Italy!
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:12 09:12 09:12 09:12 1.00
1.00 18:38 09:26 09:26 09:19 2.00
1.00 28:05 09:27 09:27 09:22 3.00
0.07 28:40 00:35 08:20 09:20 3.07
EPO-555, "Le Beat's On Fire"
James Horner, "Battle in the Mutara Nebula"
WX at 0800: 24 (-4) DP 19 (-7) BP 30.09 (1019) Variable 2 RH 79
Odometer 1: 312.1mi
Z3 high/Z4.
Average/max heart rate = 157/171
The snow (and black ice) remains on the ground, but I need to get out there and hit the roads. I decided the safest place to run was the outer lane of the running track, and it was more work because it was still covered in medium pack snow and ice. That made for some real work when it came time for running a measly three miles.
I have no idea why I couldn't get the EPO-555 song out of my head. I heard it on a SXSW sampler years ago and liked it enough to listen to it some, but nothing recently (as in a few years now).
It just occurred to me that today's Groundhog Day. Not that it means squat in Italy!
Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.00 09:12 09:12 09:12 09:12 1.00
1.00 18:38 09:26 09:26 09:19 2.00
1.00 28:05 09:27 09:27 09:22 3.00
0.07 28:40 00:35 08:20 09:20 3.07
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