Having a margarita at Vivo after the game. Life is sweet.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Got a new toy
I got a flip mino and took the initial video (below). I'm looking forward to easily recording all kinds of stuff and sharing it. Yay.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
hot out there
this is me after running to austin high, doing straight and curves, then running back. its been as high as 97 today. blech!
Friday, June 06, 2008
Why running marathons is like having a baby
- You tend to forget how miserable it was after a while and start wanting to do it again
- Practicing is the really fun part
So, I signed up the Rogue SA/NY/Chicago Marathon training group. It's a month into it but I haven't exactly been stuck to my couch since Big Sur. 12 miles tomorrow, hopefully followed by a quick dip in ye olde springs of barton. Good times.
chain chain chain
I've been experimenting with one of the suggestions in here . Specifically the one about making a visual progress calendar with flickr. Here it is . I think it's cool. I'm going to put a picture in on the days when I do "good" and by that I mean do my workout and not eat like a pig. It already helped me today on the third day. I very well might have gone to Mike's pub for a burger for lunch instead of going to yoga. Yay me.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Big Sur Analysis - Mission Accomplished
The goal was to run faster for the last 10K than the first 20 miles. The first 20 took 4:03:20, about a 12:10 split. The last 6 splits starting after were 12:18, 12:25, 13:32 (last water stop), 11:53, 11:13, and 11:19. And I was able to run strong for the last .6 miles or so. that puts the average of the last 10K somewhere in the 12:05 range.
Now if I could just do something about being SO F%&$ING SLOOOOOOOOOOW, life would be great. :-)
Now if I could just do something about being SO F%&$ING SLOOOOOOOOOOW, life would be great. :-)
Monday, April 28, 2008
Big Sur is done
On the plane headed home. Took me 5:23 to finish. What an ass kicker of a course! Never experienced elevation change like that except maybe that trail race at Camp Eagle. Still, I felt I ran a smarter race than either of the first two marathons. I was conservative at the beginning and it allowed me to finish strong. I was pretty much passing people the whole race and a LOT of people at the end. It was an amazing experience. Think I'll do it again when I'm 50 pounds lighter.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Almost go time
Met the bus at 4:15am and rode an hour down to the staging area. Forgot my food, but they had plenty down here. Jeff Galloway is up on the podium talking through race strategy. Pretty stoked!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
FW: Good luck
Me in front of Dad's temporary place while he rebuilds his house. Big Sur is tomorrow.
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Saturday, April 05, 2008
More shots from Camp Eagle
Actually, now that I think about it, I still haven't written anything about my trip. Needless to say, it was awesome. I brought home a bronze medal! Although I was guaranteed one as one of only three male registrants, I felt it was well deserved as I ran a strong race and came in 4th overall...out of 8. Anyhoo...
Camp Eagle
Camp Eagle
Eatin tacos in the sun
Missed my window to run this morning so Myles, the kids, and I walked to Taco Shack. Brandon spilled his chocolate milk all over the patio but we did allright otherwise.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
View from my hotel room in Vegas
Not sure if its showing up in my phone photo, but my balcony looks down on the pool and out towards the strip. Swank!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
OK, not about running, but this makes me happy
One of my favorite shows is coming back on the air. Yes, I'm a big dork.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Feelin thirsty
Thursday morning at the butt-early hour of 4:30 AM I ran the HEB loop with Dino and Stephanie. Man, its a lot more fun to run with friends than to run alone!
Saturday AM, I ran the runtex2rogue 20 miler. It was a good run and I think I learned something. I noticed that the pace I could keep at a given pulse gradually eroded. I think it comes down to hydration.
Today, I ran 7 miles, weighing myself before and after. I lost about 2 lbs in the 70 minutes I ran. Since a gallon of water weighs about 8 lbs, I figure I lost a quart of water in about an hour! I'm definitely not drinking enough during my runs to compensate. That's even on a relatively cool morning. Imagine what I need to do on a hot day!
New plan is to try drinking a lot more water, even carrying my water with me in bottles to help measure my intake. I'm going to start with the 20K trail run I'm doing this Saturday. Since it will take me about 2 hours, I'll run with two quart bottles of water and make sure I'm on pace to drink one per hour. A good measurement of success will be if I'm able to maintain a more consistent pace for a given pulse rate. I'll try the same thing one week from Saturday which will be my last long long run before Big Sur.
Saturday AM, I ran the runtex2rogue 20 miler. It was a good run and I think I learned something. I noticed that the pace I could keep at a given pulse gradually eroded. I think it comes down to hydration.
Today, I ran 7 miles, weighing myself before and after. I lost about 2 lbs in the 70 minutes I ran. Since a gallon of water weighs about 8 lbs, I figure I lost a quart of water in about an hour! I'm definitely not drinking enough during my runs to compensate. That's even on a relatively cool morning. Imagine what I need to do on a hot day!
New plan is to try drinking a lot more water, even carrying my water with me in bottles to help measure my intake. I'm going to start with the 20K trail run I'm doing this Saturday. Since it will take me about 2 hours, I'll run with two quart bottles of water and make sure I'm on pace to drink one per hour. A good measurement of success will be if I'm able to maintain a more consistent pace for a given pulse rate. I'll try the same thing one week from Saturday which will be my last long long run before Big Sur.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Meet Myles, my new running buddy
He just arrived tonight, so no running for a while. Working on some basic training tips like no chewing the towels. He's doing good so far.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Important (to me) Idea of the Day
Broken lines, broken strings, Broken threads, broken springs,
Broken idols, broken heads, People sleeping in broken beds.
Ain't no use jiving Ain't no use joking
Everything is broken.
from 'Everything is Broken' by Bob Dylan
Brokenness is everywhere. That's a fact. I should know, I fix things for a living. On top of that, I own a house and I am married with 3 kids. There's a lot of stuff in my life that can and does need fixing from time to time including physical objects as well as moods, emotions, and relationships. Hell, there's a lot of my stuff that's broken right this second. I look around and it feels like there's enough broken crap around that I could spend the rest of my life fixing it.
Here's the big idea though. It's ok that a bunch of stuff is broken, well the fixable stuff anyway. Broken things are blessings in disguise. To wit:
That's all I got for now. Getting late. Happy fixing!
Broken idols, broken heads, People sleeping in broken beds.
Ain't no use jiving Ain't no use joking
Everything is broken.
from 'Everything is Broken' by Bob Dylan
Brokenness is everywhere. That's a fact. I should know, I fix things for a living. On top of that, I own a house and I am married with 3 kids. There's a lot of stuff in my life that can and does need fixing from time to time including physical objects as well as moods, emotions, and relationships. Hell, there's a lot of my stuff that's broken right this second. I look around and it feels like there's enough broken crap around that I could spend the rest of my life fixing it.
Here's the big idea though. It's ok that a bunch of stuff is broken, well the fixable stuff anyway. Broken things are blessings in disguise. To wit:
- Have you ever let something that was broken get on the corner of your nerve and gnaw away until you're really irritated and discouraged and don't even know why? Let me turn it around: have you ever finally fixed something after that period and it turned out to be much easier than you ever thought it would be to fix, to the point where you're a little exasperated that you didn't just fix the damn thing when it first broke? Fixing stuff sets you free from the insidious nature of broken stuff in your life.
- There was until recently a problem with my front door. The latch wouldn't pop out and catch the door for what seems now like forever. You could only keep the door closed by locking it. Irritated everybody in the house. I finally fixed it by replacing the mechanism and it makes me happy every time I close the door and the latch keeps the door closed. Fixed stuff (that you fixed, anyway) is more satisfying than stuff that never broke.
- You do more to help overall by fixing stuff, because you help foster a culture of fixing stuff. In my case, I'm showing my kids how to fix simple problems by example. This is a skill I hope they will always have in life. Fixing small things can create big changes.
- Accept brokenness as an opportunity and maybe even a blessing
- If something is broken and its irritating you, FIX IT or at least start working on fixing it.
- Even small fixes can be greatly satisfying and so are a great start
- The very process of fixing things will fix you in ways you didn't imagine
That's all I got for now. Getting late. Happy fixing!
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