… happening as the calendar flips! love its possibilities! 49 49 occurred today – sweet!
Monthly Archives: July 2014
today’s 2 minutes off my PR 10K run!
… I’ll take that anytime! Happily! Last year, near the end of the season, I was running quite a few of these. And, I feel the same way today as I did then … If I could run 10K (comfortably) in 47 minutes day after day … my running life would be perfect, lol!
spaghetti & meatballs!
I haven’t been posting many food posts, certainly not like I did in the past. I’m lazy, even w/ this one. I omitted important pics. It’s my home made sauce, and hand made meatballs – I play around and tweak them ever so slightly occasionally. This time, instead of breadcrumbs I used day old bread. I put the loaf out on the counter to make it more stale (drier, easier to work with), and then broke it up, crumbing it. I also grilled the meatballs on my Weber grill using hardwood lump charcoal. I did it not so much for the flavour, I mean it definitely adds a different dimension … my main motivation was not wanting to create a splattering, greasy mess in my kitchen which I’d have to clean, and this worked beautifully browning (blackening really) the meatballs. And, yes this is the glory pic that is missing. Then it was a matter of tossing them into the sauce, simmering for an hour or two. Oh, I also used Barilla extra long spaghetti (comes in a bag, not box) for fun too!
“you know how many we have? five. six, if you count the dog” – Root
“wait, you mean the machine put me in this silly-ass job?” – Shaw
“just promise me John’s a barista” – Shaw
“if you had nine lives before, now you’re reduced to one” – Finch
“we don’t need jobs Harold, we need a purpose” – Reese
“now’s not the time to be precious, Harold” – Root
“you have to pick a side, because this is war” – Root
said it before, will say it again – GREATEST show on TV bar none!! greatest writers too!!
season 3 highlights/ season 4 sneak peek …
good 2 be back 8K
Not running nearly as often, as consistently as I want to. Alas, I’ll take what I can get, when I can get it!
today’s comfortably cruisin’ 8K
easy 7 w/ hot sauce lap
I like pushing/testing myself. So, after a 30 minute 6K, sprinted as hard as I could for the last kilometer. The result; sub 4 minutes – 3:56 … wow! Made me think back to last year’s runs … I think the fastest I ever ran 1000m was 3:53, maybe 3:50 … and that was w/ fresh legs and lungs, making this time even more impressive! Wow, indeed!!
falling off the ladder holy water hell hound
falling like a jack knife but the truth to myself
you know it cuts through the bone
somebody somebody somebody come and open my eyes
what a welcome back!
… certainly wasn’t expecting this! Couldn’t believe my splits, never felt I was running hard/fast. My only self complaint/criticism is that I was feeling so good throughout, I wanted to keep this going for 8-10K, but suddenly at 4.5K knew it wouldn’t happen. At that point, it was either push hard for 6, or shut it down at 5. I chose the latter. But, turning it into a positive, wanted to do another 2K at a slower pace; was looking at 5:30 – 6:00. Again not feeling stressed, surprised myself with splits of 4:55 and 4:51! Sweet!
23 minute 5K
coming home 2K
Rockfish is dead!!
… greatest show of its time! greatest supporting cast – right Gandy, lol?!
… and man, could that motherfucker put the Firebird through its paces!!
caramel macchiato frappuccino and cool clouds at 37,000 feet
been a long day. been a long four days. 3450 kilometers in 2 days, 9 hours. and back in 3 1/2 hours. all said and done; 84 hours w/ very little sleep.
how long could I YYC sit and resist?
not long; why hello, car mac frap!
cloud 9
cloud 9a
Garmin, you really piss me off at times!
I don’t know why my expectations of you are greater than RunKeeper. Maybe it’s the fact that I doled out $450 for you, compared to zilch for RunKeeper w/ its free service! And, I know I was gonna do an in depth comparison, but at this point, I can’t be bothered. I will say, both are great – most of the time. And, while in the grand scheme of things, improperly measuring distance occasionally ain’t exactly life-and-death. When I approach my 1K marker, and nothing happens … and I continue running, and still nothing?! Garmin’s inaccuracies still piss me off! I know damned well I ran at least 1.08 (maybe 1.1)K before my wrist buzzed. No fucking way I ran 5:08 … was def a 4:40 – 4:45. I said it before, I’ll say it again … all I want is to be credited with what I did. It’s what I deserve. AND, it affected the rest of my run – was playing on my mind the whole time. To be conservatively fair, I know I ran at a 4:47 min/k pace … corrected time would shave a minute off, crediting me with 1:07. Do any of you have the same issues Garmin? Do you care?
today’s 14K … record run too …
first five-one foto!!
a commemorative self indulgent selfie. i’m allowed!
33′ 7K
… + w/ yesterday’s 27′ 6K = 13K in 1 hour. Funny, last year I tried a few times running this distance in this allotted time, but always was short – never did achieve it … I think 12.7K was my best. Today’s run was a steady paced effort … the first 6K was even splits (the second and third were identical to the 1/1000 second. spooky), and then I picked it up for the final kilometer … to a lesser degree than yesterday’s run, were I was really able to quicken my pace. That’s something were I feel I’m a better runner this year compared to last year. I feel I’m maturing, and able to do more, even though my training is absent. Last year, I had no finishing kick … my best times all were the result of starting fast and maintaining the pace as far as it would take me. Just a personal observation of changes within myself, and were running is taking me.
27′ 6K
… w/ negative splits (well, almost)! Final 3K in a couple of ticks over 13 minutes – and finished strong with my final kilometer in 4:08. Def chuffed!
we’re stuck inside our own machine
apparitions apparitions apparitions
I love running, when running loves me back!
Those who follow/read my blog, know my troubles of late running … trying to run I should say. I just haven’t been able to muster strength/energy for any sustained distance. Today I did. Maybe this post should read; from 800m to 12K?! Kinda like that one too, lol! Yes, I ran like I used to. Even a couple of kilometers in, I knew I had it. I felt it. And, as God as my witness, I kept saying to myself, “I’m gonna run a half-marathon” “I’m gonna run a half-marathon” … over, and over, I kept repeating it. At around 10K, my Garmin – for the first time too, gave me the LOW BATTERY warning. And, I had no clue how much time I had before it died completely. I started panicking, and bailed at 12K. Would I have gotten the 21.1K? Maybe, maybe not … I do know that I would have gotten 16 or 17 for sure. Anyways, it is what it it, I’m very happy … oh, and you know me, I still gotta kvetch about something, lol … Garmin messed up kilometer #1 … I easily ran 50m more past my marker. It shoulda been a 4:45 – 4:50 lap. I only mention this, ‘cuase it woulda made all my laps sub 5 minutes. Which they all were! Whatever … here’s this morning’s 12K.
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