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March 15, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Folks,Off to a pretty good Monday. Did I just say that? Can Mondays ever be good? Well, maybe once in a while. I'm feeling pretty good today, even if it is Monday. I got a new draft of a major project back to a client last night, and that put me in a good mood to know that project is back on course. Now it's time to focus on another that's been dragging behind.I got kind of messed up with the time change yesterday. I was working and looked at ...March 8, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
OK Folks,Today I tried following a new running program. Pretty much just a tweek from the previous plan I posted. Basicly:Mondays = Sprint Intervals on the Treadmill.Tuesdays = Rest.Wednesdays = Medium length tempo runs at desired Half Marathon pace.Thursdays = Rest.Fridays = Total UBWO + Abs.Saturdays or Sundays = Long run at progressively more challenging paces.I will say once again for the record, I HATE that torchure machine. Why is the tread...March 7, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi everyone,I finally finished the Science Camp DVD yesterday! What a reflief! I've probably spent close to 60 hours on that project, mostly between 9 PM and Midnight over the past couple months. I haven't viewed the whole thing on the TV yet. I'll probably do that later today after my duaghter gets home from a sleep over at a friends house. I'll watch it with her. I still have about another 10 or so hours left on the project. I need to create a ...March 5, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Morning everyone,Got a late start this morning. This seems to be becoming the norm lately. I started staying up late a month or so ago to get more work done and sleeping a little later. Well, my biological clock kept shifting, and now it's more of the norm. Fortunately, the kids are getting themselves off to school fine without me, but I'm going to try to shift the clock back towards a more normal schedule now that the work crunch is pretty much ...February 20, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Transformers,Checking in to let you know I'm still here. I've had to reallocate my time the past few days and probably will for the next few days too. I'm devoting most of my free to working on a big DVD project for the local grade school and helping my youngest daughter study for the county spelling bee. She's pretty amazing at spelling!I finished another chapter in the DVD; Sunrise Hike. I'm in the process of converting it to Adobe Flash now...February 18, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone Happy Thursday!I'm trying to be more brief with my posts. Not having a lot of success though. Work continues to demand more and more of my time and it needs to come from somewhere.I had an awesome run yesterday, even though it was what I originally planned it to be. On Wednesdays my youngest daughter has swim team practice at the Y, so I usually do my speed training on the treadmill (Intervals or temp runs). Yesterday I was scheduled ...February 16, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Tuesday,Once again I was up way too late last night working on the video project. This is going to be a monumental effort. Not a lot new today other than my sister-in-law visiting. Perhaps I'll go running with her today. She's an amazing athelete. She's a few months older than me, but can do a jalf marathon in 1:41 and a few odd seconds. I ran San Jose with her last year. We started together, but she got done with enought time ...February 15, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Monday,I was up way too late working on my youngest daughter's Science Camp class video project. I'm paying the price this morning. I had a fun Valentine's Day. It was also Sharon's birthday, so we sort of celebrated both back and forth all day. First we went to a shopping mall and let Sharon pick out her gift at the jewlry store, then we did a family valentine's dinner at home, followed by birthday cake and ice cream. Needless...February 12, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Friday! Yey, another work week coming to an end! Actually, since I have my own business and work from home, I usually do work over the weekend, but somehow it seems less stressful. The family is home and generally don't get e-mails or phone calls from clients, so its a bit lower key.Yesterday I listened to my body and took a nap instead of my 45 minutes of cross training. I don't feel sick, but REALLY tired. I've been up late t...February 11, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Thursday! Another week zooming by.Funny how differently your body can respond to the same exercise at different times. Yesterday, I did the exact same 4.5 mile run on the treadmill as I did the day before, but instead of doing it at 118% of my benchmark pace, I did it at 112% which was the goal for the week. I felt much stronger and my calves didn't hurt like they did on Tuesday. I don't think that my mindset was any different,...February 10, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Wednesday!No much new to report today other than the plumber is here fixing some sinks and two leaking toilets. I tried fixing them myself, but quickly discovered I was over my head.The rain is gone but it's a lot cooler (highs in the mid 60's). Looks like we're heading into a spectacular weekend, so I'm looking foreward to doing my long run outdoors on Saturday.Challenge Day 38 for me. Only 99 to go!Today's Game Plan:Exercise:...February 9, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Good Tuesday to you all!I'm getting a late start on the day. I had an early morning phone conversation with my financial advisor. I always get overwhelmed when I talk to him, not because of our fanancial picture (that's actually pretty good), but because he always has a long list of things I need to do on top of the stuff I'm already doing. I get pretty overwhelmed! I thought he was suppose to make these things easier!The rain is bac...February 8, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Good Monday to you all!Sorry I haven't posted much over the weekend. I decided I needed to bite the bullet and do brain surgery on our other computer. Sharon and the kids have been bugging me for weeks to get it done, but I knew it wouldn't be easy. Long story short, the solution involved doing a clean install of XP twice, reformatting and partitioning the drives, and then doing a clean install of Windows 7 and all of the software. U...February 4, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Thursday! This week seems to be flying!Looks like were in for another nice day here; mostly sunny and high near 70, but rain and cooler temps coming for the Friday & Saturday. I'll probably need to move my Saturday 9-mile run to Sunday afternoon. So Far Sunday is looking good.I'm feeling a bit sore in the glute and hamstring muscles from my sprints yesterday. They were a good change from my normal pacing run routines for We...February 3, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Wednesday! We're on the downhill slide now.Looks like were in for another nice day here; mostly sunny and high near 70. I got in a lovely 4.5 mile run yesterday. My new route taks me past several vegetable fields and I saw a bunch of wrokers planting some sort of crop, probably lettuce or cabbage. I actually found this entertaining as I ran past. It kept my mind occupied for several minutes. Then I thought, I wonder what they a...February 2, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Tuesday!Looks like were in for another nice day here; mostly sunny and high near 70. I should be able to get my run in outdoors today instead of having to go nowhere fast on the treadmill.Today I'm scheduled for a 4.5 mile run at 110% of milepost speed ( 8.60 X 1.1 = 9.46 minutes/mile = 9:28 pace).Challenge Day 30 for me.Today's Game Plan:Exercise:Yesterday: I did an upper body pushing weight workout with a light upper leg work...February 1, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy new week! That's a lot easier to say than Happy Monday.Were in for a cooling trend this week. Highs only in the mid 60's. Looks like some rain moving in for the weekend too. I hope it holds off long enough to get in my long run on Saturday.Last Saturday my long run was a step-back week. I was really feeling the need for a lighter run. I only ran 7 miles and did pretty good even though I had some sort of minor intestinal bug and...January 28, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Thursday!Looks like it's going to be another beautiful day here. Rain is gone and high around 70.Challenge Day 25 for me.Yesterday I listened to my body. I was scheduled for a 4 mile run, but still felt sore from my very aggressive treadmill run on Tuesday, so I swaped some workouts around and did 45 minutes of cross training on the eliptical instead.I'm also feeling some strange twinges in my left foot very similar to what I f...January 27, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Wednesday! Garbage pickup day here, but you really didn't need to know that. TMI.Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day here. Rain is gon and high around 70.Challenge Day 24 for me.I had a great run on the treadmill yesterday. Well, as good as running without going anywhere can be. I st out to do 4 miles at 112% of my weekly target pace and ended up at 100%. I felt pretty good the last mile and just wanted to get the monot...January 26, 2010 - Daily Thoughts
Hi Everyone. Happy Tuesday,Rainy day here. I felt bad for my kids and drove them to school even though we live only a few block from school. Definaly a treadmill day.Challenge Day 23 for me.Not much new to report today. I just plan on buckling down and working most of the day.Today's Game Plan:Exercise:Yesterday: Upper body pushing wight workout plus a light upper leg weight workout.Today: Today is a scheduled 4 mile run at 112% of the desired mi...WorkoutGuy
