What a wonderful day!

Woke up late.  Which was fine, given that I’m not supposed to be working today.   I decided to go outside and walk.
I walked a mile to get to my gym.  The air was cool, but the sun warmed me up enough that I took my sweater off half-way through.  I was hungry by then so [...]

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Photo: The Mustangs at Las Colinas

My brother sent me some photos he took at the site. Looks cool.  He was using a Canon G10 digital camera.  If you click on each image, it will bring up the file I uploaded (big ones).  Anyway, you’ll get to see the finer details that way.  Here are the Mustangs at Las Colinas.  [...]

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So what did I do today?

First off, regarding work. I did well. Solved a rather thorny issue, since we had to extend a product’s usefulness given its very limited uses. Anyway, decided to take a break and drop off some stuff at Goodwill.
There was a long line at Goodwill. Of course, plenty of people donate during [...]

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Don’t take these things for granted in a long run

Just a few things you should think about before you head out on a long run:
1) Some cash and identification. The cash is in case you run out of fluids and a convenience store is nearby.  As far as identification, your driver’s license would do nicely.  Also, think about bringing your health insurance [...]

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Training status for the end of Dec 2008

Running — working on increasing my base miles in order to strengthen my ability to keep consistent pace, at the pace I’d like to be in.  When I’m done with that, I want to work MP runs in ladder fashion, from 2 then 4 and so on until I get to 26.
Swimming — still in [...]

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Merry Christmas!!!

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Challenge workouts at the gym?

I talk about this from time to time. It’s usually at the point when my workout becomes repetitive. I call it “Challenge” workouts because that is what these are.
For example, I can do 135 lb rows easily 12 reps at 3 sets. So I did a 150 lb challenge, 6 reps at [...]

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Disneyworld Marathon coming up in 3 weeks!

A marathon and a half !  I’m looking forward to it.
It’s time to start my serious run training schedule for 2009.  The timing is nice, and will likely allow me to add about 100 training miles between now and the day I take off for Orlando.
My goal for Orlando is to maintain a 7:40 pace [...]

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Crazy training day yesterday

I woke up with aching muscles this morning. Did upper and lower body exercises all afternoon yesterday. I even did the full tri-sports combo! It felt great to do it first time ever after the IM.
I’ve been concentrating on my arms in the last 3 months. It’s showing. Haven’t done [...]

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A visit at Pam’s house in Carrollton, TX 12/14/2008

My friend and schoolmate, Dr. Pam, invited us over for dinner after the Dallas White Rock Marathon.  We had a great time.  We stayed until 10:30 maybe, but we had to take off early because of my early flight the next day.  A lot more people are absent in the photos, because these weren’t taken [...]

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