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The Bangles were right

10.31.2005
Today isn't going as well as it should be, but things could be worse. My car wouldn't start this morning for whatever reason, so I had it towed to my mechanic. The whole process took about two hours, not necessarily bad but inconvenient. I'm just waiting for the verdict on my car now. I also forgot to bring my contact lenses with me, so I'm going to be running blind today, another minor inconvenience.

My head's been hurting the past couple of days. I think I might be coming down with something, but my body is doing its best to try and fight it off.

I ran 18 on Saturday. I started off at a pretty good clip and was averaging around 7:45 pace until mile 15 where I got tired and had to back off a bit. It wasn't really fun running around on pavement again either. The next day I did a run of 9 miles. I went to the track and did 3 there plus another 6 out on the trail. I took it nice and easy. Today I'm doing 4 nice and slow and later tonight I'll be headed to boxing. My legs are again really tired right now. I'm anxious to get my feet in a pair of racing flats that I tried on yesterday. Hopefully I'll get them tomorrow morning at the track workout.

There was a fundraising party on Saturday and I went as Arthur Dent from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was a really easy costume to put together since I only needed to buy a bathrobe. Everyone thought I was Hugh Heffner when I showed up though. Oh well. I got really buzzed that night and had a terrible headache the next day. I didn't run until when into the afternoon. I forgot about the time change and night came before I knew it. Good thing I picked up a headlamp from REI.

I need some tea.
Posted at 09:48

And now for something completely...ah screw it

10.28.2005
I love Fridays not just because they are the end to the work week but also because I don't do jack on Fridays. I don't run, lift weights, even breathe heavily. I find it quite refreshing. It is a small respite however since tomorrow I'll be running an 18 miler to which I am really looking forward. I haven't done a good long mileage run in a bit so this weekend run will be fun. No rhyme intended. Sunday will be a relatively short recovery run of 9 miles.

I'll probably be headed up to San Francisco this evening for a friend's birthday celebration. I'm sort of hesitant to go because I'm running early tomorrow morning but I'll just cut out early. Doesn't mean I can't "carbo" load though.

One of the guys I run with is really funny. We had our track or treat dress up thing last night for our TNT participants. He dressed up as a rastafarian and I dressed up as a hippy, which isn't really that far removed from who I am sometimes. Anyway I brought my guitar along and started strumming some Tenacious D, specifically the first few chords from the song "Tribute." We then proceeded to sing the next few verses acapella full voice to a crowd of confused and amused participants. Good times. We also sung "Fuck Her Gently" acapella at a birthday party for another person with whom we run one time.

I had some kickass basil tomato soup last night.

I need a pasta fix bad.

I need a new pair of nice jeans. Every pair of pants or jeans I own is too loose for me. I'm always so hesitant to buy new clothes for fear that I might lose more weight and then have to repeat the process again. This isn't an unfounded fear either because of the weight I've lost over the last few years. I've lost close to a 100 now and I'm still losing, so every once in a while I have to go through my closet and pick out which clothes don't fit me anymore. This basically leaves me with an empty closet, but Goodwill is always nicely stocked though.

Happy Friday!
Posted at 08:07

*yawn*

10.27.2005
Well I got early this morning to go do some mile repeats. I showed up at 5:45 and waited around a few minutes and then saw another guy with whom I run show up. We stood around a while waiting for another guy who has been giving us running advice but he doesn't show up so we go off and warm up for a bit hoping that he'll be there when we return. After a short 10 minute warm up still no guy, so we head to the track and decide to do the repeats ourselves. The other guy I ran with just finished the Chicago marathon not more than a few weeks ago, so he was a bit tired aerobically. We start out and try and go for a 6:50 pace around the track. We hit that target just right and then do a lap recovery. We repeated tath three more times at around the same pace, but by the fourth time the other guy was starting to struggle. He decided not to do the last couple two sets of mile repeats and I decide to combine the last two miles just to get it done.

I start off and I already feel myself going way too fast. I come around the first lap and the other guy who is now timing me call out my time. My first lap was 95 seconds. I scream to myself that's just way too fast, but I can't seem to slow down and I come around in the next lap at about the same time. By the fourth lap I'm thinking to myself I wonder I can do this for another 1.6km. I finish my first mile in 6:34 and I'm not slowing down, which sort of surprised me because my mind said hey stop but legs didn't get the message. So off I go to do another 4 laps and I end up doing the next mile 2 seconds faster than the first. I did a total WTF after that. Anyway it was nice to see that I could pull that out of my ass after doing some relatively fast mile repeats beforehand. I can feel myself peaking!
Posted at 11:28

Grimace

 
Okay, so I really don't like wearing that purple thingy. It's odd looking and just doesn't fit right. The Nike Marathon will be the last time I wear that purple people maker. It makes for weird pictures too. Posted by Picasa
Posted at 09:55

gu haiku

sweet gooey goodness
to energize once again
chasing second wind
Posted at 09:34

huh?

I've been awake for a little over a half-hour. I'm going to go run soon. I feel like a Nike commercial. I have to do it or some such thing.
Posted at 05:20

Eating healthy

10.26.2005
I just had dried blueberries, some fat free yogurt, and peanut butter. My tongue needs a flavor infusion now.
Posted at 15:34

A whole new world.

No I am not singing that song from Aladdin.

It's cool finding all these blogs about people who ran the Nike Marathon. I didn't realize there were so many blogs out there like that!
Posted at 10:04

Something nice

 
I walked out the door this morning and as I was walking behind my car I noticed an odd reflection. I turned around and saw this. Purty. Posted by Picasa
Posted at 08:14

One thing

10.25.2005
I was super nervous and antsy again before the race. Moreso this time than before the half I ran in July because I was expecting a lot more out of myself this time. I spent the entire restless night before tossing and turning thinking about my finishing time and the pace I had to run. Really weird.

I like to disco.
Posted at 13:33

I have a lot to post today

I have no idea what I want to be for Halloween.

My pants keep falling down because I forgot to bring my belt. I'm afraid I'm going to moon someone.

A company called Dagoba makes dark chocolate that's 87% cacao. It's like eating guinness.

I have a new favorite cereal. Well it's not really new, but I haven't eaten it in quite a while. It's called Weetabix and it kicks ass.

I did a track workout this morning. I am now tired. I'm doing a buddy run tonight with TNT. I will not run hard.

Short sentences are fun.

Liverpool's season so far has been disappointing. They're doing well in Europe, but they're domestic form is really lacking. They lost 2-0 to Fulham over the weekend. No knock to Fulham, but Liverpool can do a lot better than that. I'm not sure if Rafa has found a good strategy for the Premiership yet. I hope he nails something down soon because we could end up finishing 5th again this year and that's just not acceptable for Liverpool.

The rejuvenation tent at the end of the race yesterday was great. I got a massage and then some Jamba Juice green tea thing. It was like drinking liquid candy.

I have Bridge School Benefit tickets for this weekend but still need to find someone with whom I can go. I don't want to give up my tickets.

Pretzels after a long run are the best thing in the world.

Seeing a whole bunch of people trying dance after running a marathon is funny.

I can't think of anything more to type. Holy crap.
Posted at 10:46

My head is talking to me

A snorf is the demon offspring of a smurf and snork. If you ever see one in the wild, then you'd better run as it might be the last thing you'll ever see. If you're Steve Irwin however, just stand there.

The Nike half was hilly. It was very similar to the San Francisco half I did in July, but finished in a different place. I had a really good run despite running on really tired legs. The first couple of miles went slow because I was having to weave in and out of the crowd. I think I could have knocked off a couple of minutes from my finishing time if there weren't so many people running in front of me at the beginning. As always it took me about 3 miles to warm to where I could run at a relatively fast comfortable pace. A minor annoyance were the distance markers for miles 5 and 6 because they were completely off. I apparently ran mile 5 in around 10 minutes and mile 6 in about 5 minutes, which really threw me off. The hills weren't as bad I remembered when I ran back in July. I think was laboring a lot more the first time than I was on Sunday. Good old hill workouts actually paying off! I have this weird thing when I run. I really don't remember much of any run that I do. I have flashbacks and brief glimpses but that's about it.

The entire race I was trying to catch up to this one girl. I was using her as my pacer and eventually caught up to her at around mile 10. As I caught up to her, I said hi and ran with her briefly. I only ran with her for a bit because she kept on talking to herself for motivation. Every once in a while she'd yell out "oh yeah!" or "come on!" Sort of like Peggy Hill but much less hickish. Well I got really tired of that and started to pull away from this girl.

About a mile and a half out from the finish I ran into one of my Team In Training teammates who was supporting the race. He ran with me for a little and then let me go about two-tenths of a mile later. As we broke off he said "just around the corner and it's one mile to go." After hearing that, I dug deep inside and kicked in the auxillary engines. I don't know how fast I ran that last mile, but I was completely out of breath by the time I crossed the finish line. I actually came in about a half minutes behind another Team In Training person who finished first our age division. I actually passed him a couple of times during the race, but he eventually passed me.

Well after crossing the finish line, I caught my breath and walked over to the guys in tuxedos handing out the finsher's "medal." I wish they stuck with last year's design because that was a nice simple "26.2" or "13.1" trinket. This year the design is the sillohuette(sic?) of woman runner. Oh well. I didn't know this at the time, but people who placed in the age divisions also got an extra little dohickey. I'm really excited about that too?

Great race that I'd do again, if only to place higher next year ;)

Coming up an 18 miler and then another half marathon the week after at beautiful Big Sur.

Whee!

I'll have more to post later about post race festivities, but this'll do for now.
Posted at 09:23

Outnumbered

10.24.2005
Well I ran the half for the Nike Women's Marathon and did pretty well. I ran in a time of 1:38:33, placed 59th overall out of 7854 runners, 12th out of 511 men, and 2nd out of 83 in my age group. I'm pretty happy with that. I also got a Tiffany necklace. Yeah I'm so excited about that.
Posted at 10:51

Planning ahead

10.21.2005
So one marathon I'll probably do next year is the Chicago Marathon that Jaimee just ran. A couple of my Team In Training teammates ran over there and had a great time, so I'm going to head over there next year with them. Unfortunately this will most likely preclude me from running in the New York Marathon, which a certain person I know would like me to run for reasons totally beneficial to that person ;) This whole running thing is awesome.

Here's me thinking about running Chicago next year. I look excited don't I?
Posted at 10:22

*snorf*

10.20.2005
My roommate is frying, sauteeing, creating? bologna and mushrooms together in a pan. The whole shit smells disgusting and makes me want to gag. This one roommate one of mine is skinny but probably has cholesterol through the roof because he fries everything. I mean everything. *snorf*
Posted at 22:00

Yay!

I just signed up for another half marathon that's a couple of weeks after the one I'm running this weekend. This one is in Big Sur and is apparently a very beautiful marathon. I can't wait!
Posted at 07:58

You can do it!

10.18.2005
I like motivating people. The joy and satisfaction I get from seeing someone achieve whatever it is they're trying to do is unmatchable. Being with Team In Training I see a lot of people who start off with a ton of doubts about whether or not they can run a marathon and fundraise. However, by the end of the season these same peole are achieving and in many cases surpassing their goals by leaps and bounds. It's a great feeling seeing that happen and being part of that process.

I love tejava.

I watched H2G2, that's The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy for uninformed, over the weekend. It was a bit flat in some spots but an overall good movie. My favorite part is when one of thermonuclear missles targeting the Heart Of Gold turns into a sperm whale a few miles above the ground. The whale then contemplates its existence before falling to the ground. I swear it sounds funnier than I describe it.

Staple it together, we'll call it bad weather...mmhmm
Posted at 15:40

cor, i'm knackered

Holy crap on a saggy stick I'm tired. Yesterday I did a recovery run of four miles from a weekend of nice running. Later that night I went to a boxing class that I've been going to for the past couple of months and just kicked my ass. This morning I woke up at 5am to go do a track workout to work on my speed. I was utterly done by the second mile interval that I couldn't finish it and ended up only doing half. Later today I'll be running 6 miles. Luckily I have a lot of tea to keep me going through the day.

I'm about a pound off from being 175 lbs. I'm hoping to get down to 170 by the end of this month. At the rate I'm going I think I should be able to do it.

I like spicy *insert fish here* rolls better than normal rolls. I like that tanginess. Sushi rocks after a hard workout.

This boxing class I've been taking is really awesome. It's about an hour and a half with the first portion consisting of core and upper body strengthening followed by some bag work. I sweat more during this class than I do when I run. I love it though because I get to work out some aggression on the bags. Although that aggression tends to carry over after class, and I end being really pushy on the road when I'm driving.

I have a Darth Tater.
Posted at 09:26

Next on our whirlwind tour of Jay's life!

10.14.2005

The house in the middle is where I used to live in NY. Not so many good times there. My dad died in the basement of that house. Posted by Picasa
Posted at 08:39

10.11.2005

This is an overview of where I used to live in London. It's a place called Islington, that's in the North East part of the city. I've linked the image to flickr which has a couple of notes on it. Posted by Picasa
Posted at 14:55