The thing about thursdays: there's a group run that starts near a couple of rail-trails. If I time it right, I can do both.
Also, I seem to be on the tues/thurs/sat schedule for weight training.
Take this all together, and Thursday becomes my heavy workout day; about an hour for weights, an hour with the group and 2.5-3 biking on the rail trail. And a lot of sore feeling today.
Some thoughts from weight training:
deep knee squats are a bad idea, I think. No injuries, by my quads are in pretty rough shape.
What happened to my lats? I used to be able to do 20 pull ups. Now I'm lucky if I can do two with good form.
I need to do more "V" up type exercises. A half dozen of those were harder on my abs than two dozen crunches.
Some thoughts on biking:
2" of sand is rough going.
I really need to make sure I research the map.
Take more water. And things to eat. And maybe even something to listen to.
Some thoughts on running:
I don't know if it was because of all the biking and weight training before, or that I haven't been running hard this summer, but running at an 8-8:15 pace was really stressing out my heart. Right around the 30 minute mark I went from 170s to 190s, and that's not really all that great of a sign.
It could mean I'm out of shape. It could also mean that I went into atrial tachycardia. Or both. Neither of which would really surprise me.
All well. Something to watch in the future, I suppose. :)
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Books this year
I know, I've been as remiss in updating the books of this year as I have been updating in general. Still, Better late than never, and so forth. :)
Reamde -Neal Stephenson
Winds of War -Herman Wouk
War and Remembrance
Monster Hunter International -Larry Correia
Swarm -BV Larson
Extinction
The Weapon -Michael kWilliamson
Ex-Heroes -Peter Clines
On Basilisk station -David Weber
The cold commands -Richard K Morgan
The Steel Remains
Thirteen
Legion of the damned -William C Dietz
Hounded -Kevin Hearne
Hexed
Hammered
Tricked
Valor's Choice -Hanya Huff
Better part of Valor
The spirit Ring -LM bujold
Shards of Honor
Barrayar
Warrior's apprentice
Vor Game
Cetaganda
Borders of infinity
The Blade itself -Joe Abercrombie
Before they are hanged
last argument of kings
Ready Player One -Ernest Cline
Heartless -Gail Carriger
Timeless
Lies of Locke Lamora -Scott Lynch
Way of Kings -Brandon Sanderson
Name of the wind -Patrick Rothfuss
The wise man's fear
Ghost Story -Jim Butcher
Theft of Swords - Michael Sullivan
Invincible - Jack Campbell
Redshirts -John Scalzi
Fuzzy Nation
Bloody Jack -LA Meyer
Hyperion -Dan Simmons
A number of repeats; usually when something is lacking in a book that's other wise acceptable, I go to a book I've read that had the missing feature in plenty.
Still have an awful lot of books waiting in the wings!
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Reamde -Neal Stephenson
Winds of War -Herman Wouk
War and Remembrance
Monster Hunter International -Larry Correia
Swarm -BV Larson
Extinction
The Weapon -Michael kWilliamson
Ex-Heroes -Peter Clines
On Basilisk station -David Weber
The cold commands -Richard K Morgan
The Steel Remains
Thirteen
Legion of the damned -William C Dietz
Hounded -Kevin Hearne
Hexed
Hammered
Tricked
Valor's Choice -Hanya Huff
Better part of Valor
The spirit Ring -LM bujold
Shards of Honor
Barrayar
Warrior's apprentice
Vor Game
Cetaganda
Borders of infinity
The Blade itself -Joe Abercrombie
Before they are hanged
last argument of kings
Ready Player One -Ernest Cline
Heartless -Gail Carriger
Timeless
Lies of Locke Lamora -Scott Lynch
Way of Kings -Brandon Sanderson
Name of the wind -Patrick Rothfuss
The wise man's fear
Ghost Story -Jim Butcher
Theft of Swords - Michael Sullivan
Invincible - Jack Campbell
Redshirts -John Scalzi
Fuzzy Nation
Bloody Jack -LA Meyer
Hyperion -Dan Simmons
A number of repeats; usually when something is lacking in a book that's other wise acceptable, I go to a book I've read that had the missing feature in plenty.
Still have an awful lot of books waiting in the wings!
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
Speaking of tomorrow...
... I didn't realize the week wasn't over yet.
Let's delve a little more into this low back pain (LBP) I've been feeling recently. Probably no interest to you if you've not felt the like, but I'd like to have a record for when I feel it again. It happens several times a year, and it might be helpful for me to remember what did and didn't work.
One thing I mentioned yesterday is that it hurts with transitions: sitting to standing, running to walking, and that sort of thing. The sensation is a bit like a muscle spasm with a side order of stabbing knife. I don't actually collapse from it, though I might've if I hadn't found something handy to grab.
Today, what I discovered when I was coming up to an intersection and needed to stop was this: If I focus my concentration on relaxing the muscles that go into spasm, the pain goes from almost dumping me on the ground to a mild stabbing knife feeling. Though I've never been stabbed by a knife, I did step on a piece of glass once, and the pain in my back is remarkably similar. Without the relaxing, the pain is worse. With relaxing, it's significantly better.
Like with most things, relaxing is a key to doing it right. Important lesson I keep needing to relearn...
Let's delve a little more into this low back pain (LBP) I've been feeling recently. Probably no interest to you if you've not felt the like, but I'd like to have a record for when I feel it again. It happens several times a year, and it might be helpful for me to remember what did and didn't work.
One thing I mentioned yesterday is that it hurts with transitions: sitting to standing, running to walking, and that sort of thing. The sensation is a bit like a muscle spasm with a side order of stabbing knife. I don't actually collapse from it, though I might've if I hadn't found something handy to grab.
Today, what I discovered when I was coming up to an intersection and needed to stop was this: If I focus my concentration on relaxing the muscles that go into spasm, the pain goes from almost dumping me on the ground to a mild stabbing knife feeling. Though I've never been stabbed by a knife, I did step on a piece of glass once, and the pain in my back is remarkably similar. Without the relaxing, the pain is worse. With relaxing, it's significantly better.
Like with most things, relaxing is a key to doing it right. Important lesson I keep needing to relearn...
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Week in exercise: fail
I blame swimming.
When I go into open water without nose and ear plugs, I get sick. It might be one of above don't have functioning defense mechanisms, or it's psychosomatic, or whatever, but it happens. So for the past few days, I've been trying to throw off a fairly mild infection.
I'm also having some moderate low back pain. It always follows the same pattern: the muscles along the spine are tied in knots. After a few days they loosen up a bit and I can get the vertebrae to crack, and that helps feel better too. After a while I only feel pain when I go from sitting to standing, or standing to walking, or walking to running. It's the transitions that hurt.
Then, hopefully, everything resolves and I can go back to my normal healthy life.
Between the illness, the back pain, the heat and the deer flies, it's been a pretty cruddy week for exercise, and even worse for studying. But tomorrow's another day...
M: 20 minute swim
T: nothing
W: nothing
Th: nothing
F: 10 mile bike
S: 15 mile bike, 2 mile run
When I go into open water without nose and ear plugs, I get sick. It might be one of above don't have functioning defense mechanisms, or it's psychosomatic, or whatever, but it happens. So for the past few days, I've been trying to throw off a fairly mild infection.
I'm also having some moderate low back pain. It always follows the same pattern: the muscles along the spine are tied in knots. After a few days they loosen up a bit and I can get the vertebrae to crack, and that helps feel better too. After a while I only feel pain when I go from sitting to standing, or standing to walking, or walking to running. It's the transitions that hurt.
Then, hopefully, everything resolves and I can go back to my normal healthy life.
Between the illness, the back pain, the heat and the deer flies, it's been a pretty cruddy week for exercise, and even worse for studying. But tomorrow's another day...
M: 20 minute swim
T: nothing
W: nothing
Th: nothing
F: 10 mile bike
S: 15 mile bike, 2 mile run
Monday, March 19, 2012
Hiking
Five months of slacking, and my legs aren't what they used to be. I'm probably in the worst shape of my life since '07, and... it's kind of exciting. I'm really curious to see what happens as I start over pretty much from scratch.
Hopefully I'll be smarter when it comes to listening to my body.
Hopefully I'll find a good balance between rest and work, work and play, play and sanity.
For now, I'm hiking because my calf muscles can't take the strain of running. And it's pretty awesome. It gives me more time outside, and during this week between classes and clinicals, I have all the time I need.
Next week will be different, and I'll adapt as needed. But a four miler yesterday and a six mile hike today both felt quite wonderful. And one of these days, I'll be back to running down the paths. It's only a matter of time, energy, and effort.
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Hopefully I'll be smarter when it comes to listening to my body.
Hopefully I'll find a good balance between rest and work, work and play, play and sanity.
For now, I'm hiking because my calf muscles can't take the strain of running. And it's pretty awesome. It gives me more time outside, and during this week between classes and clinicals, I have all the time I need.
Next week will be different, and I'll adapt as needed. But a four miler yesterday and a six mile hike today both felt quite wonderful. And one of these days, I'll be back to running down the paths. It's only a matter of time, energy, and effort.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
When irony gods strike!
Things that i learned on my run today:
1. when irony gods strike, they don't waste time. No self respecting irony god would be willing a chance to lose a good irony through a poor sense of timing, I think.
2. if I ever get to choose, I think I would like to be reincarnated as an irony god.
3. never, never, never, never think that you don't update your blog because you don't have anything interesting to relate. I think the irony gods take special notice.
4. wireless car door openers don't work if keys are in the ignition and turned to "radio". at least, they don't in my car.
5. shorts in temps in the 30s is fine for running, but it isn't so great for waiting for the AAA guy. for hours.
6. the kindness of strangers is a wonderful thing. otherwise, by this time I may resemble something close to fritz-icle.
7. I'm kind of lazy, which is why I'll never be a good irony god. hopefully, when the time comes, I'll be able to be a kind stranger.
If you got to this point, and want to read the whole story, leave me a comment saying so. feel free to bribe me if the mood strikes you. girl scout cookies go on sale this weekend, I think....
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1. when irony gods strike, they don't waste time. No self respecting irony god would be willing a chance to lose a good irony through a poor sense of timing, I think.
2. if I ever get to choose, I think I would like to be reincarnated as an irony god.
3. never, never, never, never think that you don't update your blog because you don't have anything interesting to relate. I think the irony gods take special notice.
4. wireless car door openers don't work if keys are in the ignition and turned to "radio". at least, they don't in my car.
5. shorts in temps in the 30s is fine for running, but it isn't so great for waiting for the AAA guy. for hours.
6. the kindness of strangers is a wonderful thing. otherwise, by this time I may resemble something close to fritz-icle.
7. I'm kind of lazy, which is why I'll never be a good irony god. hopefully, when the time comes, I'll be able to be a kind stranger.
If you got to this point, and want to read the whole story, leave me a comment saying so. feel free to bribe me if the mood strikes you. girl scout cookies go on sale this weekend, I think....
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Nostolgia
Every time I see a flash drive price drop, I think to back in the 80's when my dad's work bought him a 20Meg hard drive for about two grand. I thought to myself: wait- you can do that? I thought everything thing had to be on floppies! Ah, the innocence of youth...
Anyway, I finished the book "Ready Player One" last week. My one sentence review: "If you were a geek growing up in the 80's, this is your dystopian wet dream." Since I was a geek growing up in the 80's, I loved it. Extra awesomeness having Will Wheaton as the narrator... this is definitely in the running as my favorite of the year.
Speaking of running, it's getting back on track. After the big race, I had a couple of weeks of two miles/week, then three of 20 mpw, and last week was ~25. I'm nostalgic for 40-60, because that's the miles at which I feel most happy. Or least stressed.
School is getting significantly more challenging, but I'm rising to it. I think. It's amazing how much more time I have for it since I'm not spending nearly as much time running as I'm used to, and I'm averaging about five hours of sleep per day. You'd think that with having 10 days off for Thanksgiving, my body would let itself relax enough to sleep in a little, but no such luck.
Okay, back to the books. Hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving week!
Anyway, I finished the book "Ready Player One" last week. My one sentence review: "If you were a geek growing up in the 80's, this is your dystopian wet dream." Since I was a geek growing up in the 80's, I loved it. Extra awesomeness having Will Wheaton as the narrator... this is definitely in the running as my favorite of the year.
Speaking of running, it's getting back on track. After the big race, I had a couple of weeks of two miles/week, then three of 20 mpw, and last week was ~25. I'm nostalgic for 40-60, because that's the miles at which I feel most happy. Or least stressed.
School is getting significantly more challenging, but I'm rising to it. I think. It's amazing how much more time I have for it since I'm not spending nearly as much time running as I'm used to, and I'm averaging about five hours of sleep per day. You'd think that with having 10 days off for Thanksgiving, my body would let itself relax enough to sleep in a little, but no such luck.
Okay, back to the books. Hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving week!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
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