Gettin' ready for Bloomin'

So I finally put in 30 minutes on the stationary bike at the gym yesterday (RPE=12). Certainly not much, but it's something from all the previous days (weeks?) of doing nothing. Yeah, it's unfortunately because I'm letting my projects at work get in the way. Suckie.

The Bloomin' Metric bike tour (100k) on May 18 is what I'm working toward. Lot's o' rolling hills there, so I'd best do hill intervals in my workouts to keep up with my mates on the tour.

Have a Happy St. Patrick's weekend, all.

Everyone loves Pi!

Happy Pi Day!

3/14/2008

Ummm, let's see now... 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971 ...
That's all I can recite off the top of my head these days, very much unlike Daniel Tammet.

Misc

No worries, mate. A good workout is coming soon. In the meantime:

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

6 inches or more expected

Yay, snow! And a 2-hour delay at work. Woo-hoo! Unfortunately, I left for the office AFTER they posted the message on the company hotline. C'est la vie. :-(

At least I get the worm, and a nice wintry work pic.

Je t'aime beaucoup, mon amour!

It's the day of Love. What more important theme is there?
Happy V-Day, everyone!

[The Simpsons: the Red Hot Chili Peppers are performing on Krusty's show]
Krusty the Clown: Now, boys, the network has a problem with some of your lyrics. Do you mind changing them for the show?
Anthony Kiedis: Forget you, clown.
Chad Smith: Yeah, our lyrics are like our children, man. No way.
Krusty the Clown: Well, okay, but here where it says, "What I got you gotta get and put it in ya," how about just, "What I'd like is I'd like to hug and kiss ya."
Flea: Wow. That's much better.
Arik Marshall: Everyone can enjoy that.

Ironman, anyone?

Alright, alright. It's a brisk 5 degrees F right now. But that's no reason for me to feel so sluggish about getting back into training. And I must admit, "nada" has been the word of the week, and for the last 3 weeks, mind you :-(.

To kick off the self-psyching, the 2007 Ironman Championship in Kona, Hawaii is being re-broadcasted this Saturday 2/16/08 on NBC @ 2pm EST. YouTube has a preview of it.

That and some litany hopefully should get me going. And so let's bow our heads and reflect on bended knee: Oh my dearest Greg Welch, patron saint of sub 5' 6" endurance athletes, pray for us.

Stressing less

"Keep the deadline. Change the deliverable."

Just as I'm feeling swamped with things that I HAVE to do and things that I WANT to do, a coworker says the above to me. And boom, his magic was done. I felt peaceful.

Thanks, JP.

—

The able-bladed

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
— Theodore Roosevelt

He is why you should never give up on anything.

Unfortunately, the IAAF decided today that Oscar Pistorius is ineligible to compete in Beijing 2008 because his running "blades" give him an unfair advantage [eyes rolling] over able-bodied athletes. Hmmmph, who would've thought? :-p

[Fade out]
[Fade in, show text]

The Olympic Creed

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

The Olympic Motto

Citius, Altius, Fortius.

(Faster, Higher, Stronger)

[Fade to black]

Best wishes to Oscar in his continuing pursuit toward excellence.

—

PhotoPhlow

A cool article on Photophlow that I just had to plug. I managed to get an invite from the author and log in, since usage is currently limited. I will definitely check the site in more detail this weekend. Btw, from registering with Photophlow, I now have 3 invites that I could send out. Anyone interested in one, please let me know.

Bag of Bones

I'm embarrassed to say, but I shall say it: I finally finished Bag of Bones (Stephen King) this New Year's Day morning. Don't even ask me how long it took. I read it sporadically with tons of literary and nonliterary interruptions in between, read the first few chapters oodles of times over, under, and sideways to recapture the catharsis, and eventually dedicated some focus to reach the last page.

Yay me. Next book please.