Tired Tuesday

Weather: 20 f, 8mph wind (s) "feels like": 11 f
Miles: 3 miles
Route: 8th to GC to Wilson
Afterward: A little nippy, but fine
Listened to: Wait, Wait...don't tell me for 06 Feb. 25
Nice little run; a bit tired from last night's 15 minute run and bump and perhaps it being the first day of a new trimester.

Windy Saturday Run

Weather: 34 f, 20mph wind (s) "feels like": 15 f
Miles: 9 miles
Route: The Big O (North to Greencroft to Bethany to Bike Trail)
Afterward: Just plain windy.
Listened to: Our Endangered Values (Jimmy Carter) Chapters 7-11
Nice run (longest since the marathon last October).

Evan playing 1st Board

Evan playing 1st Board
Originally uploaded by vergil66.

At the regional practice tourney this weekend, Evan played 2.5/5 at first chair. The team just missed third place.

Thanks, Mr. Presidents...back to school

Weather: 23 f, 16mph wind (s) "feels like": 5 f
Miles: 3 miles
Route: 8th to Wilson
Afterward: Not as cold as Saturday, but it still makes me wonder why I run in this weather (whine, whine, whine)
Listened to: First story of This American Life "Star-Crossed Love"
Fine run...just a bit nippy. The segment on TAL was about a high schooler in Chicago who visits his dad in Iraq...and then Desert Storm happens and he is drafted as an Iraqi soldier, gets captured and then falls in love with Monica (an American soldier).

Way too cold

Weather: 5 f, 13mph wind (s) "feels like": -14 f
Miles: 1 mile
Route: Berkey Hill (well, I made it to the Shaklin foot bridge)
Afterward: Cold, cold, cold...shouldn't even tried to run in this weather
Listened to: Beginning of This American Life "Star-Crossed Love"
Dumb run...way too cold and now I want to crawl back in bed.

Great Race 2001

Great Race 2001
Originally uploaded by vergil66.

After our first 1/2 Marathon: Tom, Jim (with son Isaiah), Stephany and me. I wore a regular t-shirt, clothy shorts and one-size too small shoes that yielded black toe nails and ITB problems( though, I might have to blame some of that on the lack of training too).
Ah, but this was the beginning.

Thursday's run

Weather: 38 f, 10mph wind (s) "feels like": 28 f (light rain)
Miles: 3 miles
Route: 8th to Wilson
Afterward: Fine, but just a bit blinded by the headlights of morning traffic.
Listened to: iTunes New Music Tuesday and music.

Spring's here...oh, this is Indiana

Weather: 40 f, 8mph wind (s) "feels like": 34 f
Miles: 3 miles
Route: Berkey Hill
Afterward: Over-layered and ended up too hot.
Listened to: "Wait, wait...don't tell me" (Here's the podcast RSS)

Found the Footing: Beginning Week 3

Weather: 25 f, 8mph wind (s) "feels like": 17 f
Miles: 3 miles
Route: 8th Street and Wilson route
Afterward: No issues...just a tad tired at 5:30 a.m.
Listened to: The Official Podcast of "Lost" Here's the RSS

Two-week "getting in the groove" is over

Weather: 26 f, 5 mph wind (s) "feels like": 24 f
Miles: 7 miles
Route: Just beyond the S-curve
Afterward: Nice run...much better than last week's long run.
Listened to: Wait, wait...don't tell me; and music that's left on the iPod from last week.

Mustache boy

Mustache boy
Originally uploaded by vergil66.

Colin enjoys the taste of brownie after dinner and we get a preview of the facial hair days.

Double-layered, hate-headlights morning run

Weather: 17 f, 0 mph wind (s) "feels like": 17 f; really nippy.
Miles: 3 miles
Route: To Berkey Hill
Afterward: Had to double layer everything: just that cold.
Listened to: Our Endangered Values (Jimmy Carter) Chapter 5

I went to "Dad's Night" at Colin's school last night and he was excited. He did wander a bit from work to work, he did show his mastery of saying all of the States and all of the countries of North A-mer-i-ca and South A-mer-i-ca and the major bones in the body (yes, everything was set to some tune).

Light snowy 3-miler

Weather: 28 f, 7 mph wind (s) "feels like": 22 f; light snow.
Miles: 3 miles
Route: To Berkey Hill
Afterward: Fine...just had to rush it a bit to get back home in time for Colin's dance lessons (yes, you read it right).
Listened to: Our Endangered Values (Jimmy Carter) Chapter 3-4

Middle of a Long Run, SF Cal, 2001

Middle of a Long Run, SF Cal, 2001
Originally uploaded by vergil66.

Golden Gate Park ends at the Pacific Ocean and up to this point, my 13 mile run was going well. Then I got a bit lost and then my ITB acted up and...well, still, it was a really cool vacation run.

Still Ran though...

Colin's sick and so I am at home to watch the flu-ish guy. Still ran this morning, though:

Weather: 19 f, 8 mph wind (s) "feels like": 17 f
Miles: 3 miles
Route: W. Purl to 8th to Wilson
Afterward: Fine run...much better than the weekend.
Listened to: Our Endangered Values (Jimmy Carter) Intro-Chapt. 2

After last night's basketball game (faculty, I suppose in one student's terms, had game), I wasn't sure about running the next morning...and really it was no problem (besides the nippiness...and even that didn't bother me much at all). Finished the podcast for this week and decided to post the video that I'm using (at least the sound) for next week's 'cast (probably the "random song" of the week).

Got inspired to run hills yesterday as I took CR 13 home last night. Looking forward to running CR 32 Saturday for the 7 miler (even though I only get a little hill).

I didn't list my first long run because it didn't really happen: 2 miles Saturday; 3, Sunday. I suppose that equals 5, but it was one of those deals where I'm not getting that concerned. It's all about the mental stuff and for some reason it didn't happen this weekend. Next Saturday will be different and I won't have to write a whiny post such as this.

I wish I gave Pres. Carter more credit for the past 18 years or so. The line on Carter was that he was a puppet, a reaction to government for and by Nixon/Ford (it was my first presidental election that I actually followed: 1976 and my mom was a very happy Californian because she was still bitter at the Republican party for allowing Reagan to "take away her job." Unfortunately for her though, the actor would win the White House 4 years later. Anyway, I like Carter now and I like what he is writing in this book. I'll try to be a bit more specific later as my Chicken Alfredo needs some attending to.

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Thank you Knight Rider:

Running's easy!

Or so I think, fool that I am. First, some catch-up:

Yesterday (1 Feb 06, 3:50 p.m.):
Weather: 52 f, 19 mph wind (s) "feels like": 43 f
Miles: 3 miles
Route: Familiar run: Shanklin Trail to the dam
Afterward: Faster run (ave. 8 min /mile); recovery great.
Listened to: Music ( "Time to Say Goodbye," "Cab," and "Stranger.")
(To hear these, you need iTunes enabled on your computer).

This Morning (5:40 a.m.):
Weather: 37 f, 5 mph wind (s) "feels like": 36 f
Miles: 3 miles
Route: Purl to 8th to Wilson to S. 3rd
Afterward: Not a lot of stiffness, smooth run
Listened to: "iTunes Music Tuesday," This American Life's "My Big Break"

Good run and I got back in enough time to meet my NP staff for a 6:45 a.m. distribution at school. Got the groovy idea to see how many other folk I can talk into running Sunburst...the evangelism begins today.