New Ink Part 1

4.5 hours in a very sensitive place. I have 2 more hours to go for the color. His body will be white and really furry. Remember to beware of the Yeti. You never know where he lurks!

True Story

So my office is much like other offices around the country I think. People will set out food for anyone to eat and it will be devoured in minutes. I mean it can be the nastiest shit around. One time people left out cooked hot dogs. Not that big of a deal right? Well some of them sat there for like 4 hours. But by the end of the day they were all gone. If its candy, forget about it. You might even get mowed over by the old dude who normally can’t get out of his chair. When there is free food on the line, all bets are off.

So today I put out some Kashi TLC crackers. I had to get rid of them because my GI tract gets sent into warp speed with these suckers. I mean I could have filled the Goodyear blimp with the amount of gas these little powerhouses of fiber produced. Terrible. Well, it seems the office vultures love all kinds of food EXCEPT shit that is actually good for you. I overheard people walking by after a small going away party for an employee. The comment was something like “There is no way I would eat healthy crackers, especially while there is cake in the building”. The crackers are still there almost untouched. Man I was hoping people would tear them up, start cutting the cheese, sending all of us home because of a serious gas leak in the building.

Friday

And we are off to San Diego. I'll get to hang out with one of my best buddies and his lady friend. I'll only have a beach cruiser to ride, though I still plan on riding up Mt. Soledad with it. Think I wont? After we reach the summit I plan on shotgunning a beer and then bombing the hill all the way to Pacific Beach. I'm taking a wise mans advice in regards to "training" while out in SD. Instead of hauling the bike out there and riding hard, it will be much nicer to ride the beach cruiser with cocktails in hand. If I can remember I'll take pictures and post next week.

Cool little test from Stevil Kinevil. Be careful out there and keep the rubber side down.

Two Left Feet

So yesterday G was flying back from OH and wasn’t scheduled to be back till around 9:00 pm. I figured I would go home after work, get my gear and head to the Y. I had to do an 1800 meter swim, and then a 50 minute run. I brought some food for between workouts and figured my timing would be perfect. Besides, by the time I was finished in the pool the mad rush for the cardio would have passed and I would have my pick of treadmills. The swim went pretty good. I had been out of the water for a few days so I felt a little slow, but overall it was a good workout. I showered off the chlorine and then headed to change into my running gear. I grabbed my insoles and put them into one of my shoes and realized it didn’t fit so well. Ahh, I put it in the wrong shoe. So, I pulled it out and tried putting it in the other shoe, still no fit. I looked down at them and couldn’t figure out what was wrong with the picture. You see I have multiple, I mean a ton of running shoes. I always get the same model, and if purchased in close enough proximity, before they change the style, the same color. After I was able to get enough oxygen and recovery to my head after the swim, I realized I brought two left shoes…..Awesome.

Note - These are not my feet, but it apparently happens to other people too.

Warmer Temps.

So last night after work I was supposed to do a long swim workout. Well, that didn’t really happen. I looked at the weather around 4:30 and saw that it was near 50, so I took off from work a little early and busted ass home. I made a quick change and took off on the bike. I just added fenders a few weeks ago and last night was a perfect night to put them to use. I had one of those great rides where at times you are just spinning along and totally lost in your thoughts. Then something makes you snap back into reality and you realize you have a super big smile on your face. You fall in love with the bike all over again. It’s been a long winter. Yesterday was the warmest day in 4 months. I can’t wait for consistent warm temps, all the snow to be gone, and getting back out on a geared bike. I was out for over two hours and felt like I could have gone for more.

What it takes

So this weekend I had a two hour trainer ride that I was NOT looking forward to. I mean two hours on the trainer feels like about like 4. So to get myself motivated I went to REI and used my dividend to get the video What It Takes. Basically the video is a documentary that follows four professional triathletes over the course of a season leading up to the 2005 IM World Championship. It was a great way to pass 96 minutes of the ride. I recommend it to anyone that finds triathlon interesting. I wished the video went into more detail on their actual training, but the intended audience is the general public. Overall it’s really interesting and enjoyable. In one part of the movie they show Peter Reid riding up Mt. Lemmon in AZ. G and I are heading there at the end of April so it got me totally psyched for that trip. Other weekend highlights were a 1:20 minute run, a solid swim workout, and some Yoga.

Outside of training this weekend was the UNC win over Duke, and Drake continuing to roll. We went to Anodyne for brunch on Sunday and also hit up Menard's. We are almost ready to start the kitchen remodel. When we came home from brunch we picked up Louie so we could get to the dog park for some socializing and exercise. We came to the front door and started ringing the doorbell and knocking on the door. With all the commotion we thought for sure he would come to see what was up. After about 30 seconds we opened the door and still no Louie. We had to call out his name to actually get him to come. Needless to say he is not a watch dog. While at the dog park we met a lady who had a Golden Doodle puppy, holy crap what an awesome looking dog.
I mean look at that face, how could you not love that dog. The best part is that they don’t shed.

Quick Update

Last nights workout

1:15 Bike
Aerobic zone ride
3 x 1 min. single leg BIG GEAR
3 x 1 min. high cadence
3 x 1 min. Standing
* all building into strong aerobic on 1 min. ez spin between

I'm still getting back into things after being sick, but the little bit of higher HR stuff felt good.
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This week I have had all day meetings that ran from 7:30 to 4:30. Needless to say I have had little time for surfing/posting.

I am getting cabin fever big time. Every week the weatherman says that all of the bitter cold temps. are in the past, yet they always end up revising the forecast. Its still effing cold up here. I'm not counting on a warm up for another month. Next weekend in San Diego will feel superb.