login
View profile
Add to friends
Go to training log
Go to race log
Send a message
View albumNovember 11
November 10
- Walking
- 2h 00m
Monterey Bay Aquarium!
November 9
November 8
November 7
- 1h 01m 30s
- 17.73 miles
- 17.30 Mi/hr
Rode the Portola Loop (sans Arastradero Preserve) at lunch. I was only going to go up Alpine and back, but after stopping near the top of Alpine to give a guy one of my spare tubes, I felt good enough that I kept going and did the full loop. Glad I did--it was a gorgeous day for a bike ride. After spending so little time in the saddle over the last couple of months I suck pretty hard, but that will change.
Still plugging away on the thesis... I am SO CLOSE, just doing revisions and writing appendices and getting the formatting squared away. I'm doing some riding and running, just haven't been logging it (not spending so much time on BT has been good for productivity), although perhaps that will change today. In the meantime, a mini link farm:
First up: More kitten pictures!
Second: TRACE makes the APOD again, this time with a movie (an oldie, admittedly, but a great one).
Third: Battlestar Galactica Razor doesn't premiere until the Saturday after Thanksgiving (and who knows when the actual fourth season will premiere), but in the meantime, we have flashbacks to keep us occupied... for at least a few minutes.
And finally, some shameless self-promotion: Looking for a way to use up half a loaf of soon-to-be-stale bread? Want an easy breakfast dish that can be prepared the night before? Give this a try.
November 6
- 28m 16s
- 2.89 miles
- 09m 46s /Mi
Short run at lunchtime. Slow, but not as slow as expected, given that I've been foregoing running for the last week or so in favor of hammering on the thesis.
My friends
Processing your request, please wait...
Big Sur Half Marathon. Not a bad race. This was the first run longer than four miles that I've done since Chicago, so I revised my goal time from 2:15 to 2:30. And I made that, which is good. The first four or five miles were a little rough, but by the end of mile 5 I got into my stride and felt good pretty much until the end. At mile 10 my legs started to feel a little empty/weak, but otherwise I was doing well. And I had enough in the tank to increase the pace a bit for mile 12, and again for mile 13, and then go hard the last few hundred yards. Plus it was a *gorgeous* course, with perfect weather: cloudy and cool to start, with a bit of a breeze, clearing to sunny and still a bit chilly.
Splits from the Half this morning:
Miles 1 & 2: 21:41 (didn't see the first mile marker)
Mile 3: 11:16
Mile 4: 11:30
Mile 5: 11:44
Mile 6: 11:17
Miles 7 & 8: 21:06
Mile 9: 12:21
Mile 10: 11:14
Mile 11: 10:19
Mile 12: 10:21
Mile 13: 9:34