eeek, so you had to ask didn't you!?!?! Well, lets keep it honest here... Running is in sad shape. I've not been able to get back into the groove since my injury in May. Yes, May. I've just found too many diversions and excuses, and constantly threatening to get back into it... I haven't forgone fitness or anything, just been biking more than anything.(I love my new bike, it's a speed thing...) I'll just be getting back into my normal schedule which had me up to 9's/13's when I was injured. We should do some runs together for sure, when you're here, we'll all go, the whole ollython and then some, eh? No idea if Grandma will do it, but that could be interesting...She's pretty tough! Don't know about your parents either, the more I read the more I'm thinking it'd be good to have people available at certain points to, yes, cheer us on, but also provide various snacks that we've trained on and know will contribute to our success...you know? Times haven't been to bad I'd say, but I definitely need to step it up to get to Boston. My short track is really decent in my opinion, but I'm still shooting for faster. I turned in a sub 6' over 2 miles, so I'm pleased, but need to go a lot longer to make it count. We can do this, all of us! I just need to quit loafing. Enjoy your adventure there, I brag about it and I know your dad does too!
XOXO
Adam.
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Best Luck EVAR!
Oh My Goodness! What an awesome weekend I had, just a little too short. A huge thank you to Kelly and her friend Michelle and Tiffany for showing me a good time out on the boat, it was a real pleasure and getting all that sun was just wonderful!
I normally have Fridays off, but I stepped up and offered to cover for someones vacancy so that cut into my weekend. I left work Friday and did a bunch of errands at home, just trying to get everything straightened up. I resisted the urge to go see 'The Dark Knight,' but may not be able to much longer. Kept doing chores and tried to get to bed at a decent hour since I was going boating Saturday.
Saturday morning came and I was barely ready when Kelly let me know they were leaving so I could meet them at the boat launch. I grabbed my stuff as fast as I could and got on the road, but I still had to do a couple errands before I got out of town. I did those and right when I was getting out of town, Kelly asked me to grab a few things from the store. I grabbed those and was on my way. I had bought one of those Styrofoam coolers and was filling it with ice and soda, from the store, when I noticed Kelly unloading at the dock, this was about 10:30. I ran over to see if I could assist and immediately got in the water, which was surprisingly warmer than I expected. As we were loading the cooler onto the boat it totally exploded and the contents went everywhere.... It wasn't a total loss, but it was a mess. We got that cleaned up and got out on the boat, heading up river to a little bank where quite a few others were out partying and having a good time.
We stopped in and hung out with everyone there listening to music dancing, and just gathering the rays. People came and went, but overall we stuck around that area. We did some runs back to the dock a couple of times to get or drop off people and when we did that we would fool around int he wake or jump off the boat or whatever. It was fun and I was still amazed the water wasn't half freezing. It was really nice. On the 'beach' some of the boats had awesome stereos and they were playing tunes. Overall it was pretty mellow and enjoyable. No big problems were encountered to my knowledge and drama was minimal, thank goodness. I did a lot of mingling and trying to be conversational for the duration. At about sunset we started to head in and I helped them load the boat back up, set up their camp and fire and just hung out chatting. It was important to me to make some form of an apology to Kelly for being a jerk that last time I saw her, so I did that. I'm glad to have another friend again! While we wer sitting around chatting and eating I was sitting by the camp fire and I heard a rustling but thought it was the wind. All of a suddent eh girls jumped up and took off running the opposite direction shouting that there was a skunk, I couldn't believe it! I was affraid to get sprayed so I sat still for a while and then slowly made my way to the picnic table to grab a flashlight. I made it to the light and scanned aroudn for the skunk and finaly saw it down by the tall grass gnawing on something, it looked like a hot dog. I tried to scare the thing off but was afraid it would spray. It was actually kind of cute. It finally decided to move off when the girls came over after I said it was cute. I grabbed what it had been eating and threw it out towards the water. I finally pulled myself away at midnight and drove home, it was a great day! thank you Kelly, Tiffany, and Michelle!
Proof I'm pretty dang lucky(yes, I'm in there somewhere)!
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Now playing: Break - Enigma
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I normally have Fridays off, but I stepped up and offered to cover for someones vacancy so that cut into my weekend. I left work Friday and did a bunch of errands at home, just trying to get everything straightened up. I resisted the urge to go see 'The Dark Knight,' but may not be able to much longer. Kept doing chores and tried to get to bed at a decent hour since I was going boating Saturday.
Saturday morning came and I was barely ready when Kelly let me know they were leaving so I could meet them at the boat launch. I grabbed my stuff as fast as I could and got on the road, but I still had to do a couple errands before I got out of town. I did those and right when I was getting out of town, Kelly asked me to grab a few things from the store. I grabbed those and was on my way. I had bought one of those Styrofoam coolers and was filling it with ice and soda, from the store, when I noticed Kelly unloading at the dock, this was about 10:30. I ran over to see if I could assist and immediately got in the water, which was surprisingly warmer than I expected. As we were loading the cooler onto the boat it totally exploded and the contents went everywhere.... It wasn't a total loss, but it was a mess. We got that cleaned up and got out on the boat, heading up river to a little bank where quite a few others were out partying and having a good time.
We stopped in and hung out with everyone there listening to music dancing, and just gathering the rays. People came and went, but overall we stuck around that area. We did some runs back to the dock a couple of times to get or drop off people and when we did that we would fool around int he wake or jump off the boat or whatever. It was fun and I was still amazed the water wasn't half freezing. It was really nice. On the 'beach' some of the boats had awesome stereos and they were playing tunes. Overall it was pretty mellow and enjoyable. No big problems were encountered to my knowledge and drama was minimal, thank goodness. I did a lot of mingling and trying to be conversational for the duration. At about sunset we started to head in and I helped them load the boat back up, set up their camp and fire and just hung out chatting. It was important to me to make some form of an apology to Kelly for being a jerk that last time I saw her, so I did that. I'm glad to have another friend again! While we wer sitting around chatting and eating I was sitting by the camp fire and I heard a rustling but thought it was the wind. All of a suddent eh girls jumped up and took off running the opposite direction shouting that there was a skunk, I couldn't believe it! I was affraid to get sprayed so I sat still for a while and then slowly made my way to the picnic table to grab a flashlight. I made it to the light and scanned aroudn for the skunk and finaly saw it down by the tall grass gnawing on something, it looked like a hot dog. I tried to scare the thing off but was afraid it would spray. It was actually kind of cute. It finally decided to move off when the girls came over after I said it was cute. I grabbed what it had been eating and threw it out towards the water. I finally pulled myself away at midnight and drove home, it was a great day! thank you Kelly, Tiffany, and Michelle!
Proof I'm pretty dang lucky(yes, I'm in there somewhere)!
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Now playing: Break - Enigma
via FoxyTunes
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Sun, Rafting and Bar-B-Q
I have to admit I'm still threatening to get back on top of my running habit, but I've still been biking tons, it's good! I really like my new bike and I'm nearly convinced to get some clip-in's but the ones I'd like are so dang expensive... I'll wait.
I did do a running competition last week though, it was probably the most horrible day to run so far. There was a lot of wind and blowing dust, I swear I inhaled enough to make me sick. It was a small field of runners due to the weather I suppose, but I stuck with it and was able to get 2nd in my age group. The next one will be better, especially since the weather will be... I hope! My time was slower than I expeced, but I do blame the wind for that, as well as the fact I rode my bike over to the site, that was 11ish miles. Good cross-training, just not so good before a running race. The ride back was horrible as there was a complete and total headwind. I didn't try pedaling hard against it, but I tried to keep pedaling. It must have take twice as long to get back home as it did to get to Pasco.
My sister finally got me in the boat with her on the brand new "Blue Steel" raft. It was my first float and was pretty good. The water was freezing and nobody went in, but we did get splashed and that was freezing. We floated the same part of the river twice, and finished the day with a stop at the local Bar-B-Q which, according to my roommate, was suitable. I'd consider himt he expert in this regard as he is very zealous about Bar-B-Q and the south. It was a good weekend.
---------------- Now playing: Outlaws feat. Bez Lennon - It's Not French, But It's F*cking 'Aving It... via FoxyTunes
I did do a running competition last week though, it was probably the most horrible day to run so far. There was a lot of wind and blowing dust, I swear I inhaled enough to make me sick. It was a small field of runners due to the weather I suppose, but I stuck with it and was able to get 2nd in my age group. The next one will be better, especially since the weather will be... I hope! My time was slower than I expeced, but I do blame the wind for that, as well as the fact I rode my bike over to the site, that was 11ish miles. Good cross-training, just not so good before a running race. The ride back was horrible as there was a complete and total headwind. I didn't try pedaling hard against it, but I tried to keep pedaling. It must have take twice as long to get back home as it did to get to Pasco.
My sister finally got me in the boat with her on the brand new "Blue Steel" raft. It was my first float and was pretty good. The water was freezing and nobody went in, but we did get splashed and that was freezing. We floated the same part of the river twice, and finished the day with a stop at the local Bar-B-Q which, according to my roommate, was suitable. I'd consider himt he expert in this regard as he is very zealous about Bar-B-Q and the south. It was a good weekend.
---------------- Now playing: Outlaws feat. Bez Lennon - It's Not French, But It's F*cking 'Aving It... via FoxyTunes
Monday, July 07, 2008
Don't let my Nike+ mini fool you
I've actually been pretty active. Riding the bike everyday to work and almost everywhere else, including a 40 miler(approx). It's a heck of a lot easier than riding the mountain bike all over. Not that I don't like to, but it's such a heavy bike and this new street bike...isn't! It's pretty fast, and with the tailwind through Pasco, I was flying pretty fast! The ride back on the Kennewick side, not so fast and I was getting spent. Bike did fine until I got to Howard Amon park and one of the shifters started to act up. I was stuck in a low gear and that made the rest of the bike a bit tougher, but I survived. Shifter is fixed now and my rides to work have been just fine.
I've been remiss on my running, but I'll be getting back into that TODAY! I'd been planning on doing the Righteous Richland Sprint Triathlon, but with my lack of training I bailed. So that's two events this season I've bailed on, I'm giving myself the excuse that it's my first season, but I'm not going to bail on any more. Next are some cross country runs in Pasco, just for fun. Then the Aquaman Duathlon, run/swim/run. Should be some good events. Not to mention the Marathon in October. Oh, and I'll be doing double workouts too.
People have been getting to me lately. Just the underhandedness of the way they choose to go about things. It's not as if it's my business, but really, your suggestion that we remain friends, that I not be lost to you as such, yet you hide something from me and I have to find out from everyone else; not that it wasn't obvious, but really, I'd rather hear it from you. The only difference is how I'd deal with it now.
Plan A, get new job. Plan B, go back to school.
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I've been remiss on my running, but I'll be getting back into that TODAY! I'd been planning on doing the Righteous Richland Sprint Triathlon, but with my lack of training I bailed. So that's two events this season I've bailed on, I'm giving myself the excuse that it's my first season, but I'm not going to bail on any more. Next are some cross country runs in Pasco, just for fun. Then the Aquaman Duathlon, run/swim/run. Should be some good events. Not to mention the Marathon in October. Oh, and I'll be doing double workouts too.
People have been getting to me lately. Just the underhandedness of the way they choose to go about things. It's not as if it's my business, but really, your suggestion that we remain friends, that I not be lost to you as such, yet you hide something from me and I have to find out from everyone else; not that it wasn't obvious, but really, I'd rather hear it from you. The only difference is how I'd deal with it now.
Plan A, get new job. Plan B, go back to school.
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