Training Archive: SwampfoxIn the 7 days ending 2008-01-26:
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Saturday Jan 26 | ||
| Orienteering 1:39:00 [3] | |
| Mega snow, mega wind, mega sunshine. | ||
| C • How much snow is on the gro... 2 | ||
Friday Jan 25 | ||
| skiing 1:47:00 [3] | |
| My original plan was to run at Diamond Bay, but after an entire 2 minutes of running, I realized the wind was blowing so hard it would have taken the bristles off a wild boar more efficiently than a dozen ranchers down in Texas would, so I abandoned that idea and headed for the relative calm of the ski trails at Happy Jack. I thought it might get warmer for a change than Karlstad today, but it wasn't even close. | ||
| biking 1:17:00 [2] | |
Thursday Jan 24 | ||
| skiing 39:00 [3] | |
| It was so nice out that I couldn't resist sneaking out at noon. It was about what I imagine the better parts of Texas to be like on the best days this time of year, though with fewer armadillos and prettier cowgirls. | ||
| C • Prettier cowgirls? 2 | ||
| skiing 1:02:00 [3] | |
| End of day skiing; more skiers, no more moose. | ||
| run 37:00 [3] | |
| biking 1:08:00 [2] | |
Wednesday Jan 23 | ||
| run 39:00 [3] | |
| One of those days where the beauty of Wyoming really jumps out at you--sunny with a few puffy clouds, crystal clear air, and the valley and surrounding hills and mountains big and bold in winter snows. It's the beauty of big horizons. | ||
| skiing 1:17:00 [3] | |
| News of the impending mini-warmup hadn't hit the ski trails yet. Conditions were great even if the skis were riding slow. No moose. | ||
| biking 1:20:00 [2] | |
Tuesday Jan 22 | ||
| Note | |
| I can't believe it--I'm going to Austin! SRV, here I come! | ||
| Note | |
| To judge by how the global equity markets reacted to the disclosure of the G on 20 January--first released here--I'm not sure it was such a good idea after all. Talk about plunges and utter wreckage.
And look how the Fed reacted: they didn't even wait for their next scheduled meeting next week, and as soon as they could this morning, they cut interest rates by a whopping 3/4s of a percent! It's understandable they were going to be a little dismayed by the hefty 142 value, but it looks like that figure caught them completely off guard and was a devastating blow to their confidence that all was safe and sound. It just goes to show what a crucial role the G plays in the world's financial markets, and it is no laughing matter (even though it seemed funny at the time.) | ||
| run 1:01:00 [3] | |
| Sunny again at last, and no wind. So fine! | ||
| skiing 1:06:00 [3] | |
| When I sallied forth onto the trails, I felt lively, vigorous, thin, tall, rangy, confident, ready to do battle.
But I could not get the figure "142" out of my head, and gradually the life forces ebbed, until by the end I felt vacuous, rubbery legged, doubtful, imprecise, wishy-washy, rotund. In other words, like a citizen marathoner. Man, what a drag. | ||
| C • Zero sum game 4 | ||
| biking 1:22:00 [2] | |
Monday Jan 21 | ||
| Yowsa!!! 1 [1] | |
| Well, not just Yowsa!!!, but chilly Yowsa!!! | ||
| skiing 1:08:00 [3] | |
| It must have been on the colder side, because the skis were slow. I was thinking it was going to be around 10F or so when I headed up, but that had to have been off. Luckily the winds had gone off to play somewhere else.
Great skiing. We've really had great conditions now ever since mid-December. A bit of a late start, but otherwise the best season I can remember, given that? | ||
| C • One of these days... 2 | ||
| run 53:00 [3] | |
| It seems like it had been eons since I've been running up at Happy Jack, but no longer. I ran after skiing on portions of the ungroomed network that gets used by snowhoers and some backcountry type skiers. Footing was good, if chilly--the cold kept trying to seep into my shoes and gloves. No moose. | ||
| biking 1:36:00 [2] | |
Sunday Jan 20 | ||
| run 45:00 [2] | |
| When I noticed that I hadn't run even once so far this week, I thought, damn, I better get out and motivate. Even PG has been more structured and dedicated to working on his stride than I have been. So while everyone else was at church this morning, I hopped out and did a little loop out across the north prairie and back through a new neighborhood and some playing fields. It was so warm that if the sun ever came out, there might even be teaspoon sized spots of melting on the streets. Admittedly a pretty pudgy run, but much better than anything I've done recently, considering recently equaled zero.
Btw, PG, if you're reading this, thanks for the G update. You can understand that Gonomists all over the world are already breathing a little easier. True, the G is approaching alarming levels and there's no telling what could happen if you showed up at Rhonda's at dessert time. But at least now the analysts are working with a known, rather than an unknown. I thought about your advice to take bold action and short the G, but I really hate both the mathematics of shorting as well as the historical record of those who have tried to short their way to a fortune. So I'm gonna go long! instead! ; ) No, actually, I'm going to sell some G puts, and since I have some confidence in you, I'm selling the out-of-the-pounds August '08 134s and a few of the 132s as well. Now get out there and drop enough pounds to really put the hurt on your rogaining partner as she struggles to keep abreast! B.btw, did you see the story in yesterday's paper about Springfield--hey, that's out your way!--getting burned big on some fancy paper sold to them by ML? Where the article went: "Unlike many of the hedge funds, banks and brokerage firms burned by their purchases of shaky mortgage-backed securities, local governments usually lack the staff and resources to make informed decisions on complex investments." It should have been re-written to: "Unlike many of the hedge funds, banks and brokerage firms burned by their purchases of shaky mortgage-backed securities, local governments usually lack the staff and resources to make informed decisions on complex investments. But they buy them anyway." | ||
| C • No, actually, I'm going to ... 3 | ||
| skiing 1:06:00 [3] | |
| Warm almost beyond belief--way up over 20F at least--and not windy either. | ||
| biking 1:00:00 [2] | |