Training Archive: PGIn the 7 days ending 2008-04-12:
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Saturday Apr 12 | ||
| Note | |
| So what's the deal? We head down to the DeWeese estate for for pre-Billygoat feed courtesy of the gorgeous Ms Rhonda, in preparation for which there is a visit to the estate's gym for a testosterone test. Load up the bench press bar, a real one this time, not the Nautilus version, whoa, even a light weight feels heavy, a Gail is hard, the G is done once without much of a margin, and forget about anything more.
So what gives? Is the gravitation field stronger here than in Greenfield? Does Charlie have a set of weights that are mislabeled that he brings out for guests? Or is Nautilus a totally fraudulent outfit practicing severe weight inflation? I had thought I was doing well. On the other hand, out in a real world situation, back in OCIN-land last weekend, I was taking advantage of my superior upper body strength to pull myself rapidly out of the deep gullies, while BP (bogus philosopher) was hanging on for dear life. So things could be worse. | ||
| C • bench press 2 | ||
Friday Apr 11 | ||
| Note | |
| So it's time for an update on one of my clients. Here's the background.
First update -- there was a second act last year. After some back and forth on the phone with one of my ladies, the guy agreed to drop off his papers and come back and pick things up when it was done, thereby limiting our exposure to him. And so one day he is spotted pulling into the parking lot. And he is a very very large fellow, and he drives a rather small car, and it takes a fair bit of effort and also a fair bit of time for him to extract himself from the car. This of course is the kind of situation that just screams for a drive-through window, but much as I've suggested it, that hasn't yet happened. But anyway, he's parked, he's sitting there resting for a moment before he tries to get out of the car, so, purely in the interests of good customer service, one of the ladies zips out there and fetches the papers, telling him just to stay put. And I crucnch the numbers and a few minutes later she goes back out to get his signatures and collect the fee. A vastly improved method of dealing with him, because the report was that the aroma was just as pungent as ever. Second update -- which brings us to this year, and he's managed to make an appointment because someone didn't remember his name. And I'm too busy to cook up another plan to give him parking lot service, and then he's here, and he's already out the car and on his way in. And people are in various states of panic. He's sent right into my office, don't want him lingering any extra time, we're done in less than ten minutes but it's not fast enough, within the first minute or two the familiar aroma -- and it is familiar because, even after the passage of more than two years, it is so strong and so awful -- comes at me. And after a couple more minutes the phone rings and it's Gail, and I dash into another room to talk to her, taking several deep breaths, and then back into the office to finish up. And he's done and he's on his way out and I think, I have to say something, I don't care if I'm charging him $100 for at most 10 minutes work. So I wait until he is just outside and then I go after him and I tell him. Yup, tell him -- something like, "I have to tell you something, I don't know what it is, but you just smell really bad, and I'm not going to do your taxes next year unless you do something about it." And he mumbles something about being broke, which is true but which I ignore, and I add something to the effect of, you just have to do something. And I head back inside. I'm not sure what he was thinking, but he wasn't outwardly pissed. And I think I did the right thing. And when I told the ladies what I'd said, I got a standing O. :-) Just another day at the office.... | ||
| C • I know my advice is not alw... 9 | ||
| trail running 32:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics trail | ||
| Just a short trip up on the ridge, not a hard pace though it seems I'm breathing hard every time I go up hill.
No great expectations for the Billygoat other than to hopefully get around the course without physical or mental disaster. But at least the legs are slowly doing better. | ||
| nautilus 15:00 [1] | |
| Included one failed attempt at 14 stone and 4, plus 2 cubed Georges.
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Thursday Apr 10 | ||
| trail running 48:52 [4] | |
| shoes: Asics trail | ||
| On the ridge, to Sachem Head and back, just a trivial amount of ice left. Working hard, legs not totally dead.
Tried to talk JJ into joining me, but he had a hang glider on top of his car and dreams of a different sort of exercise. Getting some real nuts in the office, it's that time of year. Almost done.... | ||
| C • real nuts 1 | ||
Wednesday Apr 9 | ||
| trail running 41:16 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics trail | ||
| A lap around the golf course, all I had energy for. | ||
| nautilus 15:00 [1] | |
| Included a Valerie and 8 Georges. | ||
| C • Easier 3 | ||
Tuesday Apr 8 | ||
| trail running 59:04 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics trail | ||
| 13 hills loop in Greenfield. Beautiful day, snow/ice almost all gone (almost all gone from the golf course too, though at home the pile at the end of the driveway is still about 8' high). Hard work lugging the extra bags of sugar up the hills, but progress is progress.
Scared up a barred owl. Got my ticket to Stockholm for the Tiomila, same plane as Ross, Brendan, and Ken Sr. Get to visit Iceland twice, first time ever. | ||
| C • Iceland 11 | ||
Monday Apr 7 | ||
| nautilus 30:00 [1] | |
| trail running 32:15 [3] | |
| weight:143lbs shoes: Asics trail | ||
| On Greenfield ridge, just a little bit of ice left, getting to be real nice conditions. Legs were tired to start but then no worse, good to get out and do something after the long weekend.
Then a visit to another doctor, this one a get-acquainted visit prior to a colonoscopy at the end of the month, yet another joy of getting older. The one moment of pleasure was the blood pressure reading, right after I ran, 116 over 62, and the "Oh, that's good" reaction of the nurse. | ||
Sunday Apr 6 | ||
| orienteering 1:22:33 [3] | |
| weight:143lbs shoes: integrators 2006 | ||
| Long Champs (or is it ultra-long, or extended, which sounds like maybe we're talking about pain medication). Bonehead mistake on the way to 1, rest was ok. Legs mostly ok.
I'll post the maps this evening, airport connection is fine for downloading, impossible for uploading. But, hey, it's free! ------- So here are my routes -- beginning and end, and middle. Don't know what happened on the way to #1. Wasn't quite sure where I was on the N-S trail, ran by the junction without seeing it, and carried on for a distressingly long time before coming to grips with what had happened. Rather bad way to start a run, halfway to first control and I'd already blown off 4 minutes or so. But I kept my head together pretty well. I'd seen Charlie before I started, he'd had an early start and said he ran 1:42, and Glen had run 1:23. So 1:23 was the goal, though I was not optimistic. It seemed to take a long time to get out to the SW part of the course, but at least I was making good progress. I got to #9 in 55 minutes, looked at what was left and figured 20 minutes to #10 was the best I could do, if that, and another 10 minutes from 10 to the finish, so maybe 1:25 was possible. I entertained myself on the way to 10 by setting up time goals to various intermediate points and seeing if I could meet them -- and that kept me plugging along, did the leg in 19:50, getting there at 1:15. Over and down to the stream crossing, started up the hill at 1:20, maybe 1:23+ was possible, walked the steeper part, saw the flag from a ways below, looked at my watch, just past 1:21, grit the teeth and started running, rest of the way up the hill and a good effort right to the finish, 1:22:33. Excellent, except there were a couple other guys in a 1:22:15 or so. Oh, well, a good effort after a bad start, and a reminder that being tired or fat or out of shape is no reason not to put out 100% anyway. Orienteering has always been hard work. No reason to expect that to change. A really nice long weekend. Fine courses all three days and excellent company. | ||
| C • Basketball 4 | ||
Green - Ultra Long - Splits | ||
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