Training Archive: randyIn the 7 days ending 2007-10-14:
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Sunday Oct 14 | ||
| orienteering race 42:27 [3] 4.85 km (8:45 / km) | |
| egelmans green
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| orienteering race 12:45 [3] 1.63 km (7:49 / km) | |
| egelmans sprint
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| C • "I wonder if that is normal at this stage?" 3 | ||
Friday Oct 12 | ||
| running (trail/XC) 55:36 [3] 10 km (5:34 / km) | |
| joy loop 2
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Thursday Oct 11 | ||
| running (trail/XC) 1:00:57 [2] 10 km (6:06 / km) | |
| misery loop 1
Nice easy pace today; have not been feeling well. Also possibly saving for TNT, but the schedule seems to be in flux, and I am totally clueless what the upshot is. Was supposed to be loop 2 today but totally missed the turnoff and didn't realise it for another 10 minutes. Not much difference really. Missed the turnoff as I'm in space, having alot on my mind -- thinking of 2 disparate things. First, an article in the current issue of SFO Magazine is suggesting that the stock market is presently in a "mania", putting up graphs of tulip mania, south sea bubble, etc., along with a modern chart (and conviently mixing and matching logarithmatic and arithmatic scales, I might add). I'm not convinved, but not totally ruling it out of hand either. It must be pointed out that the author is a Robert Prechter disciple, who has been calling for calamity for over 20 years; even a broken clock is right twice a day. And I know Helicopter Ben will keep me safe. There's more to write about on this subject, but I'm confident the above is plenty blather enough, but interesting to contemplate in the now cool fall air. My thoughts are that we may be in a problem for systemic reasons, not necessarily fundamental or traditional reasons, but I'll leave it at that. The other is the ongoing decision as to whether or not to resign from sanctioning. I'm leaning that way, but am giving myself 'til the US champs to make the decision, so I can notify Clare in person if that is my decision. Forgetting all the previous hassles, the latest making its rounds is the suggestion of more hassles for sanctioning to support the "for profit non-chartered" entities that are coming down the pike and may request sanctioning to conduct and market races within USOF. Its not my idea of being a totally unpaid volunteer to take on more hassles so that someone else is enabled to make a buck, especially when the job is already thankless, hassle-rife, and with no upside. I continue to wrestle with the question of -- is this a rational or cynical position -- and continue to have doubts of the former by the fact that I seem to be the only one to find this untenable, or have at least voiced those concerns. OTOH, I've never been afraid to say "the emperor has no clothes" when perhaps others haven't been thinking about it as clearly as it may not be affecting them so much. Anyway, as it stands now, I'm inclined to refuse to take on more hassle to support "for-profit non-chartered" entities. and am more than willing to pass the torch on to someone who has no such reservations. Now, if USOF was willing to pay me a bit, sort of spread this profit around a bit, as it were, that would be a different kettle of fish. But, the latest proposed budget doesn't seem to indicate that USOF is thinking in that direction, at least in my case. I guess when it comes to capitalism, what comes around should go around. As my brother-in-law says -- "capitalism is a sucky system, but its the best one we've got". Thinking a bit more about volunteerism -- my idea is that it is sort of a community -- everyone helps out were needed, the community, in theory, thrives, and there are mutual benefits. Yeah, sanctioning is a sucky, train wreck of a hellacious job, but I'll do it because I can at least be transparent, efficient, ethical, and whatever the 4th tenet was, and somone like Gary Graght can deal with insurance, because he's really good at that, and so on. But, for some people to make money off the system, and for others to endure hassles for free simply doesn't seem to fit that model. And if someone argues (correctly, I suppose), well, that's capitalism, and we are providing services that fill a void and therefore deserve to be compensated, should the sanctioning chair make the same argument? Well, it depends if the market can replace the sanctioning chair with the same level of skill at the same or lower demanded wage (or accept inferior skill at inferior requested wage (or possibly, shudder to think, get superior skill at inferior wage :-) )). All great in theory, but something I simply don't want to think about or deal with (I mean, this is a hobby after all), and the first time I'm asked to verify the insurance carraige of one of these entites, for example, is when the rubber would hit the road. Best to be gone long before that happens. It amazes me that USOF wants to go down this road without even addressing the volunteer crisis in any way. Forgetting my blather, a quick glance of the incomplete list of page 11 of the latest ONA hilights what I'm getting at. Oh well, way more blather than I can bear. This will be for others to decide, and rational people to deal with it. And back to the market -- Reportedly, the decline is due to European inflation warnings made by Axel Weber, a European Central Bank Council (ECB) member. Weber stated that although the ECB has temporarily paused its rate hikes, in his opinion the ECB may need to raise rates to a "restrictive" level. Gee, that ought to be good for the greenback. Is Helicopter Ben reading the news? Cynical or rational, you decide :) | ||
| C • TNT 1 | ||
| C • What's blather to you could... 1 | ||
Wednesday Oct 10 | ||
| running (trail/XC) 57:41 [3] 10 km (5:46 / km) | |
| joy loop 2
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Tuesday Oct 9 | ||
| running (trail/XC) 1:00:18 [3] 10 km (6:02 / km) | |
| misery loop 1
ok, I love the heat, but hazy hot and humid is starting to wear a bit thin as we run into mid october. I love the crisp fall air more. Will we have any this season? | ||
| C • cool air 2 | ||