Training Log Archive: cedarcreek

For the last few runs I've complained of being really winded when I start. Today was completely different.

I took off feeling light and fast. (Fast for me.) Normally I feel the worst around 200 or 300m from the start. Today---Nothing bad, just light easy floaty running. (Floaty for me.)

Normally I stop at least twice, even just to talk. Not today. Just kept plugging along. Yeah, it was a little bit of a slog, but I never felt like I had to stop or I was going to lose it, even at the top of the steepest section (which isn't really a big hill).

So---I had a great run today. I felt awesome. I completely cannot explain that. So---w00t!, I guess.

Quick run with Katie. Not too hot, but muggy. Again I started out very winded, but once I got going I felt better.

Indiana Jones 4: (1) Barely barely barely. It was cool, but I was disappointed. I have two specific complaints. First, after the first act, it needed a first step location where they advance the story, but where Indy loses something, and all hope appears lost. I suppose the graveyard scene is supposed to be this, but it's just not...enough. And second, the normal puzzle elements of the story seemed like complete afterthoughts. In the past, they've always drawn on bible stories or made up legends where they sell it as believable history. This one just didn't sell the intellectual part at all. I told my nephew it was a little better than the National Treasure movies, but not much, and he concurred.

After the Thin Man (1), from 1936. Very cool, very fun. While the best part of the movie is the banter between Nick and Nora, I am embarrassed to say that the most eyecatching part of the movie is a showgirl performance. While I'm certain the costumes passed the censors back in the day, they're almost fetish wear, in a leggy, poofy-short-skirt sort of way.

Event: US Team Trials
 

3 hours of chainsawing brush, trimming trees, and dragging the limbs to the curb. I'm gonna be sore tomorrow, but the place looks a lot better. I still have to dig the brush roots out of the ground, but I need to buy an axe for the roots. My old axe disappeared somehow. (I've actually had trouble finding one I like...)

Easy skate around the 'hood while Katie ran. I did one very fast 500m or so. I'll be up early to give a 7am presentation for which my charts are not yet completed. It's almost 11pm, so...I'm off to do charts.