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Running:
February is finally over. The weather was pretty strange this month. Nothing really uncomfortably cold, just cold and nothing even approaching a warm day. None the less it turned out to be a pretty good month of running. This week I was able to reach 70 miles again. This is the first time I have gone 70 or more miles three weeks in a row since I started marathon training back in 2004. The scarry thing is I feel good. I hope this means good things in the coming months. To recap Friday I got out for 6.5 miles in the morning and then 5 miles during my lunch break at work. Total running time 1:34:56. On Saturday I made it out for 15 miles in 2:3:44. This is the same route I've run several Saturday's this year. It was the fastest I've run this so far. This was despite the freezing drizzle that was falling almost the whole time. Parts of the roads were very slippery. I knew I needed 15 more to get to 70 for this week. I started early and did 6.5 on the treadmill and then ran my favorite outside loop for 8.5 to make it to my goal. Total running time on Sunday for the 15 was 2:03:08.
Through 2/28:
WTD 70
MTD 241.5
YTD 485
ODO 25651
Gardening:
This weekend I got to burning a large pile of brush I had accumulated since last spring. Lots of twigs and branches from a maple tree I cut down and from pruning several others. When the flame got going it was quite a fire. I think a couple of rabbits aren't happy at the moment that their house is gone. Also got a start on pruning my fruit trees. Still have quite a few to go, but I should have at least a month to get it done.
Running:
This past Monday I took a very much needed off day from running. I managed to get about 30 minutes on the bike and did weights and stretching. I will never be able to have a long running streak like I did a few years ago with large weeks like the last couple. I just can't handle it anymore. Tuesday I got a morning run in before work. I ran 11 miles in 1:36:10. Wednesday I ran my hill repeat workout again. 7.5 total miles in 1:5:52. I took music with me for running the hills for a little motivation. The snow was coming down so hard during parts of this run I couldn't see the top or bottom of the hill at times. Thursday I ran 3 miles at 7 minute pace on the treadmill in the morning and then ran 7 during my lunch break. 10 total miles in 1:21:52.
So for the week I'm up to 28.5, for the month up to 200, for the year 444.
A couple of years ago when I was in India we had for a period of time a Sikh driver. I found some of the music he was listening to quite interesting. I came to find out it was called Punjabi music. Most of it has a very heavy beat. As with any music you can find faster or slower, but I thought some of the faster stuff might work out for running. Before I left I had some help picking out a couple of CD's, and since one of the guys has brought some more for me to pick from. I have loaded up on my iPod a folder of this music that I sometimes use for a change of pace. Here are a couple of examples of the music. I have no idea what the words mean and for me and probably most Americans the videos are kind of lame, but you will get an idea of what I'm talking about. Close your eyes and just imagine running to it. What do you think?
Punjabi with rock beat
Punjabi with typical beat
Running:
Catching up on this weekend. I was able to get in my first 20 miler of 2010 on saturday. There was about an inch of snow on the ground here when I got up in the morning. I knew getting 20 outside would be tough so I improvised a bit. I got an early start and first ran 9 miles on the treadmill. I then took about five minutes to change, refuel and hydrate a bit and headed out on the road. The 11 miles on the road turned out OK. Doing it this way made it seem to go by faster I think. Overall it took me about 2 hrs and 50 minutes to run all 20. This morning I got out for an additional 8.5 in 1:11:55. So this week I ran 6 days, but my total for the week was still just a bit higher than last week. With a full week to go it should be no problem going over 200 miles for February.
WTD 71
MTD 172
YTD 415
ODO 25581
More snow is expected over night and into tomorrow. It will be a good day for a rest/crosstraining day. I'm just ready for winter to be done with. The 15 day forecast doesn't show much warming either. Looking at the trails at Lapham this weekend I have no idea how they will be in shape to run on by the end of March for the Trailbreaker marathon. Last year I was out practicing on the trails by the first weekend in March.
Hunting:
I saw this interest quiz and thought I would post it for my hunting friends. I think I'm close to being a full fledged geek!
The Everyday Hunter’s Deer Hunting Geek Test
Everybody knows the word “geek.” It’s a slang term, and one definition says it describes “a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc.”
That three letter abbreviation, “etc.,” means we have more geeks than just computer geeks. There are all kinds of geeks, so I probably don’t need to tell you that we have some deer hunting geeks around, hunters who are peculiar, odd, and obsessed about deer.
I’ve devised a little test to help you determine if you’re a deer hunting geek. (Circle the ones that describe you.)
1. You have copies of deer hunting magazines on your bedside table, your coffee table, your kitchen table, your desk, your workbench, your floor, your TV, and in your bathroom, your truck, your briefcase, plus a half dozen stacks of them around your house – and none of them ever gather dust.
2. Deer hunting websites are the most prominent bookmarks on your computer.
3. Your idea of dinner and a movie is venison burgers and a deer hunting video.
4. You never ask before you show someone a picture of your most recent buck -- and only AFTER that, you might ask “Wanna see pictures of my kids, too?”
5. Your family photo has a date and time stamp across the bottom, along with the logo of your trail camera.
6. You have to think for a minute about how old your kids are, but you can tell at a glance whether a buck is 1½, 2½ or 3½ years old.
7. You schedule next year’s deer season vacation time early – with a written request on December 1.
8. You’re driving down the road on an October evening, gaze out the passenger side window and say, “What a beauty!” and the pretty lady sitting in the passenger’s seat knows you’re not looking at or talking about her.
9. You hardly ever mow your yard because it takes all day to move your 3D archery targets.
10. You’re trying to invent a way to remodel your lawnmower into a tree stand.
11. Your idea of bad timing is having a child born during deer season.
12. You wonder why Chanel No. 5 is so expensive, but never question the price of doe urine.
13. You think every antler you see is the most fascinating thing you’ve ever seen.
14. When you tell someone you went hunting for shed antlers on April Fool’s Day, they say, “Figured as much.”
15. You carry your own swizzle stick to parties -- an antler you found that was shed by a spike buck.
16. You keep notes about your deer hunts in a safe deposit box at the bank.
17. You have a list of things you’d be willing to trade to a landowner for exclusive permission to hunt, and your firstborn is at the top.
18. You hunt near home, and refer to home as your “lodge” or “camp.”
19. Deer meat – it’s what’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Between meals, you snack on jerky.
20. You floss your teeth with deer hair.
Score yourself:
15-20 – No doubt about it – you’re a certifiable deer geek.
10-15 – People think you’re a deer geek, and with a little more effort you’ll be certifiable.
5-10 – People know you’re a deer hunter, but you’re at no risk of being a geek.
0-5 – You’re not serious about deer hunting. You must be a geek about something else.
