Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Ramblings ...

December is always a crazy time of the year for me at work so the next couple of posts will more than likely be of the bullet point variety as my brain is sort of fried:

- My wife, Annie, is on her way to Hawaii for the Honolulu Marathon. She is staying with a good friend from college, Deanna, who lives in HI and they are both running the race. So this means I am a Bachelor for the next eight days! When I was in my twenties this would have been the opportunity for lots of beer, crappy food, and 72-hour video game marathons. Now being in my mid-thirties it is the opportunity for a couple of extra naps and being a total recluse. How times have changed!

**MINI RACE REPORT**

- On Sunday my buddy Dave and I ran in the LaPorte by the Bay Half Marathon. I had my share of Sausage on a Stick (so good) and even got to meet the Maestro behind the BBQ'ing! I'll have a full race report up by the weekend. I ran the race with the goal of holding my Marathon Pace (per my training plan) and accomplished just that. I finished in 1:32:08 (7:02 pace) which was 19/890 overall and 2/47 in my age group. The AG award was a pint glass - best hardware ever!

- Next race is the Texas Half Marathon on New Year's Day. It is in my hometown on the greenbelt trails I run on all the time. My goal for this race is going to be around 1:28:00 - hopefully all the miles I am putting on this month will get me there.  All finishers of this race receive a 3lb pound finishers medal and a small plastic pig with your finishing position painted on the side!

- If you liked/disliked my last post about Barefoot Running then you may enjoy some of the rebuttal posts:

- Over the last couple of years I haven't really talked all that much about my choice of running shoe. Probably because I have tried so many!  But I have settled on a nice rotation and am working on a post about the shoes I am now using for training and racing and how each type is being used. Look for this in the next couple of days as the choices seem to go against conventional wisdom.

- Recently I have received quite a few emails about my current training plan. If you are interested it is linked in the top right hand corner of the blog. If you are interested in monotonous data my training logs are public so feel free to check them out. 

- I have been carefully following all of the GOP candidates running for President. At this point I have not made up my mind as to who will get my vote but the field has narrowed and right now I am leaning towards Tim Tebow. 

- One thing this "vetting" process has reconfirmed with me is that I cannot stand the media, especially cable news programs and left leaning newspapers. It is to the point that whatever they report (using this word loosely) my instincts tell me to believe the exact opposite. 

Thanks for Reading,

Jeff


24 comments:

  1. Sometimes it is nice to be a bachelor for a bit. Enjoy it! Nice work on the half Mary! That's a strong finish time, and I'm really rooting for you to get 1:28 on this next one. That 3lb medal sounds awesome! Good luck!

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  2. i have no thoughts whatsoever on barefoot running, so i cant comment on that, but why no beers / crab rangoons / mariokart? what kind of bachelor are you while your wife is gone?! ;)

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  3. I admit I always look forward to the wife and kids being gone, but it usually takes me about 4 hours to get bored and then I can;t wait for them to return! Life Large for those of us that can't Brother!

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  4. Hold on, why arnt you going to Hawaii and just sit on the beach all week long?!?!?!

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  5. Hope you enjoy your temporary bachelor status! Just make sure to do your laundry and the dishes before Anne gets back....a nice bouquet of roses on the kitchen table wouldn't hurt either ;)

    Great job on your recent Half Mary! You are a beast!

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  6. At least put that new pint glass to use during your Bachelorhood.

    I honestly think Tebow has the best chance at winning at this point.

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  7. The Republican candidate implosions have been horrifyingly interesting to watch, like a slo-mo crash. I'm still amazed that these "public figures" don't understand how their pasts are not secret in this technological age. Duh.

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  8. Wow..nice job on your 2nd place AG win!! I LOVE pint glasses as awards..they are sooo much better than lame plaques!

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  9. What a great 1/2 marathon! Now you can use your pint glass and watch some Steelers football!!!!

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  10. If Tebow ran, he would totally win. :)

    GO ANNIE!!

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  11. Buc-ees Binge! Buc-ees Binge! That's what I'd be doing. :) Congrats on the AG win at the half. The finisher's pig for the Texas Half Marathon sounds awesome!

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  12. Nice job on the race! And wait, why aren't you going to Hawaii?? LOL, I used to live there, and man do I miss it!

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  13. Watch the humidity Annie...
    Tebow and his running mate Mr. Rogers?

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  14. Best of luck to your wife! Enjoy taking some extra naps, I"m jealous. :)
    Congrats on your new hardware too, I love it when races have unique finisher medals or awards. Good luck with your next race too!

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  15. I like your idea about shoe rotation. I am going to incorporate that in my training. Kinda like muscle confusion... P90X (LOL remember those days).

    It would be awesome to see our next commander-in-chief "tebowing"!!!

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  16. Wait, how are you not going to hawaii?

    All I can say is that SNL tends to get good every 4 years.

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  17. Im in total agreement with BDD. Why no beach and fruity tropical drinks? I just played the spectator wife for a few days and trust me, IT WAS WORTH IT!!

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  18. Gooooooooo Tebow!

    If I were you, I would have hit up Hawaii as well...but the naps sound nice too.

    CONGRATS on your 2’nd place finish, yo!

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  19. Your wife has the right idea! I need to sign up for a Hawaiian race and leave my husband at home with the kids! Hope you enjoy the extra naps!

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  20. Tebow would win ALL the votes in Colorado except for 1......Mr John Elway who wouldn't vote for him if the dude went 19-0 and won a Super Bowl.

    C'mon John......do the Tebow when they clinch a playoff birth PLEASE!

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  21. Sausage on a stick!! Nuf said. Great job on holding marathon pace. Your running is coming along really, really well. I need to channel some of the Carrot running speed into my running so I can PR again at the 1/2 mary distance in Feb. So hard to do when you are also training for a 1/2 iron at the same time ...oh well.
    Enjoy your naps old man! Heh!

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  22. I love being a bachelor for a couple of days. It usually means Hardees in front of the TV with a beer or two. Good thing my wife always comes back; I'd weigh 500 pounds.

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  23. excellent ramblings
    and great luck to Annie!
    bachelordom plan sounds about right...and actually quite exciting...just wait til you get to be my age you'll be even lamer

    nice half and hardware!

    D

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  24. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't super jealous of Annie! :) Enjoy the naps!

    Dude... I thought you were going to take it "easy" at that half. Or is that your "easy" now? Great job!

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