08/28/07: 3 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I listened to the Daily Source Code during this early morning run. I was saddened and amused to hear Adam tell of his accidental dropping of his iPhone into the soiled bowl of his toilet. I hope it comes back to function, but he doesn't sound hopeful. I am hoping that my pace is a reflection of recent illness and not a developing pattern. I am about 4-5 pounds lighter than last week. So, I think I was sicker than I thought.

Data

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:57
Heart Rate:	141
Pace:	9:39
Weather:	Cloudy Temperature-75° Humidity-87%

08/26/07: 8.65 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I put the iPod on shuffle, grabbed the bluetooth attachment and headset and off I went for the early morning run. Judy hosted a party so she knew in advance that she would not be able to make this early morning run. So, to save time I simply ran from the house instead of the usual Brownell trip. I ran ok. I saw several cyclists on C-41 and traffic was very light. I came across a middle-aged woman (hum, guess that would mean my age) do Tai Chi (at least I think it was Tai Chi). I thought that was very cool. She had found an isolated spot along the back road leaving our neighborhood.
The rest of the day was not to go so well. One of the reasons I chose to run from home was to save time to permit me to work. I had to mow the yard after the run especially since my wife had a plan for a social gathering later today. I had to take significant breaks between portions of the yard work and when I finished I was completely fatigued. I also had diarrhea. I was sick for the entire rest of the day. I didn't eat or get out of bed. I did not get any work done. :(
And, the Motorokr bluetooth headset appears to have broken. Arghhhhhh. Can't turn it on or off.

Data

Distance:	8.65 Miles
Time:	1:24:28
Heart Rate:	151
Pace:	9:45
Weather:	Mostly cloudy Temperature-74° Humidity-97%
Route

08/25/07: 3 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I put the iPod on shuffle and let the music flow for this run. Lots of people were out and around the lake this morning. I received 2 interesting text messages from AT&T. The national press and the Internet caught on to an amusing video about someone's iPhone bill. It came in a box. I received the following text message:

Makes you think the video was definitely genuine. What a hoot!

Data

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:58
Heart Rate:	151
Pace:	9:19
Weather:	Clear Temperature-75° Humidity-87%

08/23/07: 6 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I listened to the Phedippidations and the lastest Daily Source Code during this morning run. Despite Adam's opportunity to interview his Uncle Don, ex-CIA and a person who like's George Bush, Sr. but not George W. Adam has been hyping this interview for a very long time. It appears that the avenue to the content now is though PodShow Press. I do wish Adam and his uncle would simply quit baiting and start delivering. Adam did read a book review written by his Uncle Don that sounded very interesting. The review included information about his uncle's life including information about his inductance into the CIA and such. More Adam, more!

Data

Distance:	6 Miles
Time:	57:33
Heart Rate:	152
Pace:	9:35
Weather:	Clear Temperature-78° Humidity-64%

08/21/07: 3 Mile Run: Farmington, CT

I listened to the latest Daily Source Code during this early morning run in Farmington, CT. The temperature was awesome. I forgot what it was like to run in cooler weather.

Data

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	26:58
Heart Rate:	Not measured (took the GPS thingy)
Pace:	8:59
Weather:	Clear Temperature-57° Humidity-90%
Route:	Route

08/19/07: 10.5 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I have to head off to Hartford, CT this morning so to maximize time, I ran from the house. Judy is at the beach so I would have lost an hour to go run alone at Brownell. I took the iPod and put it on shuffle and listened to music. The run felt great. I saw several other runners while out there. I thought about adding .5 miles to make for an even 11 miler, but decided to stay with the plan.

Data

Distance:	10.5 Miles
Time:	1:41:11
Heart Rate:	Not measured (took the GPS thingy)
Pace:	9:34
Weather:	Clear Temperature-79° Humidity-77%
Route:	10.5 Mile on CR41

08/14-15/07: Runs While Onsite in Columbia, SC

I spent the work week in Columbia and got in a couple of runs as shown below. I listened to the latest Daily Source Code and Accident Hash episodes. I listened to episode 652 of the Daily Source Code on the way home by streaming it via the iPhone since the hotel's Internet connection was not working and I couldn't catch up with latest podcast subscriptions. Very cool! I was a bit nervous about some of the work stuff I had to get done and such for the week, but it all worked out and I should have worried less. I couldn't drive all the way home as I got too tired. So, I slept in the rental car for a few hours in a hotel parking lot.
I also had to stop at several places along the way so I could find a paper holder that my son insisted he needed me to get on my next trip. He selected one as a gift for me once. He was at my desk playing with it and insisted I write a note that next time I went on a trip, I needed to get him one. So, I did. I will put the note on flickr a little bit later.

Data

08/14/07: Blythewood, SC

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:01
Heart Rate:	Not measured
Pace:	9:00
Weather:	Clear Temperature-73° Humidity-79%
Route

08/15/07: Blythewood, SC

Distance:	6 Miles
Time:	57:01
Heart Rate:	Not measured
Pace:	9:30
Weather:	Partly Cloudy Temperature-73° Humidity-91%
Route

Finished Let It Be Morning

I finally finished this wonderful novel. I read Sayed's first novel as well. I assume that his writings represent a viewpoint that can only realistically be portrayed by someone who has experienced like in places like Gaza first hand. Further, he represents his protagonists as Arabs and from an Arab, all be it non-extremist, point of view. The stories are well written and quickly absorb one in the life's of those in the stories. I highly recommend his books.

8/12/07: 8.5 Mile Run: Brownell-Shades Creek Greenway

Judy made it today. She is under some pretty heavy duty stress (I won't say why). I hope I was a good friend and offered a good ear and reasonable advice. She is also battling what seems like some fatigue. The stress and the temperature probably have stacked the deck against her. So, she skipped the little out and back at the end of the trail and I finished the last 1.5 ahead of her. But, she was not that far behind. I sure hope her situation improves. She is a hard working, loyal, steadfast person that doesn't deserve any ill. I am happy for other parts of her life that have improved (think new fellow) :)

As for me, well I just ran a good steady pace with the sound of my conversation with Judy or the sound of my running. Prince was with Al DiMicco's group. First time I have seen him out with the Sunday crowd. I might have tried to show up earlier and ran with the big group had I known. But, I did get a chance to chat with him which was nice.

Data

Distance:	8.5 Miles
Time:	1:16:34
Heart Rate:	158
Pace:	9:00
Weather:	Clear Temperature-82° Humidity-55%
Route:	The usual 8.5 Miler

08/10/07: 3 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I listened to the Daily Source Code during this morning run. Nothing special to say today. Just knocking off the miles and trying to relief the stress from work.

Data

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:01
Heart Rate:	158
Pace:	9:00
Weather:	Clear Temperature-78° Humidity-74%

08/09/07: 6 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I listened to Phedippidations during this morning run. Good show, but the discussion based Dr. George Sheehan's, This Running Life, that explained significant portions of personality based on one's body type (endomorph, mesomorph, ectomorph) was a little too reductionistic in my opinion. The development of one's personality (well the rest of the person too really) is a result of a dynamic interaction between the person and its environment (all of it). One's body type influences the environment and vice versa. The range and pervasiveness on other variables in the environment is enormous. I suspect that a scientific investigation of personality and body type would reveal a much more tenuous relationship than that reported by Dr. Sheehan.

I listened to a Scott Berkun on a podcast and had to checkout a Scott's blog as a result of their description of Asshole Driven Development. What a hoot! I have been in software development for nearly 20 years and I was very amused by the satirical list of software development lifecycle methods.

Data

Distance:	6 Miles
Time:	56:31
Heart Rate:	154
Pace:	9:25
Weather:	Clear Temperature-78° Humidity-77%

08/07/07: 3 Mile Run: Blythewood, SC

I listened to Daily Source Code during this morning run. I didn't take the wireless headset given the recent woes with its use (see previous posts for my whining). The Garwin Timex system also screwed up, IMHO. I believe that you have to get the green light on the monitor indicating that you have established connection with the satellites before you indicate your desire to use the GPS services on the watch. I turned on the monitor, pressed the watches buttons to reset the values from the last run, selected distance as the GPS related metric to display, and I got the green light after awhile. Silly me; I pressed start and started running. After about a mile I looked at the watch and distance was 0.00. The GPS light was off. Arghhhhhh. Turned it on.

It started tracking distance. I guessed at a turned around point. I noted the time at the turn around. I figured I would just take the watch's end time - this midpoint value multiply by 2 and there you go. Well, using that mechanism showed I ran 7:10 pace! Yeah right.

Data

Distance:	3.2 Miles (estimate, validated on gMaps)
Time:	30:26
Heart Rate:	Not measured
Pace:	9:30
Weather:	Clear Temperature-78 Humidity-87%

08/05/07: 10.5 Mile Run: Brownell-Shades Creek Loop

No Judy. So, I put the iPod on shuffle for music, turned on the bluetooth, and put on the headset, ran 100 feet, and had to get the wired headset. There is nothing more frustrating than using high tech gear that just doesn't work at all. When it works this bluetooth and headset are great. No wire, easy control of the volume, start/pause, and skip to next track are wonderful. But, way too often I have to reset and reset hoping that the skiping and garbling stop. I think it boils down to "bluetooth sucks".

It was and felt like a slow run. I got a late start because we were up late thanks to a party at our house. I had 1 glass of red wine and I could feel it when I got up. That sucks too. But, I got the run in.

Data

Distance:	10.5 Miles
Time:	1:42:32
Heart Rate:	155
Pace:	9:45
Weather:	Clear Temperature-81° Humidity-69%
Route:	10.5 Mile Loop

08/03/07: 3 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I listened to Daily Source Code during this morning run. I have been using the iPod because I lost the TTY adapter for the iPhone. I love the iPhone, but I would like to know what f**king genius had the dumbass idea that a headset jack would be better if it wasn't standard. STUPID! I am going to have to order online as apparently the only Apple store in town here will never get anymore. I will be ordering 3 of them ($30) just so I can have one at the end of every wire I plug into the headset jack. Out of all of the irritants of this new device, this is the more irritating one.

Data

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:30
Heart Rate:	141
Pace:	9:30
Weather:	Clear Temperature-73° Humidity-76%

08/01/07: 5 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I listened to Daily Source Code during this morning run. I was just doing the usual multiple loop around the lake when I saw Prince and Larry coming down the road. So, I joined them and did 2 of the middle miles along C-41. It was good to see and chat with them. Then, I learned that I am 14 years older than both of them. I never really thought about it I guess. I find it hard to look in the mirror and see a guy that turns 50 this year.

Data

Distance:	5 Miles
Time:	48:12
Heart Rate:	149
Pace:	9:38
Weather:	Partly Cloudy Temperature-77° Humidity-74%

07/31/07: 3 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I listened to Daily Source Code during this morning run. It is hard to be chatty on a blog entry that you do days after the run. I don't remember what this morning was like.

Data

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:34
Heart Rate:	147
Pace:	9:31
Weather:	Clear Temperature-74° Humidity-82%