Monday, December 22, 2008

Dec 7-Dec 21: Running, Riding, Working, and Listening Pleasures

Busy work schedules, holidays, and heavy workout goals make blogging difficult to get in. So, it has been awhile since I updated. I should be prognosticating about all kinds of things and laying out the new year. But, I am not prepared or burden free enough to just let lose. So, here's an update of my recent podcast listening and exercise...

Podcast Listening Update

Data

December 21, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Brownell-Shades Creek
Running
Distance: 17 Miles
Time: 2:369:42
Heart Rate: 142
Pace: 9:23
Weather: Clear
Temperature-42°
Humidity-28%
Route

December 19, 2008: Demopolis, AL
Cycling
Distance: 24.91 Miles
Time: 1:24:39
Heart Rate: 129
Speed: 17.66
Weather: Overcast
Temperature-72°
Humidity-61%
Route

December 19, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 7.04 Miles
Time: 1:05:19
Heart Rate: 1356
Pace: 9:16
Weather: Overcast
Temperature-71°
Humidity-66%

December 18, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 6.19 Miles
Time: 56:26
Heart Rate: 144
Pace: 9:07
Weather: Overcast
Temperature-66°
Humidity-87%

December 17, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 10 Miles
Time: 1:31:13
Heart Rate: 145
Pace: 9:06
Weather: Overcast
Temperature-63°
Humidity-88%

December 16, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 7.02 Miles
Time: 1:04:22
Heart Rate: 144
Pace: 9:10
Weather: Rain
Temperature-45°
Humidity-87%

December 14, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Brownell-Shades Creek
Running
Distance: 15 Miles
Time: 2:29:08
Heart Rate: 135
Pace: 9:54
Weather: Partly cloudy
Temperature-42°
Humidity-70%
Route

December 12, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 7.05 Miles
Time: 1:04:36
Heart Rate: 141
Pace: 9:09
Weather: Clear
Temperature-36°
Humidity-70%

December 11, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 3.02 Miles
Time: 26:28
Heart Rate: 144
Pace: 8:45
Weather: Light rain
Temperature-43°
Humidity-86%

December 10, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 9.13 Miles
Time: 1:23:17
Heart Rate: 146
Pace: 9:07
Weather: Rain
Temperature-62°
Humidity-93%

December 9, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 7.02 Miles
Time: 1:02:35
Heart Rate: 151
Pace: 8:54
Weather: Clear
Temperature-72°
Humidity-56%

December 7, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Brownell-Shades Creek
Running
Distance: 13.07 Miles
Time: 1:59:31
Heart Rate: 151
Pace: 9:08
Weather: Clear
Temperature-46°
Humidity-21%
Route

Sunday, December 07, 2008

Nov. 25-Dec 6: Running, Riding, Working, and Listening Pleasures

Man, where does time go? I can't seem to keep up with anything anymore. I remember being bored when I was young. Now, it doesn't matter whether its work, hobby, family or other category the gap between the lists of want to do versus gets done seem to get wider at an exponentially rate. Time, slow down and let me catch up! OK, it ain't gonna happen.

The training for Mercedes is going well. I feel strong and motivated on every run. I didn't ride on the November 29th due to rain and fear of sliding on curving mountain roads. But, other than that I have been on my work outs like I should. I am using a new log site call mapmytri as suggested by a friend of mine. It logs things pretty much like I do here, but only requires me to put in the data. It also updates Facebook and Twitter. And, it imports from my Garmin 305. I like it. Now, if I could just embed the data in a format similar to the one I use below based on a date range; it would be totally awesome. I ran another sub 47 minute 10K (see below). Man, is there a chance that sub 47 is now my norm. That would be awesome.

Work is hectic, as usual. But, I am enjoying what I am doing and learning. I do wish I had more time to relish the experience. It is business and we don't seem to allow relishing per so when there is $ involved. By "we", I mean our society, not my employ. I'm working with social software, Java, and enterprise software. Specifically, I'm looking at Alfresco, Liferay, MySQL and various other open stacks. All the intersections of requirements, technologies, and solutions makes for very interesting work.

Podcast Listening Update

Data

December 6, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Oak Mountain State Park
Cycling
Distance: 23.9 Miles
Time: 1:26:54
Heart Rate: 135
Speed: 16.5
Weather: Overcast
Temperature-36°
Humidity-59%
Route

December 5, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 8.02 Miles
Time: 1:09:07
Heart Rate: 152
Pace: 8:37
Weather: Clear
Temperature-39°
Humidity-49%

December 3, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 9 Miles
Time: 1:23:17
Heart Rate: 146
Pace: 9:07
Weather: Clear
Temperature-53°
Humidity-57%

December 2, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 6.08 Miles
Time: 54:51
Heart Rate: 146
Pace: 9:01
Weather: Clear
Temperature-33°
Humidity-85%

November 30, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Brownell-Montclair
Running
Distance: 17 Miles
Time: 2:37:14
Heart Rate: 141
Pace: 9:14
Weather: Overcast
Temperature-51°
Humidity-89%
Route

November 28, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 4 Miles
Time: 36:19
Heart Rate: 143
Pace: 9:04
Weather: Mostly cloudy
Temperature-57°
Humidity-87%

November 27, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Montclair Run 10K
Running
Distance: 6.27 Miles
Time: 46:44
Heart Rate: 164
Pace: 7:27
Weather: Overcast
Temperature-48°
Humidity-71%
Route

November 26, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 9.1 Miles
Time: 1:23:20
Heart Rate: 146
Pace: 9:09
Weather: Clear
Temperature-30°
Humidity-85%

November 25, 2008: Birmingham, AL
Neighborhood
Running
Distance: 4 Miles
Time: 37:34
Heart Rate: 145
Pace: 9:23
Weather: Clear
Temperature-32°
Humidity-88%