January 2009
mynameisbrian:
Twelve-and-a-half hours till ‘09 Chicago Marathon registration opens.
Good to see I’m not the only one…
What did I do?
Right now I am looking at marathon training schedules and deciding which one to pick. I am laughing as I move back and forth between the two that I have selected as potentials. Factoring in my work schedule, and now weekend track meets, this will prove to be quite the task when accomplish. The sheer volume of food consumed in the week after the previous marathon will be nothing when compared with...
From Dean's Blog on Runner's World
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS…
OK, it’s now official, we’ve hit rock bottom. No, wait, CNN just announced the worst is yet to come. Everywhere you turn, it’s doom and gloom. The only thing left, I guess, is levity. Nothing like a bit of farce to lift the spirits.
Below are some quotes from everyday heros, runner types. They may not get us out of our bind, but they’ll certainly help lighten the load:
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Closed
Shamrock Shuffle Registration is closed. Hope you got in if you wanted it.
If not… sucker
We can only hope for Chicago politics too!
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/01/snowflakes_shut_down_washingto.html
Got a future so bright I gotta wear shades/The sun...
I have one simple rule regarding sunglasses: Wear them all the time, year-round, blazing sun or no. Nine times out of 10, this will make you look instantly cooler. Shades are to a runner what a cig was to James Dean. And, hanging around in tights or split-leg shorts, we can use all the figurative cigarettes we can get.
via Runnersworld.com
I’m glad to see I’m not alone. She says...
Thin Mints and Office Politics
There’s a post on iReport.com regarding Girl Scout cookies and whether or not it is “ethical” for parents to be selling them at work (and if your boss tries to sell them to you what do you do.)
My answer is tell them to get the hell away from you. Unless there is a little girl standing there begging for your money, don’t buy it. When I had to sell crap, candy bars for...
This could get confusing
So I have confirmed that there is in fact a kid on the track team I’m coaching with the same name as me. Yep same first and last name. I thought it was the Cross Country guys playing a joke on me but it turns out that I gave them too much credit.
So the question is, do I encourage (read yell) at this kid more, or less based on his excellent name?
2009 Preliminary Race Schedule
freshprince:
I’m working on finalizing my 2009 race schedule.
Lake Havasu Triathlon (Collegiate regionals): March 21 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Collegiate Sprint Triathlon: April 19 in Lubbock, Texas.
Ironman Florida 70.3: May 19 in Orlando, Florida.
Ironman Kansas 70.3/(Collegiate nationals): June 14 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Pacific Coast Triathlon (Sprint national championship): July 26 in...
Let's Face it
We all know that Pimp Juice is a great song.
Go ahead and give it a listen… you’ve earned it.
Nike+
I’ve reached the 50+ mile marker on Nike+. I suppose I need to start wearing this more often because I know I’ve run a lot more than that since I got it. Oh, well.
18 workouts
50.63 miles
9’43” per mile
Need to use this on more long runs to “pad the stats”
1/25/09
internetrunningclub:
I wasn’t going to post my crappy, crappy run from yesterday but then I saw all the amazing runs everyone else has been having… and I felt like I needed to represent for the lame-os.
1.8 miles
8:40/mile
Intended to run 4 miles but FAILED FAILED FAILED. It was too cold, my lungs hurt and I just could not do it.
:(
Sometimes it ain’t happening. Tomorrow is another day.
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Mark your Calendar
Appearantly February 15-21 is National Engineers Week. This is the first I’ve heard of it… but you know… be sure to wish me a happy one and get me a present.
Does anyone else find this just slightly ironic?
“The Apple Inc. watershed product entered American consciousness amid fanfare, with a $1.5 million commercial, made by Ridley Scott, wowing audiences during Super Bowl XVIII. The piece’s title, “1984,” invoked author George Orwell’s message and stood as a warning against conformity.”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/23/apple.macintosh.anniversary/index.html
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When...
…are those meals in pill form that I’ve been seeing in the movies for so long finally gonna be ready.
Eating lunch at your desk is a truly disgusting display, and I’m going to start to hate myself for it.
The things I do...
…to be able to yell at high schoolers.
I have just realized that I will be giving up my every other Friday off schedule, along with nice lunches away from my desk in order to make a minimum of 40 hours a week and still be able to show up just in time for Track practice to start. From there I’ll need to eat dinner and get my own actual run in, since I’ll be coaching the...
Did you know?
That Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany?
Sorry to be a downer on a Monday morning.
“Its me! Richard Dreyfuss! I was in JAWS! I told you I didn’t want to wear...”
– SNL, Richard Dreyfuss trying out for the part of C-3P0
Via Runner's World (9 days until registration...
$125? For a Marathon?
Mark Remy
Here’s an e-mail I recently got from a reader. To protect his identity, let’s call him “Amby B.”
I just received the registration info for the 2009 Chicago marathon. They have increased this year’s registration fee to $125! Am I paying for [race sponsor] Bank of America’s bailout or what? Why such a huge increase, especially...
German Fun of which I was just reminded
Every Monday in High School, my german teacher, who we refered to simply as Frau,would ask us what we did that weekend. We all had our canned responses. I would always say I worked, and when asked where, I would say the movie theater (luckily one of the phases we learned, but was also true). From time to time my friend and I would work this one in.
Frau: Was habt dieses Wochenende gemacht? (i...
Don't remember this jam? Then get the fuck out. →
(via caryrandolph)
Nice! I just heard this on the radio yesterday!
Lemme Lemme upgrade ya
you know… like that terrible comcast commerical with Beyonce
I’ve been upgraded to a seeded start corral for the Shamrock Shuffle. Take that suckers in D!
Closer look?
Need a closer look at what makes me tick?
Go here to look at some personal conversations and how soaked in pop culture daily conversation really is with me.
http://awkillerreference.tumblr.com/
Start the Countdown
Midnight (CDT) February 1, 2009 registration opens for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon
What is with...
people who wash their hands before they go to the bathroom, but not after. Now, I understand that, especially in the industry in which I work (however, not in the office), that you get things on your hands that you probably don’t want lingering around in the most intimate of areas. So by all means, wash away! Get into the habit, the last thing you need is the NRC coming to quarentine your...
“The well dressed man is he whose clothes you never notice”
– William Somerset Maugham (via theimpossiblecool)
Inch kips
that’s a new one for me (don’t get me wrong I know what it means, just never seen those two together)
Wooo
My former track coach will be calling me today. I hated this man because he was such a sarcastic jerk… but then again that’s why I liked him. He is calling to offer me a job to be an assistant track coach. What will that team do with two sarcastic jerks coaching them?
Pretty exciting, but I was secretly hoping of not joining the team until the outdoor season…. I guess I better...
From GQ: In response to a question about stylish...
“I’m curious as to what was your rationale for the ratty tee before you entered the fit company of foxy ladies. Were you saving money? Were you practicing some kind of visual self-mortification, like the Jesuitical hair shirt? A man should always be well-dressed except when he is nude. One should dress for oneself, primarily, and not for others. If is a gift to others but an art and a...
nevermindthebolex:
Did anyone else secretly want Obama to go into Pullman’s speech from “Independence Day”?
YES! I WAS THINKING THAT!
Why is it...
… that almost every time I read GQ I agree with almost everything they say but then there is one line that makes me really mad? Probably cause I do 3/4 of the things “right” or close enough and then the fourth item I do the exact opposite. For example how they said not to listen to your father and always wear a full windsor… I put the magazine down at that point and decided...
Sartorial
Pronunciation: \sär-ˈtȯr-ē-əl, sə(r)-\ Function:adjective Etymology:Medieval Latin sartorDate:1823: of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes ; broadly : of or relating to clothes <poor sartorial taste>
Holy Crap
http://newslite.tv/2009/01/19/the-most-miserable-day-of-the.html
Thanks to Christian. I didn’t even realize this when I made my Blue Monday post. The stars are aligning
(play X Files theme)
Wishing I was in school today
I just got an email reminder from my school that there will be free soul food, among other things, to celebrate MLK day in the student center. This was pretty much the best day for free food give aways that my school had… and I’m jealous of everyone enrolled currently…
Blue Monday
A large percentage of my office is wearing blue shirts today, myself included. The thought of Blue Monday, either by New Order or Orgy, came into my head and gave me a smile. I wish I was at home so I could upload it here now….