First night run of the year tonight. Of course I have run plenty the past few months in the dark but this is really what I would call the first real night run of the year. The temps were comfortable and I only had to wear shorts and short sleeved shirt and my headlamp. Just a very easy and casual cruise through the park. Comfortable, relaxed, and happy.
This was also the second run of the day. The first was a nasty progression run followed with hill repeats. Melissa rode her bike and joined me so that made it a lot of fun. She even did the hill repeats with me!
Today was bifurcated due to meetings at the office this afternoon. So my "day" looked like this... sleep till noon, run, go to office, come home, eat dinner, sleep some more, run again, then shower and work. Crazy, right?
But today is day four and I have only a few hours left on the clock. Long ride for Thursday and I am looking forward to it. I might try Old Stage/Gold Camp and stuff. We will see. I have managed my first week back post vacation and am feeling pretty good. There is the possibility that I could be going back to days come June but I doubt it. Actually I am sort of hoping to stay where I am for the rest of the year. It took two months of pain to figure it out but now that I have it dialed in I am comfortable more or less.
And the upside to staying on is that when it does get warmer in a few weeks I can run late at night on my breaks and do even more night running this summer.
I really have never understood the entire fascination with all things Pirate so I really enjoyed this skit from Robot Chicken. Warning, probably NSFW.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Magic Mike
Today turned out well. Late, late, damned near afternoon start for my ride but I got it done. Started out with great weather but then ended up in rain, hail, sleet and wind up on the USAFA. Saw a huge snake but not sure what it was exactly. I have contacted my goto snake expert K.S. for identification.
27.5 miles in 1:46. Came home looking like the victim of a shotgun blast as both myself and the bike were completely covered in red/clay/mud.
Slept pretty good then woke up this evening and ventured upstairs. Melissa was sitting on the couch and of course I announced that I was awake and asked where my dinner was...
No response...
I said, "Hey... where's my dinner?" Again, No answer... WTF? Maybe she took my joking too seriously?
So I see she has her headphones in and is watching something on her laptop so she wasn't ignoring me on purpose so that's good. She tells me to come over and that she wants me to see something. I am sure by now you know where THIS is heading...
So I have seen things this evening that I never needed to see. EVER. Mathew McConaughey in a leather harness and cowboy hat... and some other dude break dancing... all the while wondering again... WTF??? And is there some man-card board that I need to contact to notify of this gross violation or possibly even surrender my card... Forever.
Finally it ended and I asked Melissa what the hell was that and why did I have to watch it??? She said she liked it and that it was pretty freaking hot.
I replied, "You know what is hot honey? You washing my bike! Now THAT would be hot."
I had fun cleaning the kitchen tonight.
27.5 miles in 1:46. Came home looking like the victim of a shotgun blast as both myself and the bike were completely covered in red/clay/mud.
Slept pretty good then woke up this evening and ventured upstairs. Melissa was sitting on the couch and of course I announced that I was awake and asked where my dinner was...
No response...
I said, "Hey... where's my dinner?" Again, No answer... WTF? Maybe she took my joking too seriously?
So I see she has her headphones in and is watching something on her laptop so she wasn't ignoring me on purpose so that's good. She tells me to come over and that she wants me to see something. I am sure by now you know where THIS is heading...
So I have seen things this evening that I never needed to see. EVER. Mathew McConaughey in a leather harness and cowboy hat... and some other dude break dancing... all the while wondering again... WTF??? And is there some man-card board that I need to contact to notify of this gross violation or possibly even surrender my card... Forever.
Finally it ended and I asked Melissa what the hell was that and why did I have to watch it??? She said she liked it and that it was pretty freaking hot.
I replied, "You know what is hot honey? You washing my bike! Now THAT would be hot."
I had fun cleaning the kitchen tonight.
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| Just last week. Damn. |
What I Learned In Mexico
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| I guess there is more than one way to phrase it. It's an old and faded decal on our fishing boat. |
Anyway... two days down this week... two more to go. Dentist checkup this morning and then a two hour ride and then I get to crash for a bit. If I can make it through this week I am sure all will be fine.
If not, I might be leaning on Melissa extra hard to sell off everything, say the hell with the world, load up the Jeep, and run away back to Mexico.
No Nuts. No Glory.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Coming Home
Sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for transpo to the airport.... what a week it has been. I have to say that hands down this was the best vacation ever. I've been to Cozumel before and to various places in Mexico lots of other times but this trip trumps them all. The weather, the resort, the food, all the stuff that Melissa and I got to do... it was definitely a great week.
I managed to get in 70 miles running down here this past week too. Kicked my ass it did. I didn't get to run on as many softer surfaces as I would have liked so there was a lot of running on pavement. Wind was always a factor as well. Either inbound or outbound there would always be a strong headwind one way or the other to buck. But it was actually better running into the wind as it caused an evaporative/cooling effect. Running with the wind to your back was at least ten degrees warmer it seemed.
About mile fifteen of yesterday's twenty mile run I started hearing a strange squishing noise. Then I realized what it was. I had completely soaked through my socks and shoes. Water was dripping down the sides of the shoes... I was actually leaving footprints on the asphalt. That is is how much fluid I had been losing. I also drank about 100oz during that entire run too. Maybe even a touch more. It has been a great contrast to running in the crappy Colorado winter weather (which I hear we are still getting) but I don't know if I would ever be able to adapt to this kind of heat to train in on a regular basis.
The hotel we are staying at hosts a Triathalon every year... I would not be able to do it this year but I am not opposed to coming back and doing it again next year. Maybe, we will see. We are coming back as I definitely want to do more spearfishing and I want to see more of the other side of the island and there is so much more diving for Melissa to do. And we HAVE to do the Pirate Ship Dinner again...
But I am ready to go home too. I miss Asia and just being home. We have six weeks until the Leadville Marathon and then the fun really starts for the summer.
I need to download my other pics but here is the one from spearfishing on Monday. The guy in the camo wetsuit is Anibal the guide. He was a pro divemaster for ten years before becoming a spearfishing guide a year ago.
I managed to get in 70 miles running down here this past week too. Kicked my ass it did. I didn't get to run on as many softer surfaces as I would have liked so there was a lot of running on pavement. Wind was always a factor as well. Either inbound or outbound there would always be a strong headwind one way or the other to buck. But it was actually better running into the wind as it caused an evaporative/cooling effect. Running with the wind to your back was at least ten degrees warmer it seemed.
About mile fifteen of yesterday's twenty mile run I started hearing a strange squishing noise. Then I realized what it was. I had completely soaked through my socks and shoes. Water was dripping down the sides of the shoes... I was actually leaving footprints on the asphalt. That is is how much fluid I had been losing. I also drank about 100oz during that entire run too. Maybe even a touch more. It has been a great contrast to running in the crappy Colorado winter weather (which I hear we are still getting) but I don't know if I would ever be able to adapt to this kind of heat to train in on a regular basis.
The hotel we are staying at hosts a Triathalon every year... I would not be able to do it this year but I am not opposed to coming back and doing it again next year. Maybe, we will see. We are coming back as I definitely want to do more spearfishing and I want to see more of the other side of the island and there is so much more diving for Melissa to do. And we HAVE to do the Pirate Ship Dinner again...
But I am ready to go home too. I miss Asia and just being home. We have six weeks until the Leadville Marathon and then the fun really starts for the summer.
I need to download my other pics but here is the one from spearfishing on Monday. The guy in the camo wetsuit is Anibal the guide. He was a pro divemaster for ten years before becoming a spearfishing guide a year ago.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Having A Great Time
Speared my first fish this morning. The largest trigger fish out of the group of us on the boat. And that is what I had for lunch. Great tasting, delicate fish. Hope to get another one when I go again on Thursday. Spearfishingtoday.com
Enjoying the trip so far. I have run twice, a three miler and a 20 miler... Melissa has even ran with me some. She went diving this morning and saw a pretty big nurse shark she said. I didn't see any sharks today which is a good thing because spear gun or not, I don't want to be anywhere close to any sharks, really, ever.
The resort is pretty cool. It is an all inclusive and in the past I have not been too impressed with all inclusive setups but this one is nice... Seems they are interested in providing more for you than just the basics that you pay for. For instance, they cooked my fish for me today and made a great presentation of it. I also think that they thought it was neat that I came in the restaurant carrying this big assed dead fish that I got just an hour earlier.
Running down here is the greatest. So much to see and take in. On yesterday's run I saw shades of blue in the water that I guess I never could of imagined. Just beautiful. And bonus! No snow!
Enjoying the trip so far. I have run twice, a three miler and a 20 miler... Melissa has even ran with me some. She went diving this morning and saw a pretty big nurse shark she said. I didn't see any sharks today which is a good thing because spear gun or not, I don't want to be anywhere close to any sharks, really, ever.
The resort is pretty cool. It is an all inclusive and in the past I have not been too impressed with all inclusive setups but this one is nice... Seems they are interested in providing more for you than just the basics that you pay for. For instance, they cooked my fish for me today and made a great presentation of it. I also think that they thought it was neat that I came in the restaurant carrying this big assed dead fish that I got just an hour earlier.
Running down here is the greatest. So much to see and take in. On yesterday's run I saw shades of blue in the water that I guess I never could of imagined. Just beautiful. And bonus! No snow!
Friday, May 3, 2013
Do Epic Shit
Or at a minimum something moderately impressive...
Cobbled together a strange ride today. Soon I hope to be able to ride above 8K without dealing with snow or even having to think about... 10K would be even better. Anyway, the goal for the day was four hours with three nasty little 20 minute intervals thrown in for good measure... Problem was finding enough hills and distance overall to fill four hours with the the weather we had earlier in the week...
So, in short... North Cheyenne Canon, Lower Gold Camp, down Skyway, up Skyway, Red Rocks, Manitou, Barr Trail, GOG then home via Stinson trail and MVP....
Leaving in the morning for Cozumel for a week. Finally. I hope for better riding conditions up higher when I get back. Hell I hope for better running conditions too. All I know is for the next week I will be running a ton of flat stuff at sea level in monster heat and humidity and I can't frickin wait!
Spearfishing Monday and Wednesday, lots of running, sitting on the beach, reading, smoking awesome Cuban Cigars and checking out ruins that are older than I can really fathom. Awesome. Just Awesome!
Cobbled together a strange ride today. Soon I hope to be able to ride above 8K without dealing with snow or even having to think about... 10K would be even better. Anyway, the goal for the day was four hours with three nasty little 20 minute intervals thrown in for good measure... Problem was finding enough hills and distance overall to fill four hours with the the weather we had earlier in the week...
So, in short... North Cheyenne Canon, Lower Gold Camp, down Skyway, up Skyway, Red Rocks, Manitou, Barr Trail, GOG then home via Stinson trail and MVP....
Leaving in the morning for Cozumel for a week. Finally. I hope for better riding conditions up higher when I get back. Hell I hope for better running conditions too. All I know is for the next week I will be running a ton of flat stuff at sea level in monster heat and humidity and I can't frickin wait!
Spearfishing Monday and Wednesday, lots of running, sitting on the beach, reading, smoking awesome Cuban Cigars and checking out ruins that are older than I can really fathom. Awesome. Just Awesome!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Today's Ride
Decent ride today on the Cannondale. Made a slight adjustment on a cleat last night that made a huge difference. I think if I tweak the saddle just a bit it might compensate enough for the handle bar reach and it will be 100% dialed in. Overall really liking that bike. Maybe even more than like. The wind today... that was another matter. Bring on the 90 degree days, bring on the drought and water restrictions... but dear god, no more of this wind!
Rode for an hour and half mid day. Glad to get it in before the weather moves in tonight.
Followed that up with a nice walk with Asia in the park and Cohiba Siglo II. Made sure she got a long walk in today as well before the weather moves in... I have a feeling we won't be going outside much tomorrow for anything except maybe to shovel snow.
Today I weeded in the front yard and tomorrow I will probably be shoveling snow... damn this spring has been manic as hell.
Melissa comes home tomorrow. I am probably going to end up losing our challenge. I didn't drop any weight really but managed to maintain so I guess that is still good. We won't know until the final weigh in. We talked today and both agreed these trips of her's get really old after a week. She had White Castle today... I won't comment anymore on that... But still, compared to the fall this has been a snap and after she gets back we have a really fun summer ahead of us starting with a Rockies game on the 18th after we get back from Mexico. Nice.
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