70 Days Left
Weight: 198
Training Time: 18:55
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Today was supposed to be intervals. I got sidelined in my second set by rather severe stomach cramps and leg pain. Burger King was not being my friend this afternoon. I have to admit that my heart wasn't into it today, I accepted an articling position for next year with the firm I work for now and am quite excited about it. Look out criminal law, here I come!
I'm hoping to play water polo tomorrow with the UBC club team, they allow drop in players. We'll see how that goes. I'll keep you posted readers.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
71 Days Left
Weight: 198
Training Time: 18:35
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Got squashed by The Enemy today...again. I don't know if I'll ever learn my lesson. The fact is that I'm destined to lose to her for a little while longer. Of course, judgment day is coming, then we'll see who the real man is.
Off to ice my shins. Also, who was the anonymous reader who gave such a detailed explanation of how to tape my shins?
Weight: 198
Training Time: 18:35
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Got squashed by The Enemy today...again. I don't know if I'll ever learn my lesson. The fact is that I'm destined to lose to her for a little while longer. Of course, judgment day is coming, then we'll see who the real man is.
Off to ice my shins. Also, who was the anonymous reader who gave such a detailed explanation of how to tape my shins?
Monday, June 26, 2006
72 Days Left
Weight: Forgot to weigh in!
Training Time: 18:05
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Another day, another run. Today I had one of my best runs ever. The pace was smooth and brisk, the pain was tolerable, life was good. My heart rate stayed a little on the low side (mid 150s for the first 3/4), but I didn't see a need to push it too much, I was making great time. Now that I measure my distance I think I made average time, but still, the run was great, the pace was good...Damn you all if you don't believe me!
Weight: Forgot to weigh in!
Training Time: 18:05
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Another day, another run. Today I had one of my best runs ever. The pace was smooth and brisk, the pain was tolerable, life was good. My heart rate stayed a little on the low side (mid 150s for the first 3/4), but I didn't see a need to push it too much, I was making great time. Now that I measure my distance I think I made average time, but still, the run was great, the pace was good...Damn you all if you don't believe me!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
73 Days Left
Weight: 200
Training Time: 17:25
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
It was hot as fuck outside today. Sorry for all my PG-13 readers, but seriously, it was that hot. In a sort of "in yo' face" to the heat, I decided to do the Grouse Grind. For all of you un-Vancouvarians, the Grind is a trail up the side of Grouse Mountain. Its 2.9 km long and involves an elevation change of 853 meters. It is ridiculous. My aunt told me that somebody died on it yesterday (heart attack). Today all I saw were fat girls in tears (I can't make this stuff up). Needless to say, it was not difficult to keep my heart rate in my target zone. I stayed between 160 and 170 bpm quite easily. The Enemy and I actually did the grind on one of our first dates. I'm pleased to say that my time of 60 mins flat beat out our date time by a couple of minutes.
I hope to do the Grind on a semi-regular basis, its a good workout and significantly more enjoyable than an hour in the gym. I think it'll be a good addition to my training, especially at present when my shin splints are causing severe interference with my ability to run. Plus, I get to laugh at the people who cry.
Weight: 200
Training Time: 17:25
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
It was hot as fuck outside today. Sorry for all my PG-13 readers, but seriously, it was that hot. In a sort of "in yo' face" to the heat, I decided to do the Grouse Grind. For all of you un-Vancouvarians, the Grind is a trail up the side of Grouse Mountain. Its 2.9 km long and involves an elevation change of 853 meters. It is ridiculous. My aunt told me that somebody died on it yesterday (heart attack). Today all I saw were fat girls in tears (I can't make this stuff up). Needless to say, it was not difficult to keep my heart rate in my target zone. I stayed between 160 and 170 bpm quite easily. The Enemy and I actually did the grind on one of our first dates. I'm pleased to say that my time of 60 mins flat beat out our date time by a couple of minutes.
I hope to do the Grind on a semi-regular basis, its a good workout and significantly more enjoyable than an hour in the gym. I think it'll be a good addition to my training, especially at present when my shin splints are causing severe interference with my ability to run. Plus, I get to laugh at the people who cry.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
78 Days Left
Weight: 199
Training Time: 15:40
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Sorry for the slacking. No running on Sunday after a big day at the office. I did try to run yesterday but my old friend shin splints reared his ugly head. The Coach has reluctantly got me to cut back to 2 runs per week, with cross training on at least three others.
Today I cross trained by trying to squash the Enemy. Sadly, in spite of my best efforts, and her claims of fatigue, she still made mince meat out of me, winning 3 games to 1. The only consolation I have is that the games were much closer than in the last trouncing. I assure my loyal readers that, just as on race day, I will eventually prevail on the squash court. Now somebody pledge me something.
OH! Speaking of pledges. I recieved an anti-pledge from my friend, partner in crime (well, law school crime) and avid blog reader. I speak of course of the Claire. She has pledged a bottle of tequila if I should lose the race. In her estimation I will need something to "drown my sorrows". I reluctantly accepted her anti-pledge on the condition that she drink the bottle with me. So, if I lose some of you should expect tearful phone calls...and Claire's boyfriend should expect an aggresive, drunken booty call. Hey, don't blame me, that's just how she rolls.
Weight: 199
Training Time: 15:40
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Sorry for the slacking. No running on Sunday after a big day at the office. I did try to run yesterday but my old friend shin splints reared his ugly head. The Coach has reluctantly got me to cut back to 2 runs per week, with cross training on at least three others.
Today I cross trained by trying to squash the Enemy. Sadly, in spite of my best efforts, and her claims of fatigue, she still made mince meat out of me, winning 3 games to 1. The only consolation I have is that the games were much closer than in the last trouncing. I assure my loyal readers that, just as on race day, I will eventually prevail on the squash court. Now somebody pledge me something.
OH! Speaking of pledges. I recieved an anti-pledge from my friend, partner in crime (well, law school crime) and avid blog reader. I speak of course of the Claire. She has pledged a bottle of tequila if I should lose the race. In her estimation I will need something to "drown my sorrows". I reluctantly accepted her anti-pledge on the condition that she drink the bottle with me. So, if I lose some of you should expect tearful phone calls...and Claire's boyfriend should expect an aggresive, drunken booty call. Hey, don't blame me, that's just how she rolls.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
81 Days Left
Weight: 198
Training Time: 14:55
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Well kids, some stupid perps got stupid arrested, arghhh! There's nothing like visiting jail with a hangover as your companion and a tee time rapidly approaching. Anyways, I did my duty and made it to the golf course in time. Unfortunately I'm in no shape to run today. I'm gonna go to bed before 10, on a Saturday. I'm cool huh?
Weight: 198
Training Time: 14:55
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Well kids, some stupid perps got stupid arrested, arghhh! There's nothing like visiting jail with a hangover as your companion and a tee time rapidly approaching. Anyways, I did my duty and made it to the golf course in time. Unfortunately I'm in no shape to run today. I'm gonna go to bed before 10, on a Saturday. I'm cool huh?
Thursday, June 15, 2006
82 Days Left
Weight: 198
Training Time: 15:25
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Ran the sprints today yo! I performed better than I ever have. No "upset stomach", no cramps. Life was great. Don't get me wrong, sprints are the work of the devil, no question, absolutely exhausting. And definitely they bring out the old shin sprints, luckily I carefully iced after the run and I get tomorrow off. With my day off I intend to misbehave like a champ....I wish you all the same fun and excitement.
Weight: 198
Training Time: 15:25
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Ran the sprints today yo! I performed better than I ever have. No "upset stomach", no cramps. Life was great. Don't get me wrong, sprints are the work of the devil, no question, absolutely exhausting. And definitely they bring out the old shin sprints, luckily I carefully iced after the run and I get tomorrow off. With my day off I intend to misbehave like a champ....I wish you all the same fun and excitement.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
83 Days Left
Weight: 198
Training Time: 14:55
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
For the first time in my training I ran with a buddy, Jer. Jer is in significantly better shape than I am and was an excellent running partner, he kept good pace and helped me to not get bored with the run. I was initially against running with someone else, but I really enjoyed having some company on my run, it seems that things just flew by as a result (the run can sometimes drag on). I know that the Enemy was keen to run with me sometime. I have no intention of letting that happen. As I advise my clients, its easy to show the other party your hand, its impossible to un-show them the same hand.
Jer and I did an excellent job of destroying our hard work by capping our run off with 2 pitchers and some fatty food at the nearby pub. My homey Lawyerlike even showed up. It was a partay. I wowed them with well-disguised stories of the perps who make up my client base.
Later for all of you.
Weight: 198
Training Time: 14:55
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
For the first time in my training I ran with a buddy, Jer. Jer is in significantly better shape than I am and was an excellent running partner, he kept good pace and helped me to not get bored with the run. I was initially against running with someone else, but I really enjoyed having some company on my run, it seems that things just flew by as a result (the run can sometimes drag on). I know that the Enemy was keen to run with me sometime. I have no intention of letting that happen. As I advise my clients, its easy to show the other party your hand, its impossible to un-show them the same hand.
Jer and I did an excellent job of destroying our hard work by capping our run off with 2 pitchers and some fatty food at the nearby pub. My homey Lawyerlike even showed up. It was a partay. I wowed them with well-disguised stories of the perps who make up my client base.
Later for all of you.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
84 Days Left
Weight: 200
Training Time: 14:10
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Back to the real life running today. I did a solid 45 minutes on the treadmill, plus warm up and cool down. I ran a bit slower than last week, I made a concerted effort to keep on my heart rate targets. As a result my distance was a little lower. But the running felt great, very little soreness and a great even pace. I wasn't too tired or near to tears or nausea after, so I'd say things were a success. The coach and I are confident that when race day comes up I'll be able to run like a puma (fast, long and hard....reminds me of another one of my talents).
After some consideration, I have decided to revise my position on the Enemy's ability to buy her way out of the contest. I realize that $200 would not begin to cover the financial suffering I would fall victim to if the Enemy decided to pull out. I don't think I'd be able to claim my many many pledges. As a result, I've decided to revise my buy-out. For an even $800 I will give the Enemy the chance to buy her way out of the big race. This offer will be open until the day of the race and should the Enemy decide to take me up on it, I'll take you all out for a seriously destructive drinking binge. (Grams - I'm just kidding, we'll go bowling.)
For all you perverts, bowling is also the "other talent" I was referring to. If any ladies out there want to explore my...err...bowling talents in more depth, please send me a photograph and quick blurb about yourself. Extra points for props, uniforms and film credits.
Weight: 200
Training Time: 14:10
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Back to the real life running today. I did a solid 45 minutes on the treadmill, plus warm up and cool down. I ran a bit slower than last week, I made a concerted effort to keep on my heart rate targets. As a result my distance was a little lower. But the running felt great, very little soreness and a great even pace. I wasn't too tired or near to tears or nausea after, so I'd say things were a success. The coach and I are confident that when race day comes up I'll be able to run like a puma (fast, long and hard....reminds me of another one of my talents).
After some consideration, I have decided to revise my position on the Enemy's ability to buy her way out of the contest. I realize that $200 would not begin to cover the financial suffering I would fall victim to if the Enemy decided to pull out. I don't think I'd be able to claim my many many pledges. As a result, I've decided to revise my buy-out. For an even $800 I will give the Enemy the chance to buy her way out of the big race. This offer will be open until the day of the race and should the Enemy decide to take me up on it, I'll take you all out for a seriously destructive drinking binge. (Grams - I'm just kidding, we'll go bowling.)
For all you perverts, bowling is also the "other talent" I was referring to. If any ladies out there want to explore my...err...bowling talents in more depth, please send me a photograph and quick blurb about yourself. Extra points for props, uniforms and film credits.
Monday, June 12, 2006
85 Days Left
Weight: 200
Training Time: 13:25
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Well friends, it was a great week off. I haven't done any training since the painful incident last Tuesday. The time off helped me recover and my legs are feelin' pretty good presently. I celebrated my return to physical activity with a squash match against The Enemy. What a fucking massacre. Seriously, she made mince meat outta me. The first game was a solid 9-0 for the bad guy, te following games were closer, but she wone every single one. I must admit that i was somewhat frustrated by this, but it was good to get out on the court, we're gonna try to make it a regular thing.
While she was whipping my ass, the Enemy did comment that I was looking quite a bit thinner, which was flattering. She also asked whether I'd consider cancelling our race. I said that I'd consider it if she paid me $200, but that didn't seem like a good deal to her, so the race is still on.
Anyways, the training has resumed, so expect some regular posting for the next while.
Now admit that you missed me, bitches!
Weight: 200
Training Time: 13:25
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Well friends, it was a great week off. I haven't done any training since the painful incident last Tuesday. The time off helped me recover and my legs are feelin' pretty good presently. I celebrated my return to physical activity with a squash match against The Enemy. What a fucking massacre. Seriously, she made mince meat outta me. The first game was a solid 9-0 for the bad guy, te following games were closer, but she wone every single one. I must admit that i was somewhat frustrated by this, but it was good to get out on the court, we're gonna try to make it a regular thing.
While she was whipping my ass, the Enemy did comment that I was looking quite a bit thinner, which was flattering. She also asked whether I'd consider cancelling our race. I said that I'd consider it if she paid me $200, but that didn't seem like a good deal to her, so the race is still on.
Anyways, the training has resumed, so expect some regular posting for the next while.
Now admit that you missed me, bitches!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
91 Days Left
Weight: 198
Training Time: 13:25
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Good lord what have i done? Its definitely painful. Today I tried to ramp up the pace a bit on the treadmill, much to my detriment. I was forced to stop after 16 minutes as the pain in my legs reached a peak. It was all I could do to feebly stretch and hobble home, grimacing all the while. I've iced my shins and taken Advil, so things are looking up for the moment, however I think that I'll have to ratchet things down for a bit. Tge Coach has advised me to take a couple of days off to recover. I have a squash game with The Enemy on Thursday, I'll let you all know how that goes.
Mike out.
Weight: 198
Training Time: 13:25
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Good lord what have i done? Its definitely painful. Today I tried to ramp up the pace a bit on the treadmill, much to my detriment. I was forced to stop after 16 minutes as the pain in my legs reached a peak. It was all I could do to feebly stretch and hobble home, grimacing all the while. I've iced my shins and taken Advil, so things are looking up for the moment, however I think that I'll have to ratchet things down for a bit. Tge Coach has advised me to take a couple of days off to recover. I have a squash game with The Enemy on Thursday, I'll let you all know how that goes.
Mike out.
Monday, June 05, 2006
92 Days Left
Weight: 202
Training Time: 13:35
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
I know! Alright, fuckin' ... I know! I skipped the entire weekend, I'm destined for failure, etc, etc. You know what I say to that? You don't know me man! You only think you do. If you haven't guessed, I skipped my training this weekend. I have reasonable, but not good excuses. On Saturday I did all manner of physical labour and by the time the opportunity to run came around I was too tired for running...but not for drinking. As a result of our friend alcohol, I was up to late and developed a hangover. By the time I was ready to face the day I had to go and pull an 8.5 hour stint at the office. Fuckin' perps. Anyways, consider this a pothole on the road to success, rather than a drop into the pit of eventual failure.
Today I got back on the wagon and did my old favorite, intervals. Today was better than some days, I set a good pace and ran hard. Don't get me wrong, I definitely almost puked in the midst of my second sprint, but I pulled it back together for old number 3 and put up a respectable effort overall. I topped it off with a bit of the old trampolining with my cousins, always good for the knees.
The Coach and I finally had our state of the union today. It went reasonably well. He wants me to push my HR up to 170 for my 45 minute runs. That's pretty intense but I'll do what I can to make Coach happy.
Weight: 202
Training Time: 13:35
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
I know! Alright, fuckin' ... I know! I skipped the entire weekend, I'm destined for failure, etc, etc. You know what I say to that? You don't know me man! You only think you do. If you haven't guessed, I skipped my training this weekend. I have reasonable, but not good excuses. On Saturday I did all manner of physical labour and by the time the opportunity to run came around I was too tired for running...but not for drinking. As a result of our friend alcohol, I was up to late and developed a hangover. By the time I was ready to face the day I had to go and pull an 8.5 hour stint at the office. Fuckin' perps. Anyways, consider this a pothole on the road to success, rather than a drop into the pit of eventual failure.
Today I got back on the wagon and did my old favorite, intervals. Today was better than some days, I set a good pace and ran hard. Don't get me wrong, I definitely almost puked in the midst of my second sprint, but I pulled it back together for old number 3 and put up a respectable effort overall. I topped it off with a bit of the old trampolining with my cousins, always good for the knees.
The Coach and I finally had our state of the union today. It went reasonably well. He wants me to push my HR up to 170 for my 45 minute runs. That's pretty intense but I'll do what I can to make Coach happy.
Saturday, June 03, 2006
95 Days Left
Weight: 201
Training Time: 13:10
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Another treadmilling today. I ran a solid 4.98 miles, that's a good pace, no question.
The treadmills at the gym are semi-magic, when i was running today, I noticed that somehow the machine knew my heart rate. Turns out that in the same way that my watch talks to my heart rate strip, nuts! Anyways, the treadmill is quickly becoming my new best friend.
Tomorrow I'm scheduled to have an athlete/coach talk with the coach. I feel like I'm gonna get yelled at, after all I skipped another day yesterday in order to have dinner with my mom. Running doesn't care about obligations, only results...right coach?
Weight: 201
Training Time: 13:10
Total Pledge Value: $617.47
Another treadmilling today. I ran a solid 4.98 miles, that's a good pace, no question.
The treadmills at the gym are semi-magic, when i was running today, I noticed that somehow the machine knew my heart rate. Turns out that in the same way that my watch talks to my heart rate strip, nuts! Anyways, the treadmill is quickly becoming my new best friend.
Tomorrow I'm scheduled to have an athlete/coach talk with the coach. I feel like I'm gonna get yelled at, after all I skipped another day yesterday in order to have dinner with my mom. Running doesn't care about obligations, only results...right coach?
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