Today's Tweets

05:43 Wt: 161.0, RHR: 52 #

07:01 Why are highway fog signs in the middle of thick fog instead of outside? #

08:41 New T1 for our IP phones, switchover will take then all down before reconfig. Yay! #

09:54 There comes a point when using old equipment is silly. Unfortunately my definition of old and slow is different. #

10:35 "The detailed instructions you gave for reconfiguring our IP phone won't work with my cell phone!" *rolls eyes* #

14:56 Interesting problem: network switch lets network traffic through but tosses DHCP out the window. #

15:02 Mapped 12/09/2008 Route (6.20 mi.) #

15:09 Completed 12/9/2008. 675 (kcal) Distance 6.20 mi. Duration 00:58:14 #

16:22 Oh, my god... WOOT OFF LIGHTS!!! $9.99, too. Bargain, that. #

17:45 On the way home, passing Arena Blvd... #

19:06 Standing in the line. Spending money once again. Five hundred dollars? #

20:23 "After the weigh in the blue team was esstatic." -- Total Moron Vicky, TBL #

21:19 12-9-2008 Splits: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/66eg32 #

21:31 @MrThirteen Running splits; a chart of how fast I ran each mile for a distance. I think that one was 6.2 miles. Posting today's right now. #

21:32 @MrThirteen Whoops, I mean, just posted it. Watch for my blog entry in a minute. #

21:49 Midweek Run - 6.2 miles: This morning was cold. On the way out the door, it was 34 degrees, and I had to scrape.. tinyurl.com/6bc3fx #

22:03 TBL: Vicky made it to the final by staying above the line. Renee had better beat her next week. Or Ed I suppose. Nite all. #

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Midweek Run - 6.2 miles

This morning was cold.

On the way out the door, it was 34 degrees, and I had to scrape the ice off my windshield before I could drive to work. When I packed the gym bag, I included my new tights, shorts, synthetic/compression underwear, and a compression shirt.

By the time I was able to take lunch, it was almost 2pm! The fog had long since burned off, the sun was shining, and the temperature had risen to 48! I also hadn't brought any other running clothes, so I figured what the heck, I'll give it a go.

I can't believe how hot I was. It's good because it tells me that if I dress that way in the cold, I'll be nice and toasty, but today that meant I'd be sweating. What can you do, right? Halfway in I walked about a quarter mile because I just needed to get cool. I will say though, the tights were COMFORTABLE.

I also wore the Reebok HRM instead of the Garmin. It said I burned 675 calories vs. the Garmin's 776 calorie estimate. It's definitely a lot closer to reality, since if I was wearing the Garmin strap it wouldn't have used my heart rate in the calculations anyway.



For the benefit of those not in the know, mile splits are the times of each mile you run. Here they are.



Mile 1: 8:03.10
Mile 2: 8:17.82
Mile 3: 9:12.29
Mile 4: 13:01.65
Mile 5: 8:42.74
Mile 6: 9:06.87
.20 Mi: 1:49.39 (9:22/mi)

In the end they weren't all that bad except for where I walked. 6.2 miles, 58:13.86, 9:24/mi average, 675 calories burned.

Back to the gym tomorrow. Friday won't be a gym day as normal, because I'll be driving down to Monterey for my company's 2008 Christmas Party! I plan on a long run on the seaside on Saturday morning as well. So there.