CIM Training Week 7, Day 2: 3 taper miles

Today was my birthday, and I was expecting an uneventful day. That's usually how my birthdays go, and today was my 40th, but I didn't really expect anything different.

I was pleasantly surprised, although many things weren't intentional. A lot of small things happened today that made the whole day good.

* A video recorder app was released in Alpha testing for the Pre, called Precorder. It seems to work pretty well, although I don't think I'll be able to run with the phone as a camera. In landscape mode, it's too easy to drop the phone.

* Birthday greetings rolled in all day long on Facebook, and as of 9:30pm, I count 61 greetings. That one made me happy!

* Sam McManus from the Sacramento Bee blogged about my CIM video. This totally surprised me, and now the video has almost 100 views. Pretty cool!

* Speaking of CIM, they posted the confirmed entries today. I'm bib #1131.

* Finally, I ran 3 miles, and it went AMAZINGLY well. I just wish I could run that well for more than such a short run!





Splits
Mile 1: 8:01
Mile 2: 8:28
Mile 3: 8:25

3 miles, 24:55, 8:18/mi average, 335 calories burned

* Then to top it off, I had a wonderful dinner with my wife at the Ranch House, where we had halibut with broccoli. Great stuff!

So my 40th birthday came to a close. It was much better than most of my birthdays have been lately, to be sure!

From Twitter 11-23-2009

• 00:24:34: I drove the #cim route yesterday to get the lay of the land. Here's the resulting video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb3noh-_PHs
  
• 03:02:29: New post on my blog: From Twitter 11-22-2009: 03:02:13: New post on my blog: From Twitter 11-21-2009: 00:09:51: lis... http://bit.ly/5QKzpr
  
• 07:17:05: Wt: 171.4, RHR: 48, BF: 16.9%
  
• 09:02:24: Good morning, my fine, feathered tweeps.
  
• 09:03:46: Here's some Styx for your Monday morning. :) http://bit.ly/67yNRX
  
• 09:23:13: In case anyone missed it, here's my drivethrough of the #CIM route... less than two weeks, people! http://bit.ly/6mDzF7
  
• 09:31:43: The @sacbee #cim tips for Miles 10-12 are now posted: http://bit.ly/8h2T0y
  
• 09:40:04: Some gift ideas for the kids: http://bit.ly/8AExJT
  
• 12:31:31: RT @phampants: This is what I think about Twilight & vampires: http://phampants.tumblr.com/post/254540567/applegeeks
  
• 16:05:57: Said to me as I came in from running: "In from your run, huh?"
  
• 16:43:00: MapMyRun.com: Updated 2009/11/23 . 659 (kcal). 6.24 mi.. 01:00:45
  
• 16:46:19: Ran 6 mi (8:57, 8:58, 9:28, 9:03, 9:26, 9:17), walked .2 mi - http://bit.ly/7tNPYe
  
• 20:07:18: Oh yeahh, MyTether now fixed to work with webOS 1.3.1... I'm set to ul stuff from #cim mobiley. Yes, mobiley is a word. @palm #pre
  
• 20:17:46: 365k down/18k up tethered to the @palm #pre. That said, my data rate isn't the best where I live. ;)
  
• 22:09:21: New post on my blog: CIM Training Week 7, Day 1: 6 taper miles: Today was supposed to be my day off, but yesterday'... http://bit.ly/7EtPIW
  
• 22:18:11: New post on my blog: CIM Course Preview: Since I didn't do my long run on Saturday, I didn't make a vlog this week.... http://bit.ly/6GDAsi
  
• 23:13:53: STOP THE PRESS. Got my #CIM confirmation via email. I know you were all waiting for me to tell you about it. :-D
  

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