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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Today's Tweets

00:04 New Flickr upload: 3-17-2009 Splits: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/dgaddp #

00:04 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:04 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:04 New po.. tinyurl.com/cp79v6 #

00:04 New post on my blog: Sprint Intervals - 5.75 miles: Today was interval day. Not to make it s.. tinyurl.com/d84gpo #

06:10 Wt: 175.2, RHR: 51, BF: 17.7%, DWD: 16 #

07:52 Testing Tweetdeck's facebook integration #1 #

07:52 Testing #2 #

07:53 Testing #4 #

07:55 If I only checkmark fb, it goes to fb, but if I checkmark both, it only goes to twitter #

12:45 What's today? Wednesday? Wonder what I'll be doing come 9pm. Watching Lost? Oh THAT'S right. #

12:56 David Prowse has prostate cancer. :( tinyurl.com/db3oat #

16:47 Well guys, it's been fun, but I've got a 7yo to pick up... along with Diet Dew of course. #

19:21 RIP Natasha Richardson. Skiing is not inherently dangerous tho, and it sure beats dying on the couch with a bowl of chips on your gut! #

19:27 test #

21:08 Of all the... pictures of me from the Shamrock'n Half. They ONLY took pictures at the finish I looked & felt bad: tinyurl.com/c3j92d #

21:42 Would someone please tell my wife to stop having long, drawn-out conversations with the CAT in the middle of LOST?!?!?! #

22:04 New Flickr upload: Shamrock'n Greg2: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: Slightly different view o.. tinyurl.com/dhb7wa #

22:04 New Flickr upload: Shamrock'n Greg4: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/cgofz5 #

22:04 New Flickr upload: Shamrock'n Greg5: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/c9mygu #

22:04 New Flickr upload: Shamrock'n Greg3: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: Photographers at these ra.. tinyurl.com/cbed8w #

22:04 New Flickr upload: Shamrock'n Start: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: The starting line, as the.. tinyurl.com/c64awq #

22:51 Alright, I'm off to bed. Goodnight. #

23:04 New post on my blog: Shamrock'n Half Pictures: The photographers finally posted some of the .. tinyurl.com/cb7ur3 #

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Shamrock'n Half Pictures

The photographers finally posted some of the pictures from the Shamrock'n Half!

I also finally figured out why there was such a time discrepency between chip time & gun time. They didn't have three guns for the different starting times (<9:10/mi, >9:10/mi, & relay). They only had the one gun, which went off for the first group. Our group started 10 minutes later, and even with that, it was a minute or two before I actually crossed the starting line.

Speaking of starting lines, I'm not in this picture. :)


I expected them to have photographers throughout the route, but I guess it was just easier to have a couple stationed at the finish line.


And look, I now have more pictures of me looking like I'm about to die! I'm not sure which is worse in this one, the look on my face, or the look on the woman's face behind me in comparison to the look on my face!


At least I had fun, and wasn't looking down at my watch in the finish photo like the guy behind me. Heck, you can't even see his number.


The rest of the images can be found on my Flickr stream.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Sprint Intervals - 5.75 miles

Today was interval day. Not to make it sound like an excuse, but I just did the half marathon on Sunday, and don't think I was fully recovered. Nonetheless, I think they really, really sucked. Seriously. My goal is 7:22/mi intervals. I didn't even come close.



Staggeringly bad, my intervals. I did a 10-minute warmup, and the intervals were split with basically 400m of walking. 10-minute cooldown.

1k: 7:52/mi
2k: 8:46/mi
1k: 8:31/mi
1k: 8:38/mi

I'm thinking maybe it was a good idea when I was doing the intervals on the treadmill. At least then something other than ME was keeping my pace up!

1:04:52, 755 calories burned.

Today's Tweets

00:04 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:04 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:04 New po.. tinyurl.com/c8em99 #

05:44 Wt: 176.6, RHR: 51, BF: 17.7%, DWD: 15 #

08:28 RT @DarkUFO: Geronimo Jackson Song - Dharma Lady now available to everyone bit.ly/om7UC #

09:25 Real question from a user: "If I save this file, does it automatically go onto the internet?" #

11:17 Why, in 2009, do we have to wait 4 to 6 weeks for the first issue of a magazine subscription to arrive? #

12:05 Experience Barry Manilow's new package for only $299? Oh. SHOW package. #

12:07 Facebook integration with TweetDeck is NICE! Thank you, TweetDeck! #

12:23 63 degrees outside, I'm thinkin' outdoor intervals. #

12:56 Sure, boss, I'll have EVERY user's windows updates running SIMULTANEOUSLY, IN THE BACKGROUND. Anything you want, boss. #

16:36 Mapped 03/17/2009 Route (5.53 mi.) #

16:40 Completed Regular Run. 755 (kcal) Distance 5.53 mi. Duration 01:04:57 #

17:12 Off to do the Dew. Diet Dew, that is. #

21:26 I just found out .cocm isn't a valid TLD. Who knew? #

22:17 Brother of Mine - This one's for SoloRunner. ♫ blip.fm/~344a5 #

22:45 On Every Street ♫ blip.fm/~344y8 #

22:56 Something To Hold On To, Another not-Yes song for @Solorunner. Trevor Rabin solo. Great, forgotten track. ♫ blip.fm/~3455r #

22:57 Twitter lost my last blip! #

23:00 Ah I see the problem. APItis. DAMMIT! #

23:04 Into the Lens. Ah, Jonless Yes. ♫ blip.fm/~345ch #

23:06 My favorite David Gilmour solo track. ♫ blip.fm/~345e8 #

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