Today's Tweets

00:10 New post on my blog: Tempo Run: 6 miles: Sometimes, laying out your feelings as you feel the.. tinyurl.com/cb98du #

00:10 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:11 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:44 New po.. tinyurl.com/cxer4q #

05:43 Wt: 175.2, RHR: 50, BF: 17.2% #

08:01 RT @Neumen: @steverunner heya steve, I have to give you BIG props for the Jacqueline Gareau episode. great job! +++ #

08:14 A little morning ELO for everyone: tinyurl.com/d4fgel #

09:51 Best workout/running song ever. Seriously, put this on repeat. RIP Wesley Willis. ♫ blip.fm/~4w9cf #

09:52 I'm sorry that I got fat, I'm sorry that I got fat, I'm sorry that I got fat... I will slim down! #

10:06 Yay! @halhigdon responded to my Wall post to him. ;) #

11:14 New Flickr upload: Ahh, Diet Dew: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: Happy Friday! tinyurl.com/coclkq #

12:28 RT @rodmur: twitpic.com/3wst6 - Got my Thinkgeek shirts #

12:29 Which podcast should I listen to on the elliptical machine today? #

13:00 Whoa, why do I feel like my blood sugar suddenly dropped? #

13:05 OK, don't wait until 1pm to have lunch anymore. Check. #

15:26 alright time to head to the remote site #

20:06 I still look like a cow though #

21:02 OK, time for bed. It's early, but I'm tired. Nite all. :) #

21:12 New Flickr upload: 51526-054-003f: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/cu6pzo #

21:12 New Flickr upload: 51526-054-002f: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/dex59a #

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00:11 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:44 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:43 New po.. tinyurl.com/c39xet #

05:59 Wt: 176.6, RHR: 48, BF: 17.7% #

08:14 Me: "Ok, you need to go to www.mozilla.com." "Is that m... a...?" #

08:14 yeah, mazilla #

08:16 TweetDeck's told me I have 30 Facebook Status Updates. It's done this 5 times in the last 30 seconds. #

08:22 I told him klsairexpress THREE TIMES. Yet he typed klsexpress. #

08:32 "The colon is the two dots." #

08:36 Newbies: There is a difference between things typed WITH CAPSLOCK ON AND with capslock off. #

08:36 Oh, my password won't work, my password won't work! Yeah. Capslock? Hello? #

08:40 You know, it is sort of my fault. I should have assumed he had capslock on. Silly me. #

09:12 If John McClane used Twitter in Die Hard: twurl.nl/4gi8xl #

09:50 I just went to the CDA Marathon site. There was an ad for "Honey Bucket" and I thought, "Restaurant?" I clicked. Mmm, no it's not. #

10:21 Why does common sense go out the door when it comes to intelligent people and computers? #

10:52 What is UP with my tempo runs and wind? Today's the 3rd one in a row that's windy. #

12:36 Back from my tempo run. There's hope. :) #

12:42 Heads up: Facebook Mafia Wars is now on iPhone. They better put it on Pre! #

13:36 Mapped 04/23/2009 Route (6.00 mi.) #

13:37 Completed Tempo Run: 2 miles easy, 3 miles tempo, 1 mile easy. 736 (kcal) Distance 6.00 mi. Duration 00:55:32 #

13:42 New Flickr upload: 4-23-2009 Splits: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/cf7wyg #

13:51 Huh. About time: RT @sacbee_news: Bill would regulate personal trainers tinyurl.com/c7d649 #

14:25 RT @RoadKillCarl: Astronaut to twitter on orbit during mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble telescope. Follow at @astro_mike #

15:09 New Flickr upload: Marathon Training 4-23-09: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: Not many left... tinyurl.com/cfjhjy #

16:35 Alright time to head home and do the diet dew. #

19:35 Eating a 2-egg omelette with chicken & gouda sausage & 2% 4-cheese mix. Gonna end it with an orange. #

19:54 Listening to the running podcasts makes me want to do one myself, but I have trouble doing what I'm doing now hehe #

19:58 Oh man this My Name Is Earl is hilarious, Earl worked out, now he can't lift his hand to turn the water faucet on. #

20:23 Hmm, someone who may or may not be him already has @DrDemento. It seems like him, hardly any tweets & following @weirdal :) #

20:35 200 calories left. Remain in deficit or eat something else? Nothing, or ice cream? Hmm... #

21:20 RT @quotidianlight: @keeponrunning Doing okay, good runs make everything else better;) #

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Tempo Run: 6 miles

Sometimes, laying out your feelings as you feel them isn't the best thing in the world to do. This is what happened to me yesterday. I've gained 20 pounds. That's no surprise, I've been weighing myself daily for the past three years. What was a surprise, however, was when I had the brilliant idea (what was I thinking?) to put some pictures side by side.

November, 2008


Last Sunday


Needless to say, I was a little bit freaked out, and there's really nothing I can do about it until after the marathon. Then today, I had my tempo run, and I was determined to do it to the best of my ability. There was no way I was going to have a bad one. I worked my butt off.

The rundown was 2 miles easy, 3 miles tempo, and 1 mile easy.



Splits
Mile 1: 9:24.95
Mile 2: 9:24.92
Mile 3: 8:34.42
Mile 4: 8:51.94
Mile 5: 8:47.50
Mile 6: 10:28.19

Given the way I felt yesterday, I really needed today's tempo run. It made me feel amazingly better. It's made me feel more confident for the marathon.

Incidentally, this was my last tempo run before the Avenue of Giants. Looking at my running itinerary (is that even a real term?), we're getting close.


One more Saturday long run, and we're in race week!

Today's Tweets

00:44 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:43 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:11 New po.. tinyurl.com/cnfczj #

05:44 Wt: 176.6, RHR: 50, BF: 17.7% #

07:51 Good morning tweeps! #

08:15 Today's Earth Day. I tried to hug it, but it wasn't happy and got bits of itself all over me. The Earth hates me. #

08:20 Computer lesson: computers can multitask, with different windows on the screen simultaneously. #

08:21 Computer lesson #2: everything onscreen doesn't need to be maximized with 500-point fonts defeating the purpose of high resolution. #

08:48 RT @runnersworld: Nevermind, Kara isn't running London. Alberto talked her out of it. preview.tinyurl.com/d8hcxh - smart coach. #

09:22 RT @beejjorgensen: The voice quality of Skype on the iPhone destroys the voice quality of AT&T on the iPhone. #

09:37 "Actress Mia Farrow to start fast over Darfur"? Don't you have to act once in a while to be an actress? #

11:31 RT @Vtrim: Are you at a healthy weight? Get you BMI calculated for free cli.gs/RmZdWu - if anyone charges for BMI calculation kill'em #

12:22 "And when I ask you to explain, you say..." ♫ blip.fm/~4rx4b #

12:35 After a week, I'm finally getting my Rush fix. 2112, y'all. ♫ blip.fm/~4ry96 #

13:29 Queen + Paul Rodgers... or is it Tenacious-D? ♫ blip.fm/~4s2nz #

14:42 is reading about the taper. #

16:17 More Rush. ♫ blip.fm/~4sg9h #

21:15 "Her name was clearrrr?" "Sorry that name doesn't mean anything to me." #

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