From Twitter 03-04-2010

• 03:03:04: New post on my blog: From Twitter 03-03-2010: 11:51:02: "The interference you hear is a cell phone." "WELL WHAT DO... http://bit.ly/dz26Jp
  
• 04:13:39: Wt: 176.4, RHR: 50, BF: 17.2% #myhealthstats #fb #itsofficialiaminsane
  
• 06:54:51: Ran 8 miles in 1:31:20, 11:25/mi average, 861 calories burned - http://tinyurl.com/ylhaxue
  
• 07:00:32: Ran 8 miles in 1 hour and 31 mins and felt alright. Early in the morning, dark, AND foggy. Who could ask for more? ... http://bit.ly/9atYCV
  
• 07:50:21: I'm at Tower Mart (1976 McGowan Pkwy, Powerline Rd, Olivehurst). http://4sq.com/5CYV6W
  
• 08:48:27: Made it to work. Woo.
  
• 08:54:25: http://twitpic.com/16kekb - Fog, icy railroad ties, fog, cat, fog, dark, fog, headlamp beam. And fog. #seenonmyrun
  
• 08:57:14: http://twitpic.com/16kf0o - #seenonmyrun
  
• 08:59:52: Nice, noisy image of the dark from this morning's run. :) http://bit.ly/ctL8cw
  
• 09:33:21: CRAZY stuff. RT @sacbee_news: Sacto 9-1-1: Gridley man loses leg after being hit by car in Marysville http://bit.ly/bjXXZr
  
• 09:33:35: I ran on that bridge this morning.
  
• 10:31:15: listening to "Little Roger & The Goosebumps - Stairway To Gilligans Island" ♫ http://blip.fm/~m6otc
  
• 10:34:26: About time! RT @Running_Fox: Great news via email! Gatorade getting rid of High Fructose Corn Syrup in their drinks! Way to go Gatorade!!!
  
• 12:10:20: RT @grader: Are you a #FourSquare user? Check out the new, free tool: http://square.grader.com - Need some testers, please RT.
  
• 13:03:16: Have you guys tried #Foursquare Grader at http://square.grader.com/ ? Little known fact: only 8.22% of ppl using it have the Gym Rat badge.
  
• 13:20:01: What the hell? Karaoke spin class?
  
• 13:20:15: Dude, what kind of workout can you get if you're singing?
  
• 14:09:23: I'm at The Gym (9844 Business Park Dr., Sacramento). http://4sq.com/4osLNq
  
• 15:17:40: RT @funkatron: Also, to make it official: Spaz webOS is free forever. Not gonna charge for it.
  
• 15:23:40: Did a elliptical workout 5 miles in 50 mins and felt great. You don't really want to know what was on TV at the gym,... http://bit.ly/cxp1AN
  
• 15:27:18: MapMyFitness.com: Completed Elliptical. 472 (kcal). 5.00 mi.. 00:50:27
  
• 17:29:55: Two days in a row, my @palm #pre has stopped receiving calls and I can't launch the phone app. Have to reboot to get it to work.
  
• 17:32:17: OK the doctor says my 4yo has bronchitis that's "starting to go into" pneumonia, whatever that means. My wife's term. Is there a better one?
  
• 17:41:50: Hey look at that, I'm still in negative calories for the day. :)
  
• 17:43:52: Everyone: if you see me in Twitter this evening (and believe me, you will), ask me if I've blogged yet. I'm getting behind. Thanks!
  
• 17:47:40: What's up with the dude who ran 800 miles on Tuesday on @Dailymile? :)
  
• 17:51:28: Alright, heading home.
  
• 18:01:12: I'm at Bradshaw Shell (3591 Bradshaw Rd., Sacramento). http://4sq.com/5xcgQc
  
• 19:19:37: I'm at Rite Aid (5075 Olivehurst Ave, at 10th Ave, Olivehurst). http://4sq.com/8FICLj
  
• 19:59:29: http://twitpic.com/16nvwn - Poor Joy has a touch of pneumonia. :(
  
• 22:20:27: New post on my blog: Tempo Run - 8 miles: Today's run was certainly not at tempo pace, but I had to call it someth... http://bit.ly/bBdr7q
  

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Tempo Run - 8 miles

Today's run was certainly not at tempo pace, but I had to call it something, right?

I had a choice. The schedule called for an 8-mile long run, but my lunchtime is only an hour long. Unless I suddenly sprout wings or wear a rocket pack, there'd be no way in the world I could run when I normally do. The choice was either run 6 miles at lunch or get up early.

I commute 50 miles to work, and need to be there by 7:30, meaning I need to be on the road by 6:30 each morning. I was going to run 8 miles, so doing the math, the thought of getting up that early wasn't the greatest. Still, I wanted to run 8 miles, so I set the phone alarm for 3am.

I'm surprised at how well I got up this morning. As I got up, my wife asked me if I was ok, and I told her yes. She seemed quite surprised that I'd get up at 3:30am for a run before work. I've been up this early before, but usually for the longest long runs of a training program.

Before heading out, I went online to find that yesterday evening there had been an accident on the E Street Bridge. Apparently someone broke down, and a tow truck happened along and stopped to help. As they were outside the car, the truck was broadsided, taking the tow truck driver's leg with it. I was going to run across the bridge.

It was 37 degrees as I went out, and it certainly felt it. In fact, when I crossed the railroad tracks, the ties had ice on them! Luckily I didn't find any more patches of ice, I was a little nervous about falling. I haven't taken a fall since the one where I twisted my ankle last year, and I'd really like to keep my streak going.

I crossed the E Street Bridge, and as I was heading back, a police car stopped at the spot where the accident was the night before. As far as I can tell, he was only making sure the scene had been properly cleaned up. As I passed, the officer was looking around the spot he stopped.

At Arboga & Feather River Blvd., I stopped to take a picture in the dark. While the Palm Pre doesn't do too well photographing in the dark, it didn't turn out half bad, but fumbling around in the dark, trying to take a picture really slowed down that particular split.



Once home, I uploaded my run to the usual sites, showered, and headed off to work.


See the activity on RunSaturday

Type:	Run - Tempo
Duration:	2:33:54
Distance:	8.09 mi

Splits
Mile 1: 9:58
Mile 2: 10:09
Mile 3: 10:24
Mile 4: 11:13
Mile 5: 15:48
Mile 6: 12:27
Mile 7: 10:37
Mile 8: 10:41

8 miles, 1:31:20, 11:25/mi average, 861 calories burned

This also opened an opportunity to burn more calories during lunch, when I'd normally be running. Instead, I used the elliptical machine at the gym for 50 minutes, burning an additional 472 calories, for 1333 total for the day. If it wasn't for being tired all day, I'd happily do it regularly!

From Twitter 03-03-2010

• 11:51:02: "The interference you hear is a cell phone." "WELL WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO, TELL HIM TO PUT HIS PHONE ACROSS THE ROOM?!?!?!?!"
  
• 11:51:08: She *will* call me back.
  
• 12:05:06: RT @cyberpenguin: twitter is about forming relationships & exchanging information, not amassing followers.
  
• 12:09:03: For those who don't want to click THREE TIMES to get to a story, here's the Houston Chronicle Pre story @Crazy4Pre: http://bit.ly/cuQzRr
  
• 12:20:11: Here I am, asking again, does anyone know of an online 30-minute spin class video?
  
• 12:29:04: Me. I, me, myself, personally, the man. Not you, not we, but me. Just me. Nobody else. Here's what I'm doing. Here's what I did.
  
• 12:29:18: I'm on a horse.
  
• 12:32:53: Incidentally, one reported stalker using #foursquare in a year isn't all that bad, considering people freely give their whereabouts.
  
• 12:46:44: Am I overly cynical today? @cyberpenguin?
  
• 12:49:32: I'm going to the gym soon, where I'll check into #foursquare, but I'm sad because I won't be stalked. Stalkers don't stay fit, typically.
  
• 12:57:51: What a moron! I just got a call back from a supplier. I left my message TWO DAYS AGO saying that I needed to buy THAT DAY.
  
• 12:58:13: I was like uh yeah, I needed to order on Monday, told you that in the message, so apparently you missed your window.
  
• 12:58:30: ABC, guy. ABC.
  
• 13:18:27: I asked a user to send an email to the IT distribution. He sent the email. To me. Just me.
  
• 13:44:20: Come stalk me, and get in shape at the same time! #foursquare (@ The Gym) http://4sq.com/4osLNq
  
• 15:03:35: Hello, 30g of protein? WHAT?!?! You're also a BROWNIE?!?! You don't say... ;)
  
• 15:08:31: listening to "The Cars - Heartbeat City" ♫ http://blip.fm/~m4s9w
  
• 15:13:10: Better verson, The Cars "Heartbeat City". Less choppy. :) ♫ http://blip.fm/~m4snm
  
• 15:18:59: listening to "Supertramp - School [Live] [HQ]" ♫ http://blip.fm/~m4t3w
  
• 15:29:06: This old clip of Genesis has Peter Gabriel singing with his shirt off... this other old one has Phil Collins singing iwth his shirt off.
  
• 15:29:24: If a full Genesis reunion ever happens, one could only hope and pray they don't take their shirts off like Ozzy Osbourne still does
  
• 15:29:37: RT @HollieSelf: Two years later- words to live by ya'll:) RT: Weight Loss Tip: its a marathon, not a sprint. It's a lifestyle change, NO ...
  
• 15:31:26: listening to "Genesis - In The Cage Medley: Cinema Show (Three Sides Live) HQ" ♫ http://blip.fm/~m4u50
  
• 15:40:23: KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! 3 windows of 20 tabs each in Firefox bite the dust thanks to @blipfm
  
• 15:48:23: listening to "Rocket Packs - Daniel Amos" ♫ http://blip.fm/~m4via
  
• 16:16:33: Why did @Meetup feel it necessary to tell me that there's a Red Veil Belly Dance meetup?
  
• 17:15:03: MapMyFitness.com: Completed Weight Training. 140 (kcal). 00:27:45
  
• 17:17:08: MapMyFitness.com: Completed Spin Bike. 140 (kcal). 5.00 mi.. 00:15:00
  
• 17:20:42: Did a weights workout for 27 mins and felt good. Warmup, w/45lb barbell, 3 sets of 5
  Overhead Barbell Squats
  Barbell... http://bit.ly/aRIjcr
  
• 17:22:51: Did a spinning workout 5 miles in 15 mins and felt good. I've been looking for a downloadable spin bike class simila... http://bit.ly/aej6fo
  
• 17:30:05: RT @BackpackerMag: Kelty donates 300 tents to Haitian earthquake victims
  http://bit.ly/9JYU1q http://bit.ly/aSBeqg
  
• 18:01:43: I'm at Bradshaw Shell (3591 Bradshaw Rd., Sacramento). http://4sq.com/5xcgQc
  
• 18:58:35: I'm at Whole Foods Market (1001 Galleria Blvd, at Roseville Pkwy, Roseville). http://4sq.com/7hn9Ko
  
• 19:45:18: "Bruce Willis has a new one called Shurigit.. Surragayttt..." - guy @ Redbox machine #fb
  
• 19:50:50: I'm at Tower Mart (671 G St., Lincoln). http://4sq.com/64wSyI
  
• 21:01:25: While the new #webOS #facebook client is nice and all, I would have preferred #flash. But that's just me. @palm #pre #pixi
  

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From Twitter 03-02-2010

• 08:55:14: This website seems to think I can get a transfer unit for a Xerox Phaser 7300 at Wal-Mart. Somehow, I don't think that's true.
  
• 09:01:04: It's SLOW-USER! "Hiiiiii.... I goooot this attaaaaaaachmennnnnnnnt that uhhhhhhhhh I caaaaaaan't opeeeeeeen"
  
• 09:15:09: Wow! What the user told me was his problem wasn't his problem at all!
  
• 09:15:53: "I can't open this attachment." really means "I can't print this attachment once it's opened." The user then told me, "That's what I said."
  
• 09:46:25: http://twitpic.com/1686dr - You mean this? @athletetraining
  
• 09:57:30: Hah! I almost forgot! #Lost! And in the immortal words of Hugo Reyes: Duuuude.
  
• 11:09:41: RT @VladGeorgescu: Holy &#@^ stop whatever you're doing and look at this. Now. http://bit.ly/OMGokgo via @davidstroe
  
• 11:49:28: "May I speak to IT?" "Uh, I'll give you to Rhonda." "Is Rhonda in the IT department?" "Uhhhhh, Rhonda's in dispatch."
  
• 12:51:57: Just got my warranty replacement Motorola S9... it's the HD model and holy COW it sounds better. Louder, more bass. Thumbs up!
  
• 14:42:20: MapMyRun.com: Updated 2010/03/02 Generic GPX Import. 652 (kcal). 6.19 mi.. 01:04:45
  
• 14:45:20: Intervals: 2x(4x400) (1:30 RI) (2:30 between sets) in 1:04:45, 6.2 miles total - http://bit.ly/axLkjD
  
• 15:14:14: Ran 6.2 miles in 1 hour and 4 mins and 45 secs and felt good. It went great, it was raining early in the day but sto... http://bit.ly/blboHh
  
• 17:05:06: Rain's forecast for Saturday's Bidwell Classic in Chico.. *grumble*
  
• 17:10:15: I realize I said it earlier today, but it must be said again. #LOST.
  
• 17:40:31: Wet streets, a few other runners, squirrel afraid I was going to run him over, wildflowers in a vacant lot #seenonmyrun
  
• 18:06:16: I'm at Bradshaw Shell (3591 Bradshaw Rd., Sacramento). http://4sq.com/5xcgQc
  

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