screw the man!

The events of yesterday didn't stop me from bringing a growler of Trinity Awaken to work today!

HPb 6 - Red Rock Canyon

Sheesh, what a difference a few hours makes! Did the same loop as last night in reverse, but the weather was a lot colder and I was super sluggish the first few miles. Still, no better place to start my day.

Start time - 5:30 AM
Distance - 5.1 miles
Time - 48:28
Pace - 9:31 per mile
Weather - chilly, windy, 30F
Weight - 175 lbs

HPb 5 - Red Rock Canyon

Was supposed to hit the track today, but with a somewhat stressful day at work and some nice weather I decided to do Red Rock Canyon instead. Did my Quarry loop in reverse, real nice run. RRC is definitely one of my favorite places in the area.

Start time - 7 PM
Distance - 5.1 miles
Time - 46:14
Pace - 9:04 per mile
Weather - warm, 30F
Weight - 175 lbs

the axman cometh...

EVERYONE at my office, save for me and the new guy, just got shitcanned!

happy b-day!

Laura M turns 23 today!

woohoo!

KRCC just played the Flobots and Michael Franti & Spearhead back to back!

Jemez or bust!

Just rego'd for the Jemez Mountain 50 miler! Woohooo!

21

Knocked out another "21" workout this morning, starting with 20 push-ups and 1 sit-up and running the table until I do 1 push-up and 20 sit-ups. This was much harder to do on a soft carpeted floor, but I still set a new PR for the workout in 22:25. It takes me FOREVER to do regular sit-ups these days.

HPb 4 - Sinton loop

Nice loop around the Sinton trail tonight.  6 x 1 minute sprints on the back stretch.  Last time I did that workout I got a call from Usain Bolt thanking me for sticking to ultras and not trying to take his "world's fastest human" title away from him.  Did an hour of hot yoga after the run, making for a four workout Monday, not too shabby.

Start time - 5:30 PM

Distance - 4.2 miles

Time - 35:04

Pace - 8:21 per mile

Weather - chilly, windy, 30F

Weight - 175 lbs

woohoo!

$100 just bought her first pair of climbing shoes! It'll do my ego good to whoop her ass both in the gym and at Hueco. Of course, at least she's not afraid of Hueco like some California peeps...

Almost climbed a V3 at the gym today, was only two moves away from bagging it. And it's a real V3, unlike the poser ones my sister says she can do.

HAIL TO PITT!

Pitt has moved up to #3 in the latest AP college hoops poll. The Big East has a record eight teams in the top 25.

hell yeah!

Like it wasn't going to be awesome enough tracking the battle between Uli and Matt this weekend at the North Face 50, I heard that Hardrock superhuman Kyle Skaggs in now in the mix as well. I'll be rooting for the hometown hero, as Matt lives less than a mile from me. Of course, they're all avoiding me as the real race that weekend is the Rock Canyon half down in Pueblo...

HPb 3 - Garden out and back

Real easy run this morning, out and back through the Garden. Friggin' cold out.

Start time - 5:30 AM
Distance - 4.2 miles
Time - 41:17
Pace - 9:50 per mile
Weather - 19F, "feels like" 3F
Weight - 175 lbs

WTF?

For the last two weeks or so I've gotten the following message whenever I tried to sign in to gmail, facebook, hashspace, blogger, or anything where I have to log in:

You attempted to reach www.google.com, but the server presented an expired certificate. No information is available to indicate whether that certificate has been compromised since its expiration. This means Google Chrome cannot guarantee that you are communicating withwww.google.com and not an attacker. You should not proceed.

Anyone know what's going on?  I've run Norton almost daily since I started getting the messages, but so far it hasn't found anything.

Michael Franti and Spearhead

Holy fucking crap, that was one helluva Spearhead show last night!

HPb 2 - Incline Club #1

First run of the Incline Club season!  After plowing up Rampart Range yesterday and not getting to bed 'till well past 3AM last night I was just happy to show up.  Had an uninspiring effort around the Garden 10 mile course.  My fitness is definitely lagging well behind my motivation for the Hardrock/Leadville adventure, hopefully that'll change soon.

Start time - 8AM

Distance - 10 miles

Time - 1:32:55

Pace - 9:18 per mile

Weather - wet and slippery, start temp of 27

Weight - 175 pounds

HPb 1 - Rampart Range Road/Quarry Trail

Met up with Rick and Harsha at Memorial Park for the weekly CRUD run.  Checked weather.com right before I left and they reported the temp as "19F, feels like 9F".  But it turned out to be a good run.  Never takes long to warm up going up to Balanced Rock and then Rampart Range.  Rick said he knew a cool trail to take instead of the usual Williams Canyon.  Of course, whenever Rick says this it usually involves jumping a fence with multiple "No Trespassing" signs, and this was no different.  Awesome trail though, lots of snow covered singletrack and a traverse around an old rock quarry.

Start time - 7AM

Distance - 9.0 miles

Time - 1:50:13

Pace - 12:15 per mile

Weather - chilly, 19F; fresh snow

Weight - 175 pounds

HAIL TO PITT!

Incline happy hour!

Good times for the turkey day edition of the Incline happy hour!  My first time ever puking on the Incline, the first snow angel of the season, and lots of turkey, mac & cheese, gin & tonic, and jager at the Royal Tavern!  We also FINALLY nailed the synchronized drinking photo, only took us seven weeks of practice...