09/30/07: 12 Mile Run: Brownell-Shades Creek Greenway

Another run alone. Judy is at the beach. I listened to the latest Daily Source Code and Phedippidations shows. Adam needs to get off of this "red pill" and "blue pill" thing. It was cool and entertaining, but it is getting tired. Further, it seems to perpetuate the same old polarizing viewpoints that are every where. Republican vs Democrat, Muslim vs Christian, Black vs White, etc. The world is far more complicated than that. The truth or best action is not located at the one of a pole, but somewhere end between the two poles. Presuming, of course, that we have even managed to look at the right dimension of a problem's source. Go for the purple pill!

Data

Distance:	12 Miles
Time:	1:52:14
Heart Rate:	146
Pace:	9:14
Weather:	Clear Temperature-66° Humidity-51%
Route:	The usual 10.5 Miler + 1.5 Miler

09/18-29/07: Running, Not Blogging: Work Took Over Life

OK, Life has been NUTS. I am glad that I got all of my runs in, but blogging just ain't been happening. I have managed to let work just take over all of life. I have had a lot going on and I need to figure out how to manage it better. I have been either preparing for, managing, or attending sessions at a conference we host. I managed 1 track and co-championed another. Add to that the building of an estimate that is proving more difficult than expected, and I have just been crumbling under the pressure. Oh, and my work laptop died while at the conference.

I have had a problem with this particular laptop's ability to maintain a lit LCD for a long time. Normally, a little tap or movement of the screen and a power monitor on and off reset and it comes back to life. Well, with everything going on and my working endlessly, my prompting for the return of the monitor grew more aggressive. We have to have roommates at this conference to enable more of us to go. Well, I am sure my roommate thinks I am nuts. He said it was no wonder my laptop died implying that I killed it. He might be right.

I did manage to calm myself by the end of the week and I need to search my soul a bit more to regain balance. I need (and will!) to take charge of my life and my work again. All things in balance and I have been letting work just consume me. In fact, one of my friends at the conference said that he was worried about me because he saw me in the hall and thought I looked "consumed and tired". I probably did try to do too much. I didn't relax at all until Thursday night. What really sucks is that since I work remote, I get less time to spend with folks in my company on a face-to-face basis than those in the office and this conference did not afford any opportunities to significantly enhance that. In other words, despite that fact that I was in the same place as many of my colleagues, I saw them little.

I am confident that I will regain balance. Sometimes, you just have to dig in and get stuff done and that's all there is to it. I need to handle it better. But, it is behind me and I need to just keep running forward. I didn't let my running fall behind.

Data

09/18/07: Neighborhood

Distance:	5 Miles
Time:	47:23
Heart Rate:	145
Pace:	9:28
Weather:	Clear Temperature-64° Humidity-70%

09/21/07: Neighborhood

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:44
Heart Rate:	152
Pace:	9:14
Weather:	Cloudy Temperature-71° Humidity-79%

09/22/07: Neighborhood

Distance:	2 Miles
Time:	17:33
Heart Rate:	148
Pace:	8:42
Weather:	Cloudy Temperature-73° Humidity-90%

09/23/07: Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL

	7.7 Miles
Time:	1:13:00
Pace:	9:28
Weather:	Few clouds Temperature-85° Humidity-72%

09/25/07: Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL

Distance:	3.7 Miles
Time:	31:09
Pace:	8:29
Weather:	Clear Temperature-75° Humidity-79%

09/27/07: Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL

Distance:	7.85 Miles
Time:	1:14:51
Pace:	9:32
Weather:	Clear Temperature-74° Humidity-87%

09/28/07: Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:18
Pace:	8:57
Weather:	Clear Temperature-77° Humidity-87%

09/29/07: Neighborhood

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:47
Heart Rate:	143
Pace:	9:15
Weather:	Clear Temperature-66° Humidity-42%

09/16/07: 12 Mile Run: Brownell-Shades Creek Greenway

I ran alone on this nice, brisk morning. I put the iPod on shuffle and along I went. This is the first day of 2008 Mercedes Marathon training for me and the longest run I have done since the last Mercedes Marathon. I did fine. But, I did have a little knee irritation at the beginning (inside of the first 3 miles). The discomfort did subside. Overall, the run felt great and I completed it with no difficulty.

I am a bit disturbed by the reactions to General Petraeus's presentation to Congress and the nation. We Americans have to feel responsible for the mess in Iraq right now. Not to mention that if we abandon the country there is surely a bloodbath (as in one that is worse that the current and recent ones) coming. The extremists will be emboldened and they will have a field day. Add that to the sectarian strife and it will simply be horrible. We have to do everything possible to stabilize the country including routing out the extremists and local killers before we leave. To do otherwise is shameful and cowardly in my opinion. We made the mess; we have to clean it up.

And what about the rumors about the McCann's (the family with the missing daughter, Madeleine)! I would put a link, but really I can't find anything substantial looking. The rumor is that they were swingers and they would sedate the children while they were swinging. The hypothesis is that Madeleine had a reaction or something and the parents are executing a cover up. I sure hope that's not true. Surely, they would have had enough sense to get a sitter. Not to mention they would know better than most of the risks with sedating anyone especially children.

Data

Distance:	12 Miles
Time:	1:53:45
Heart Rate:	147
Pace:	9:28
Weather:	Clear Temperature-58° Humidity-78%
Route:	The usual 10.5 Miler + 1.5 Miler

09/12/07: 5 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I listened to the lastest Daily Source Code and the rest of the latest Accident Hash during this morning run. iTunes struck again. The last time I sync'd, I right clicked on my channel node in iTunes, right-clicked, and selected "Update Podcast". I swear I got the visual cue indicating nothing to update. I clicked on the red "X" indicating that I wished to close iTunes. I switched the input focus to some other window since iTunes takes forever to do anything. Sometime later, I saw some notice blinking on my system bar. It was iTunes telling me that it was in the middle of downloading and asked something like "Continue...or...". I am sure I selected the option indicating I wanted the download to finish. Well, it didn't.

The show enumerated the various reasons why terrorist hijackers weren't the reason the World Trade Center buildings collapsed. I have to say I don't buy the explanations that suggested conspiracy of our own doing (our own as in some US government planned job or something). Adam referenced a video that you may want to check out to form your own opionion. In fact, it seems interesting that on one hand Adam claims that the CIA and such are such colossal boobs, but we have some organization that could demolish the World Trade Center live on TV and blame on someone else who happily takes the blame. Give me a break! The extremists are real and they really did and want to kill us. It is that freaking simple. I would agree that the path that leads to why they want to kill us is less simple.

Data

Distance:	5 Miles
Time:	48:19
Heart Rate:	148
Pace:	9:39
Weather:	Cloudy Temperature-68° Humidity-93%

09/11/07: 3 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I listened to the lastest Daily Source Code during this morning run. The days are definitely shorter and I am getting reacquainted with running in the dark, yuk. It is peaceful though.

Data

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:52
Heart Rate:	152
Pace:	9:17
Weather:	Clear Temperature-75° Humidity-82%

09/09/07: 8.5 Mile Run: Brownell-Shades Creek Greenway

No Judy. It seems that she met her new bough, she has not been able to get out to run with me. Well, good for her (and, yes, I mean that). She deserves some happiness and companionship is an excellent way to get some happiness. I have also failed to contact her lately, so maybe she thinks I am not behaving dependably and just running from home. So, I just need to drop her a line and say "hey!".

I listened to the Daily Source Code and Phedippidations during this run. I didn't take the iPhone on the run because ITUNES SUCKS. I got up early to download any new podcasts so I could sync the iPod and the iPhone. Phedippidations disappeared before I could sync it to the iPhone. It made it to the iPhone. Then, the Daily Source Code did not go the the Channel folder per my subscription, but when to its own separate folder. It loaded to the iPod, but not the iPhone. I tried moving it to the usual folder, dragging it to the playlist, and the bottom line is NOTHING F**K*NG worked. The show went to the iPod, but not the iPhone. So, I ran with the iPod. Apple will you F**K*NG FIX THIS!

The run went great, just check out the pace. Yee haw!

Data

Distance:	8.5 Miles
Time:	1:14:09
Heart Rate:	155
Pace:	8:43
Weather:	Clear Temperature-77° Humidity-62%
Route:	The usual 8.5 Miler

09/07/07: 3 Mile Run: Neighborhood

I listened to the lastest Daily Source Code during this morning run. I am expecting a stress filled overloaded day, so I needed this run to try to settle my mind and spirit before starting the day. It worked, but unfortunately I don't expect it to last long. Absent from my life at the moment is a strong sense of control and adequate control of time and load. I assume this happens to most of us from time-to-time when the demands just seem to overpower and out pace one's ability to deliver. On I go hoping like hell catch up or at least stay one step ahead. Is the singularity here yet?

Oh, before I forget, I tried to listen to the latest Phedippidations via streaming to the iPhone on the way back from the beach. Unlike the Daily Source Code I streamed recently, it didn't work. :(

Data

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:48
Heart Rate:	145
Pace:	9:35
Weather:	Clear Temperature-76° Humidity-71%

08/29/07-09/04/07: Running and Vacation

We went to the beach, Seagrove Beach, Florida, this weekend and I have been incredibly busy. So, here's a bunch of runs and a few comments. I finished "The Innocent Man" by John Grisham. Excellent book although it's Grisham's first non-fiction work.I thoroughly enjoyed the time with my family especially our young son. He had many moments of just pure joy. It was a pleasure to be there with him. We swam in the ocean and we swam in the pool. I really needed some time away from work. I got some good runs in too.

The Gulf was just beautiful. The weather was beautiful.

Finished! Excellent writing and riveting reading. Clearly this story was told with much input from Ron Williamson's sisters who loved him very much. The story is sad, but well worth reading. It is horrible to think that other innocent men suffer similar fates.

Data

08/29/07: Neighborhood

Distance:	5 Miles
Time:	48:28
Heart Rate:	146
Pace:	9:45
Weather:	Clear Temperature-74° Humidity-94%

09/01/07: Seagrove Beach, FL

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	26:38
Pace:	8:52
Weather:	Clear Temperature-74° Humidity-94%
Route

09/02/07: Seagrove Beach, FL

Distance:	10.5 Miles
Time:	1:38:54
Pace:	9:25
Weather:	Mostly cloudy Temperature-79° Humidity-89%
Route

09/04/07: Neighborhood

Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	29:13
Heart Rate:	139
Pace:	9:44
Weather:	Clear Temperature-71° Humidity-90%