I have had another busy week. I have managed to rebuild a computer based on the KM400-M2 motherboard. This is a Frankenstein machine. It is an ancient Gateway case, the KM400-M2 motherboard, a CD- RW, and DVD-RW from other long since retired boxes. I put in a 500GB SATA drive, booted it up with a Windows 7 installation 7 DVD and now it is running. Oh, it is my 6 year old's computer. So, my 6 year old has the most recent operating system in the house. LOL. I will be using it via RDP to check it out and play. There is nothing like putting your hands and arms in the bowels of a wrangling mess of electronics and coming out the other side with a working machine. Yeah, I still got my metal thumb.
My first impressions of Windows 7 are good. The first being that while it offers a sleeker look on the desktop and offers very readable help along the way, it did not shock me with such large differences I got distracted. Too early for me to say much as I have not yet completed a detailed analysis or a reading of someone else's detailed analysis of the changes from XP or Vista. This particular machine was running XP. I, however, use XP at work and Vista on my main personal machine. I have major hankering for a MacBook Pro. The wife has given me permission and I trying to determine if I really want to take the leap. My Toshiba Portege M200 has been cranky along quite well on Vista since I increased the RAM to 2GB. My XP boxes has to be rebooted several times a week. Meanwhile, the Vista machine could just go on and on and on and on.
Two of my team members for the upcoming USMC Ultimate Mud Run Challenge, Steve and Robin, had to withdraw because she is injured. But, I was able to secure a friend of mine, Perry Chapman and his son to be their replacements. Perry and I have done this before together and I haven't seen him in person in years. So, I am very much looking forward to it. We will still have a solid team. I am sorry that Steve and Robin can not make it. They are great team mates.
I am convinced after last week's Tri that triathletes differ from runners in that most are seriously fit. It seems to me that the spread from first to last is a lot tighter than in a run. But, it could just be my imagination. Regardless, I will continue training in all 3 sports all winter. I am not expecting big changes in my running and cycling. For swimming, however, I do have some significant work to do. I will not be logging distance and time for the most part. My swimming teacher with whom I have 1 more lesson is going to provide some workouts for me to do. This involve concentrating on various components of swimming for subsets of the total laps I will swim. So, I will be tracking distance, but not time. I have got to get my kick and breathing in shape. At least, I know where I need work.
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Exercise Data
 August 16, 2009: Birmingham, ALBrownell Running | |
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| Distance: | 13 Miles |
| Time: | 2:05:49 |
| Heart Rate: | 143 |
| Pace: | 9:40 |
| Weather: | Partly cloudy Temperature-73° Humidity-87% |
| Route | |
 August 15, 2009: Birmingham, ALOak Mountain State Park Cycling | |
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| Distance: | 24 Miles |
| Time: | 1:19:15 |
| Heart Rate: | 140 |
| Speed: | 18.17 mph |
| Weather: | Clear Temperature-80° Humidity-71% |
| Route | |
| August 14, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running | |
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| Distance: | 3 Miles |
| Time: | 29:00 |
| Heart Rate: | 133 |
| Pace: | 9:39 |
| Weather: | Scattered clouds Temperature-86° Humidity-55% |
| Route | |
| August 13, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running | |
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| Distance: | 3 Miles |
| Time: | 29:18 |
| Heart Rate: | 139 |
| Pace: | 9:46 |
| Weather: | Haze Temperature-74° Humidity-82% |
 YMCA, Birmingham, ALSwim | |
| Distance: | 600 Yards (lesson) |
| August 12, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running | |
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| Distance: | 6.24 Miles |
| Time: | 1:02:35 |
| Heart Rate: | 143 |
| Pace: | 10:01 |
| Weather: | Light rain Temperature-72° Humidity-93% |
| YMCA, Birmingham, AL Swim | |
| Distance: | 600 Yards |
| Workout: | Andy Workout 1 4 X 50 evens-sprint, odds-smooth, work on stroke 200 kick, with or without board 200 free, easy! 4 X 50 evens-work on arms, odds-work on legs 100 sprint 100 easy |
| August 11, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running | |
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| Distance: | 3 Miles |
| Time: | 29:09 |
| Heart Rate: | 142 |
| Pace: | 9:43 |
| Weather: | Light rain Temperature-76° Humidity-87% |
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