May 17: 13 Mile Ride + 3 Mile Run. No Problem

I wore my new triathlon clothes and practiced the ride + run at the same distances as the upcoming Buster Britton Memorial Tri for which I registered. No problem. It was pouring rain for all of it. So, I held back on the ride to ensure I didn't wreck. I had a flat on the front tire at the very end. I am not going to win this tri, but I am not going to have any trouble finishing it.

Data

May 17, 2009: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Running
Distance:	3.08 Miles
Time:	26:49
Heart Rate:	144
Pace:	8:42
Weather:	Rain Temperature-57° Humidity-96%
Route

May 17, 2009: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Cycling
Distance:	13.1 Miles
Time:	46:26
Heart Rate:	138
Speed:	16.9 mph
Weather:	Rain Temperature-57° Humidity-94%
Route

May 14-16: Running, Swimming, and I'm Doing a Tri

Kate left me a comment this week asking if I was doing the Buster Britton Memorial Tri. I said no, but that I was gradually work myself up to do a Tri. The more I thought about it and checked out this particular triathlon, the more I thought "I could do that." So, I signed up and added a 400 yard swim to my training this week. This will be my first ever tri, so I am excited and nervous all at the same time. I am sure it will be fun. Tomorrow, I am going to ride 13 miles, then run 3. I expect my legs will be a bit funny when the running starts. Thanks for planting the seed Kate. Oh, I bought my outfit and registered. I am committed. I am doing this thing. I found out today that one of the guys I run with is doing it too.

Betsy had a nice Muffins with Mom at John's school this week. He was really sweet and made a book and some art work to celebrate the occasion. Pictures as posted on Flickr below:

John and I ran in the 2009 Birmingham Chapter AAZK Fourth Annual Zoo Run today. John's run was all the Zebra Zip and I ran the 5K (see pictures below). I took second place in my age group (medal and certificate are in the pictures below).

Still draining myself at work. It feels like it is my fault and I just need to learn to manage time and people better. But, demands are high, time is short, and just have to keep plugging.

Podcast Listening Update

• No Agenda
• NA-096-2009-05-10

Data

May 16, 2009: Birmingham, AL Birmingham Chapter AAZK Fourth Annual Zoo Run
	Distance:	3.1 Miles
	Time:	23:04
	Heart Rate:	169
	Pace:	7:26
	Weather:	Overcast Temperature-68° Humidity-90%
	Route

May 15, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:16
Heart Rate:	141
Pace:	9:09
Weather:	Scattered clouds Temperature-85° (need to get back to morning running!) Humidity-51%

May 14, 2009: Birmingham, AL YMCA Swim
Distance:	400 Yards
Time:	15 minutes

May 14, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:10
Heart Rate:	144
Pace:	9:03
Weather:	Scattered clouds Temperature-83° Humidity-54%

Apr 28-May 13: Cycling, Running, & Listening

A comment asking if I'm doing the Buster Briton Tri complete with a compliment about good training prompted me to update this blog with my latest data. I find myself so swamped with work so frequently. Other things in life just take a back seat. I am not sure how we let this happen to ourselves, but I am confident I am not alone. So much for the Marxian mantra "8 hours of work, 8 hours of play, and 8 hours of rest". Work a lot, sleep little, and hope it doesn't kill ya. Welcome to the 21^st Century. Enough whining, here's the data. I have to hurry, I got work to do.

Podcast Listening Update

• Phedippidations
• Fdip184: The 113th Boston Marathon
• Fdip185: The Run-Net Community
• Fitness Rocks No more shows. This was a good one. Too bad.
  
• Where Have I Been?
• Listen to Fitness Rocks Podcast 139
• This American Life
• 378: This I Used to Believe
• No Agenda
• NA-093-2009-04-30
• NA-094-2009-05-02
• NA-095-2009-05-07

Data

May 13, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.17 Miles
Time:	59:32
Heart Rate:	138
Pace:	9:38
Weather:	Mostly cloudy Temperature-70° Humidity-83%

May 12, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:34
Heart Rate:	142
Pace:	9:31
Weather:	Mostly cloudy Temperature-61° Humidity-82%

May 10, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	11.07 Miles
Time:	1:44:06
Heart Rate:	144
Pace:	9:24
Weather:	Rain Temperature-68° Humidity-88%
Route

May 9, 2009: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Cycling
Distance:	24 Miles
Time:	1:19:35
Heart Rate:	135
Speed:	18.05 mph
Weather:	Overcast Temperature-73° Humidity-76%
Route

May 8, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:54
Heart Rate:	143
Pace:	9:17
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-83° Humidity-49%

May 7, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:51
Heart Rate:	139
Pace:	9:37
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-82° Humidity-58%

May 6, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.16 Miles
Time:	1:00:05
Heart Rate:	137
Pace:	9:45
Weather:	Clear Temperature-71° Humidity-73%

May 5, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:36
Heart Rate:	145
Pace:	9:24
Weather:	Overcast Temperature-65° Humidity-97%

May 3, 2009: Birmingham, AL Brownell Running
Distance:	13 Miles
Time:	2:02:38
Heart Rate:	149
Pace:	9:26
Weather:	Overcast Temperature-70° Humidity-87%
Route

May 2, 2009: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Cycling
Distance:	24 Miles
Time:	1:19:32
Heart Rate:	138
Speed:	18.06 mph
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-75° Humidity-71%
Route

April 30, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:46
Heart Rate:	141
Pace:	9:15
Weather:	Clear Temperature-80° Humidity-40%

April 29, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.19 Miles
Time:	59:03
Heart Rate:	138
Pace:	9:32
Weather:	Clear Temperature-65° Humidity-73%

April 28, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:46
Heart Rate:	139
Pace:	9:13
Weather:	Clear Temperature-63° Humidity-75%

Apr 19-26: Cycling, Running, & Listening

A busy week focused on various things at work, not least of which is Liferay and some extensions we are making to an ALM, Application Lifecycle Management, application we use to provide transparency to our customers. I'm working with a person that just joined our team and we are designing database tables and objects to manage some new extensions. All good and fun.

Podcast Listening Update

• This American Life
• 283: Remember Me
• 372: The Inauguration Show
• ITConversations
• Timothy Fitz - Continuous Deployment (very comparable to Continuous Delivery as we describe it where I work)
  
• Software Engineering Radio
• Episode 13: Ruby in Practice
• .Net Rocks
• Derik Whittaker on nHibernate
  During the conversation, Carl Franklin says, "Did you follow the whole service oriented architecture movement as it sort of came and went? Dare I say." I wonder what Carl thinks the results were and what remained after it went. Derik talked about a cool idea: alt.net. Good podcast as usual for this show. .Net Rocks is a well produced show.

Data

April 26, 2009: Birmingham, AL Brownell-Shades Creek Greenway-Jemison Park Running
Distance:	11.17 Miles
Time:	1:47:14
Heart Rate:	139
Pace:	9:36
Weather:	Clear Temperature-62° Humidity-80%
Route

April 25, 2009: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Cycling
Distance:	23.92 Miles
Time:	1:21:07
Heart Rate:	132
Speed:	17.69 mph
Weather:	Clear Temperature-73° Humidity-59%
Route

April 24, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:04
Heart Rate:	143
Pace:	9:21
Weather:	Clear Temperature-86° Humidity-26%

April 23, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	29:01
Heart Rate:	146
Pace:	9:40
Weather:	Clear Temperature-78° Humidity-37%

April 22, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.22 Miles
Time:	57:25
Heart Rate:	146
Pace:	9:13
Weather:	Scattered clouds Temperature-74° Humidity-34%

April 21, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	29:38
Heart Rate:	137
Pace:	9:52
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-52° Humidity-71%

April 19, 2009: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Cycling
Distance:	23.92 Miles
Time:	1:23:23
Heart Rate:	127
Speed:	17.21 mph
Weather:	Mostly cloudy Temperature-63° Humidity-70%
Route

Apr 7-18: Running, Riding, Easter, & Statue-to-Statue

I have managed to stay very busy. The challenges at work continue: lots to do, little time to do 'em, and so on. But, it is exciting and I always get to play with recent technology which I love to do. So, I can't complain too much. Easter was a ball. We went to Demopolis, AL and John had a great time:

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. I had my second flat on my bike. This time it happened in Dempolis. Demopolis does NOT have tubes for my bike. So, today I bought 3 to keep in my gear bag. I am a bit concerned as the leak was in the same tire as last time which was not long ago. It also seemed to be in the same spot.
We saw Wicked recently. That was a blast. I never thought of the Wicked Witch's, you know from Oz, back story. Good musical and wonderful performances. Good musical and touching story.
I think I could say more if I blogged more often. This letting the data stack up, finds me brain dead after putting on the data here. I should blog more often and try to capture more about how my day went and what was in it.
Oh, that reminds me, the video below drew some chatter that just reminds me that we humans are a long damn way from figuring out how to live together peacefully and that there are still plenty of idiots in the world (on all sides of all arguments). Too bad and shameful.


Page with chatter.
Also found another running, cycling, blogger, Keep Moving Kate (& J.), from Birmingham this week thanks to Phedippidations. I recognize a lot of the scenery she posted. She also ran the Statue-to-Statue today. But, we exchanged comments via her blog. Nice blog, she has.
Podcast Listening Update

• Accident Hash
• Soggy End of March
• Tax Day Relief
• Phedippidations
• Fdip181: The 2009 State of the Course
• Fdip182: Running Legend: Jacqueline Gareau
• Fdip183: Boston = The Worlds Greatest Marathon
• This American Life
• 376: Wrong Side of History
• 377: Scenes From a Recession
• 209: Didn't Ask to Be Born
• ITConversations
• Episode 36 - StackOverflow
• Seth Grimes - Business Analytics
• Alva Noe - Out of Our Heads
• Charlene Li - The Future of Social Networks
• Cydni Tetro - The Scrum Methodology
• Software Engineering Radio
• Episode 115: Architecture Analysis
• Episode 98: Stefan Tilkov on REST
• .Net Rocks
• Ward Bell on ORMs.
• Mike Nash Talks IE8 and Windows 7!
• Rob Boucher on Application Architecture Guidance!
• Science Friday
• Physicists Hunt For Hidden Particles
• 300-Million-Year-Old Fish Brain Discovered
• Anthropologist Donald Johanson On 'Lucy's Legacy'
• CSC LEF
• Forum - Digital Disruptions: Keynote

Data

April 18, 2009: Birmingham, AL Statue-to-Statue Run
	Distance:	9.3 Miles, 15K GPS said 9.44 miles
	Time:	1:17:23
	Heart Rate:	160
	Pace:	8:11
	Weather:	Clear Temperature-58° Humidity-44%
	Route

April 17, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3.11 Miles
Time:	28:45
Heart Rate:	147
Pace:	9:14
Weather:	Clear Temperature-64° Humidity-52%

April 16, 2009: Birmingham, AL NeighborhoodRunning
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:28
Heart Rate:	141
Pace:	9:29
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-70° Humidity-41%

April 15, 2009: Birmingham, AL NeighborhoodRunning
Distance:	6.19 Miles
Time:	57:56
Heart Rate:	145
Pace:	9:21
Weather:	Clear Temperature-57° Humidity-59%

April 14, 2009: Birmingham, AL NeighborhoodRunning
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:39
Heart Rate:	141
Pace:	9:32
Weather:	Mostly cloudy Temperature-55° Humidity-89%

April 12, 2009: Birmingham, AL Demopolis, ALRunning
Distance:	11.14 Miles
Time:	1:42:50
Heart Rate:	149
Pace:	9:13
Weather:	Clear Temperature-70° Humidity-49%
Route

April 11, 2009:Demopolis, AL Cycling
Distance:	25.17 Miles
Time:	1:28:30
Heart Rate:	128
Speed:	17.06 mph
Weather:	Cloudy Temperature-63° Humidity-48% Seemed like a head wind for the first half
Route

April 10, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:50
Heart Rate:	142
Pace:	9:36
Weather:	Scattered clouds Temperature-81° Humidity-44%

April 9, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:26
Heart Rate:	151
Pace:	9:08
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-77° Humidity-30%

April 8, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.17 Miles
Time:	58:30
Heart Rate:	143
Pace:	9:28
Weather:	Clear Temperature-70° Humidity-26%

April 7, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	26:55
Heart Rate:	151
Pace:	8:58
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-51° Humidity-43%

March 28, 2009: Folly Beach, SC Cycling
Distance:	25.25 Miles
Time:	1:26:10
Heart Rate:	129
Speed:	17.58 mph
Weather:	Clear Temperature-55° Humidity-55%
Route

Feb 20 - Apr 4 2009: I am Still Alive, Running, & Listening

I have let me self get so consumed with work and other commitments that I have just failed to blog at all. I have kept up with my data; I have just not been able to here. So, this is an attempt to catch up. I won't be too blabber mouth to start. I will just get the data in. In the middle of all of this time, I have taken a vacation and spent a week in Orlando, Florida at Walt Disney World with my wife and 6 year old son. I will be posting those pictures soon too.

Podcast Listening Update

• Daily Sourcecode
• It’s Getting Hot In Here
• Fitness Rocks
• Should You Take a Multivitamin?
• Exercise Dose and Quality of Life
• Low-Fat vs Low-Carb - The Final Answer?
• The Risk of Too Much Sitting
• Childhood Obesity is a Big Deal
• Accident Hash
• Soggy Hash
• Phedippidations
• Fdip174: A Lecture From Arthur Lydiard
• Fdip175: Running on the Road Again
• Fdip176: Mailbox Review
• Fdip177: The Winning Bug by Jackson Scholz
• Fdip178: All in Stride
• Fdip179: Morning Runs
• Fdip180: From Maintenance Miles to Marathon
• This American Life
• 281: My Big Break
• 205: Plan B
• 373: The New Boss
• 375: Bad Bank
• 374: Somewhere Out There
• ITConversations
• Roger Magoulas - Facebook Apps: Big Picture Stats and Trends
• Jesse Stay - SocialToo
• Anne Thomas Manes - Is SOA Dead?
• CTO Panel - Technometria
• Ontario's Kyoto Struggle, Fuel Cells & Cyber-Crime - IEEE Spectrum Radio
• Karl Susman - Risk, Liability, and Web 2.0
• Daniel J. Solove - Understanding Privacy
• Joel Spolsky - The Three Ingredients Of Great Products
• Episode 26 - StackOverflow
  
• Steve Jurvetson - Dichotomy of Designed and Evolutionary Paths to AI Futures
• Zachary Shore - Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions
• Adam Nash - LinkedIn: The Business Social Network
• Robert "r0ml" Lefkowitz - Exceptional Software Explained: Embrace Error
• Eric Simons - Darwin Slept Here
• Episode 45 - StackOverflow
• Susan RoAne - Face to Face
• Episode 44 - StackOverflow Bashed the architecture role! Why Java Sucks! Has a transcript!
• Dion Almaer, Ben Galbraith - Bespin
• Mary Meeker - Technology Trends

April 4, 2009: Charleston, SC Cooper River Bridge Run
`	Distance:	6.2 Miles
	Time:	48:23
	Heart Rate:	167
	Pace:	7:48
	Weather:	Clear Temperature-57° Humidity-67%
	Route

April 2, 2009 Blythewood, SC Running
Distance:	3.06 Miles
Time:	26:12
Heart Rate:	149
Pace:	8:33
Weather:	Light rain Temperature-63° Humidity-94%
Route

April 1, 2009 Blythewood, SC Running
Distance:	6.12 Miles
Time:	53:52
Heart Rate:	149
Pace:	8:48
Weather:	Mostly cloudy Temperature-60° Humidity-80%
Route

March 31, 2009 Blythewood, SC Running
Distance:	3.06 Miles
Time:	27:01
Heart Rate:	146
Pace:	8:49
Weather:	Clear Temperature-48° Humidity-89%
Route

March 29, 2009 Blythewood, SC Running
Distance:	11.22 Miles
Time:	1:42:45
Heart Rate:	152
Pace:	9:09
Weather:	Overcast Temperature-63° Humidity-65%
Route

March 28, 2009: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Cycling
Distance:	24 Miles
Time:	1:23:52
Heart Rate:	137
Speed:	17.17 mph
Weather:	Scattered clouds Temperature-64° Humidity-78%
Route

March 27, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	29:23
Heart Rate:	147
Pace:	9:47
Weather:	Rain Temperature-60° Humidity-93%

March 26, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:44
Heart Rate:	147
Pace:	9:34
Weather:	Overcast Temperature-58° Humidity-93%

March 25, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.27 Miles
Time:	58:25
Heart Rate:	154
Pace:	9:19
Weather:	Light rain Temperature-61° Humidity-81%

March 24, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:27
Heart Rate:	153
Pace:	9:09
Weather:	Clear Temperature-58° Humidity-72%

March 17, 2009: Coronado Springs Resort WDW Orlando, FL Running
Distance:	3:03 Miles
Time:	27:27
Heart Rate:	136
Pace:	9:03
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-65° Humidity-90%
Route

March 15, 2009: Coronado Springs Resort WDW Orlando, FL Running
Distance:	11:08 Miles
Time:	1:43:18
Heart Rate:	142
Pace:	9:19
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-65° Humidity-87%
Route

March 13, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:25
Heart Rate:	150
Pace:	9:08
Weather:	Light rain Temperature-46° Humidity-66%

March 15, 2009: Coronado Springs Resort WDW Orlando, FL Running
Distance:	11:08 Miles
Time:	1:43:18
Heart Rate:	142
Pace:	9:19
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-65° Humidity-87%
Route

March 12, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:08
Heart Rate:	152
Pace:	9:02
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-60° Humidity-35%

March 11, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.16 Miles
Time:	57:36
Heart Rate:	144
Pace:	9:21
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-60° Humidity-35%

March 10, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:50
Heart Rate:	144
Pace:	9:36
Weather:	Partly cloudy Temperature-62° Humidity-75%

March 8, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	9.13 Miles
Time:	1:22:46
Heart Rate:	154
Pace:	9:03
Weather:	Scattered clouds Temperature-75° Humidity-50%

March 7, 2009: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Cycling
Distance:	23.95 Miles
Time:	1:22:07
Heart Rate:	140
Speed:	17.50 mph
Weather:	Haze Temperature-63° Humidity-77%
Route

March 6, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.2 Miles
Time:	58:40
Heart Rate:	148
Pace:	9:27
Weather:	Clear Temperature-74° Humidity-40%

March 5, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	27:24
Heart Rate:	150
Pace:	9:07
Weather:	Clear Temperature-66° Humidity-24%

March 4, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.16 Miles
Time:	58:40
Heart Rate:	147
Pace:	9:31
Weather:	Clear Temperature-38° Humidity-36%

March 1, 2009: Birmingham, AL Brownell Running
Distance:	11:1 Miles
Time:	1:44:43
Heart Rate:	151
Pace:	9:26
Weather:	Snow Temperature-32° Humidity-93%
Route
It was an interesting experience running in a continuous snow. Very fun. I did have some digestive trouble near the end. :(

February 28, 2009: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Cycling
Distance:	23.82 Miles
Time:	1:24:05
Heart Rate:	136
Speed:	17.00 mph
Weather:	Overcast Temperature-55° Humidity-89%
Route

February 27, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	29:09
Heart Rate:	142
Pace:	9:43
Weather:	Overcast Temperature-59° Humidity-72%

February 26, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	28:33
Heart Rate:	143
Pace:	9:31
Weather:	Scattered clouds Temperature-67° Humidity-54%

February 25, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	6.29 Miles
Time:	58:04
Heart Rate:	149
Pace:	9:13
Weather:	Haze Temperature-50° Humidity-54%

February 24, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	26:51
Heart Rate:	153
Pace:	8:57
Weather:	Clear Temperature-38° Humidity-43%

February 22, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	9.11 Miles
Time:	1:23:02
Heart Rate:	154
Pace:	9:06
Weather:	Clear Temperature-42° Humidity-37%

February 21, 2009: Birmingham, AL Oak Mountain State Park Cycling
Distance:	23.82 Miles
Time:	1:28:15
Heart Rate:	136
Speed:	16.19 mph
Weather:	Clear Temperature-39° Humidity-49%
Route

February 21, 2009: Birmingham, AL Neighborhood Running
Distance:	3 Miles
Time:	25:59
Heart Rate:	158
Pace:	8:39
Weather:	Clear Temperature-23° Humidity-68%