Quickie Fitness update

Well at least the snow and bitter cold should be factored out of the equation (we hope)....Seem to be in check with my program and the book i'm using. I'm may be just a tad behind in fitness where i should be . The intervals are getting longer and i did hit the wall in the last cycle today but at least i feel like i can follow the plan with the longer days. There are no massive jumps in distance for the next few weeks....

compare and contrast part 3

Ringing in spring by................

Making a SNOWMAN......also we went to my parents to celebrate a belated birthday for my mom....

Fri at the park

Not the most picture perfect day....the actual park is still a mudbog.....took a couple of shots before it started to rain.....

First day of spring dumpage take two

Talk about deja' vu......I got the same (almost) stomach bug i had in feb 06 over the last few days. Of course the kids got it first......

The first day of spring was frigid....just like last year...

I can't get my soccer team together (kind of like last year)

My running program should inprove this week (it did last year).

Is the scariest phrase on tv now "i'm Chris Hansen from Dateline NBC and we're doing a story on....." Love Curt Schillings new blog 38pitches.com. Reading a new book on the 1967 Red Sox...written by Rico Petrocielli.

Workout MOJO

It just came to me that i'm horribly behind taking some new pics. Crap weather will do that. Unfortunately as the weather got better and warmer this week (short lived), I've been battling a cold and have only run once this week and I'm guessing with a winter storm warning for tomorrow, an outdoor run may have to wait. Even running on the treadmill hasnt peaked my interest (translated i've been a lazy shit).

ps....oddly i just checked the blog from a year ago and i was sick the same week.......

weird....

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...And yet another birthday has reared its ugly head.....I'm a little blah about getting another year older, but not too bad. Was thinking today...that you always wondered what you'd be like or feel like when you were "older" and now that i'm here, i dont have any words or wisdom.
Its just me in an older frame. I guess there is a tendency to that something magical will happen when you reach a certain station in life and i guess the answer to that is the FUTURE is NOW.

Maybe it was having a birthday on a sunday and facing monday, that required to me make a little extra effort to dwell on the getting older thing.

thank you to my friends Brian and Abi who sent me a card with a yellowing ad clipping from our favorite hangout. feels like a moment out of "Back To The Future" where DOC pulls out the old note Marty had written him in the past......

The WORST invention EVER!..and why its named incorrectly!

It is THE SELF CHECK OUT LANE!!!!!!!!!....

I can't stand it anymore! How come (most times) I can zip thru one of these fucking lanes within a reasonable amount of time! My last two times have gone like this:

--Woman with baby IN stroller and NO carriage scans groceries at snails pace (i should interject that only ONE of the THREE self check out lanes were working), takes at LEAST two minutes to dig thru wallet for her cash, and then AFTER scanning everything NOW puts THEM one by one in their bags (at LEAST five minutes.....I should note also not i was not in a rush and not in a bad mood...just love watching people in their own world, that she didnt note that i TOO was traveling with a small child). After all of this she crams ALL of the items into the carriage and THEN rips the coupons that print out and stands there READING them! Are you fucking kidding me?

--Tonight i watch the older woman in line in front of me mis scan an item twice, then get the "unexpected item in bagging area" error message, and then be unable to get a roast the size of my thigh to scan without the assistance of an employee! I gave up, moved to the other lane and finally got out....she may still be there for all i know.

--So why do the call it the SELF checkout lane????? Everyone in front of ME needs assistance!
They should call it "With the help of others" lane. These groceries stores need to have a FULL TIME person whose job is ONLY to stand at the end of the lane with scanner guns and access codes a ready!

--I know asshole use a REGULAR lane right! Fuck you! I will not let the stupid moronic masses win this battle. I will continue to wait my turn, sigh under my breath, get thru the line in good time complete with $20 cash back, just because i can!

Untitled

I couldn't think of a "clever" title for todays post and i'm tired of calling things "....ramblings".

--I've started a food journal or diary as suggested by the new issue of RUNNERSWORLD. I know it will be a massive pain in the ass but they note its a great way to see where EVERY calorie is going.
--I've come up with a term for when you have great intentions for the week. A Diet, A workout plan or yes a FOOD DIARY. I called it "Sunday Night Syndrome". Honestly, have you ever worked on a plan WEDNESDAY night???
--Did five miles yesterday....a 3/1 split. I'm trying to rebuild my fitness and using a book written by the same folks i used last year at this time.
--Hosted a charity event in Andover on sat night for St Judes and this week is our annual radiothon for St Judes. Last year we came to raise just under one million dollars...so thisyeat it would be nice to get over that hump.
--Finally got around to seeing "Invincible" with Mark Wahlberg. Nice movie, predictable tho with some "movieish" changes.
--Starting to feel "Heroes" is now better than "Lost". They just don't seem to move the plot along enough on "Lost"
--Nice to see "Twin Peaks" back on tv....its airing on Directvs new "Chill" channel.

KFC fattening of america

Have you noticed that KFC is doing the OPPOSITE of the other fast food restaurants? While McDonalds are going to eliminate the trans fats, offer more choices etc, it appear KFC is now opting to do us in one salt bowl at a time.

First it was their bowls with friend chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy and corn. The sodium content was (is) off the charts....but now introducing the

BIG VARIETY BOX MEAL WHICH CONTAINS:
2 pieces of fried chicken
mashed with gravy!
a biscuit
cold slaw
AND
a box of POPCORN chicken!

I did rough estimate....its about 1200 cals....and about 1 1/2 days worth sodium.....

good LORD................


oh and i forgot to include the cals if you get a regular PEPSI.