Lederhosen Champion

Ran in the Harpoon Octoberfest Road Race this weekend – and they had a German Costume Contest as part of the race.  I couldn’t resist, so I rented some Lederhosen and my sister-in-law and I took 1st place Male and 1st Place Female in the costume contest.  The prize was a backpack, a 6-pack and eternal fame.  There were awards for running the race fast as well – but it’s far easier to rent lederhosen than to run a 5k in under 20min.  The weather was perfect and the Octoberfestivities following the race were very fun.  The kids were having fun almost the whole time – especially dancing to the German Polka Band.

I got a free bumper sticker and brautwerst just for “looking the part” as well.

Run, run, run – you’re almost done

Running on a relay team in next weeks Vermont City Marathon. It’s very good to have a goal -especially one with other people counting on you. Very motivational.

Mile on the mill

Quick 15min run on the treadmill – distance measured a mile – but I trust that thing less and less.

X/C Skiing for the year

I typically cross country ski almost exactly once a year, and this year I guess today was the day.  Put the running shoes on,  stretched, fired up the iPod+Nike device and got out there only to find all the roads very slippery.  I was hoping the busier roads would have pavement, but alas – only the very crunchy ice was fun to run on.  So I turned around and ran back home – probably 1/4 mile round trip running.

Put on the X/C’s and walked about 200 yards to the beginning of a trail I thought would be good and stepped in.  I told the iPod to “continue workout” thinking it’d be interesting to see how the pedometer functioned on a x/c stride vs. a running stride.  It took me a couple seconds to remember that the little device that makes it all happen is inside my running shoe – so that experiment failed.  So it was skiing with the TWiT podcast, and that was fine.

1.45 mi

Using the nike+iPod on the treadmill (why not?) and listening to cartalk.  Set up a couple extra computer type speakers (that I got in a woot mystery bag) to listen.  Pretty happy with the setup.  I hate running on the treadmill with headphones.

Treadmill said it was 1.2mi, iPod says 1.45 – I’ll take the iPod and a post-run beer, thank you.

A mile

Short run.  Listening to podcast (Twit).  Coming off a cold.

Run or Work?

Got out for a couple miles last night.  Realizing that I’ve been reluctant to get up early to run because I somehow think that if I get up early I should be getting to work instead of running.  Must adjust priorities.

Chumby

Just caught sight of a new device called Chumby.  I’ve often wanted a bedside device that serves not only as an alarm clock, but has some intelligence.  For example:  If it snowed over 6 inches overnight, wake me up 20min early in case I want to cross-country ski to work.  Or perhaps, if I haven’t run in a few days – wake me up an hour early and tell me to go running, maybe play a good running song to remind me how nice I’ll feel once I get out there.  The device is being promoted as being able to do almost anything – and it’s open source hardware to boot… so theoretically it could do almost anything.

4mi Trail Run

I found some new trails on the Fidelity Property that I love.  Ton’s of hills, lots of twisty turns around trees and as long as I’ll ever need them to be.  Really got into a groove and a 2miler turned into a 4miler.  Saw some turkeys which flew away on my approach.  The Canadian geese are still poaching the pond as well.

Fat and Poor vs. Rich and Fit

Read an interesting article comparing weight management with money management. I like the way the author present two top 10 lists that are very similar. I thought about how it could be applied to time management, project management, management management, and possibly career management.