It's a longer ride for sure on the old way.
RE: the new bike lane the city paved along 29th to the Highway -- I almost rode head first into a cop on horseback. I'm in the lane and buses are parked to the left. Just where the sewage treatment depot sits, I just managed to notice a horse eeking its way in to my lane. Now the cop was going the wrong way in the lane, but I'm quite sure had I not acted so quickly, I'd have been issued a citation for some sort of trumped-up BS. There was NOWHERE ELSE for the cop and horse to be right then and there?
Anyway, I am listening to QOTSA. Era Vulgaris is not as good as Songs For the Deaf and I never listened to Lullabyes.
Today is the boxing class at lunch and I'm going to polish up my mock Lewis Black book review. I opted not to write it based on the Gaines novel.
My legs are still a little sore but nothing I cannot handle. It's getting colder for real this time and I might need to dress a little warmer under the sweatshirt.
The goal is to get leaner again as there's a chance I might get in to the NY Ironman.
Thank you for reading.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Return ride within 20 min.
For a guy who started the day really sore I made great time getting back to Penn.
I worked out the shoulders and tris at the gym today but I think the 5-10 min in the sauna loosened up my legs b/c I felt pretty limber all things considered.
It's a good day when Smithers isn't around -- I can accomplish a lot.
It's not even that cold out I know it will eventually get worse but this is tolerable.
Thank you for reading.
soreness on ride 536
I had every intention of taking the Bklyn train today and it was reinforced when the traffic report said there were delays from Jam. to Penn. So HA!
I ran my half-mar on the Boardwalk on Saturday (in 1:50 -- not a great time, but it's been a while) and am still pretty sore. Going up the Bridge was difficult and I was rewarded with that soothing smell of nail polish at the peak.
Smithers is out today and I have some personal work to do, so my attitude is get in, do the real work and get other things done in small doses. An interesting professional prospect came up yesterday for book reviewing but I want to familiarize myself with their format/style before I put anything down. I got like this when I started the real estate column, and I know once I do a few it will be fine but the first one or two is always the toughest thing b/c I want it to be too good.
It's not terribly cold -- nothing like early last week.
Going to hit the gym today again during lunch so I can come home and eat chili and have a brewhaha and watch the rest of "Todd Margaret."
Finished A Lesson Before Dying on Saturday and it was a good read. That is what my mock review for the freelance gig will be about.
My legs are sore all over.
Thank you for reading.
I ran my half-mar on the Boardwalk on Saturday (in 1:50 -- not a great time, but it's been a while) and am still pretty sore. Going up the Bridge was difficult and I was rewarded with that soothing smell of nail polish at the peak.
Smithers is out today and I have some personal work to do, so my attitude is get in, do the real work and get other things done in small doses. An interesting professional prospect came up yesterday for book reviewing but I want to familiarize myself with their format/style before I put anything down. I got like this when I started the real estate column, and I know once I do a few it will be fine but the first one or two is always the toughest thing b/c I want it to be too good.
It's not terribly cold -- nothing like early last week.
Going to hit the gym today again during lunch so I can come home and eat chili and have a brewhaha and watch the rest of "Todd Margaret."
Finished A Lesson Before Dying on Saturday and it was a good read. That is what my mock review for the freelance gig will be about.
My legs are sore all over.
Thank you for reading.
Friday, January 6, 2012
over the bridge
It's much warmer today than the past couple of days.
Read 75 pgs of the book yesterday and will maintain my 50-pg rate today.
Also going to start a free week at a gym behind the office so I get the luxury of a shower, too. Today I'm going to work the abs. Tomorrow I'll do my shoulders before I run and Sunday will be a day off. I'm not thrilled with the way my midsection is looking. I realize I have cheated myself a little by driving to the station these past few weeks (not today, though) but it's also all the extra food and sugar I'm ingesting. It all adds up. Plus in November I had done a good job with extra running sessions and that's why I kicked ass on Thanksgiving. But I sort of anticipated this and it was good to give myself a little rest and now I hopefully will have the strength to be faster and better.
I got a little lost today trying to find the Bridge entrance. It wasn't so bad and I didn't get lost-lost. Just tried to figure out a shortcut and I've decided not to try that route again.
It's supposedly in the upper40s to low 50s today.
I've got no pack. Just me and a couple of layers and some necessities.
Also heard back from a job application I submitted.
Good way to end a week.
Thank you for reading.
Read 75 pgs of the book yesterday and will maintain my 50-pg rate today.
Also going to start a free week at a gym behind the office so I get the luxury of a shower, too. Today I'm going to work the abs. Tomorrow I'll do my shoulders before I run and Sunday will be a day off. I'm not thrilled with the way my midsection is looking. I realize I have cheated myself a little by driving to the station these past few weeks (not today, though) but it's also all the extra food and sugar I'm ingesting. It all adds up. Plus in November I had done a good job with extra running sessions and that's why I kicked ass on Thanksgiving. But I sort of anticipated this and it was good to give myself a little rest and now I hopefully will have the strength to be faster and better.
I got a little lost today trying to find the Bridge entrance. It wasn't so bad and I didn't get lost-lost. Just tried to figure out a shortcut and I've decided not to try that route again.
It's supposedly in the upper40s to low 50s today.
I've got no pack. Just me and a couple of layers and some necessities.
Also heard back from a job application I submitted.
Good way to end a week.
Thank you for reading.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
the 825
Today is pretty much a repeat of yestermorning, only this time I have the hand warmers. I'll take what I can get. I also found my other glove liner so I'm a little bit warmer, generally, plus it's not as frigid today, though my toes are frozen.
I wish I had more control over my dreams while I'm dreaming. Oftentimes I'm more of an observer than the director and I try to prepare myself for that sort of thing but there's no amount of pep talk that can do the job.
My hood is lower closer to my eyes so that I can mostly avoid it cutting in to them. The train was 7 minutes late today so in reality I made an 8:25. I knew something was amiss when I didn't hear the bells and then saw people still waiting on the platform.
Am at a 50-page-per-day rate on Dying. It's good, not a difficult read but it's emotionally dense. Let it take me for the ride.
No lock today I forgot it at the car so I'll bring the bike in.
There are joggers out today and sparse cyclists but that's all. I had a solid workout last nite on my pecs and tris. First really good workout of the New Year. Biohazard rules!
Thank you for reading.
I wish I had more control over my dreams while I'm dreaming. Oftentimes I'm more of an observer than the director and I try to prepare myself for that sort of thing but there's no amount of pep talk that can do the job.
My hood is lower closer to my eyes so that I can mostly avoid it cutting in to them. The train was 7 minutes late today so in reality I made an 8:25. I knew something was amiss when I didn't hear the bells and then saw people still waiting on the platform.
Am at a 50-page-per-day rate on Dying. It's good, not a difficult read but it's emotionally dense. Let it take me for the ride.
No lock today I forgot it at the car so I'll bring the bike in.
There are joggers out today and sparse cyclists but that's all. I had a solid workout last nite on my pecs and tris. First really good workout of the New Year. Biohazard rules!
Thank you for reading.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
...And every kingdom of rain keeps pouring down...
It's colder today than yesterday and my toes are frosted up but it's not as windy. In fact, there's barely a breeze so it's within in me to move forward. The problem is that I forgot my hat, but neutralized that with my hood and just wore the helmet so that my scalp was not exposed to this near-zero-feeling air.
Began reading A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines today. It's been on the bookshelf since the lizard and I moved in together so it's time I get to reading it. It dawns on me that the setting in the book will be the same as the one which I'll have my jazz brunch so that's kind of cool. Regardless this will not be an uplifting read, but then again the Hemingway stories yesterday were sort of a downer, too. Good read, and I'm sure this will be, too, but sad.
Very excited to see Mark Lanegan next month, though my brother-in-arms is not joining me perhaps the Lizard will. Had the first incarnation of "Kingdoms of Rain" in my head as I rode since it was the last thing I heard before exiting the train. The 2nd version has a more dramatic interpretation of the chorus.
No coffee yet, but I'm probably better for it. I will quickly hit the gym and work on my pecs and tris before dinner and supposedly Saturday will have nice weather in the upper 40s so maybe I can knock out a half-mar on the boardwalk.
Thank you for reading.
Began reading A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines today. It's been on the bookshelf since the lizard and I moved in together so it's time I get to reading it. It dawns on me that the setting in the book will be the same as the one which I'll have my jazz brunch so that's kind of cool. Regardless this will not be an uplifting read, but then again the Hemingway stories yesterday were sort of a downer, too. Good read, and I'm sure this will be, too, but sad.
Very excited to see Mark Lanegan next month, though my brother-in-arms is not joining me perhaps the Lizard will. Had the first incarnation of "Kingdoms of Rain" in my head as I rode since it was the last thing I heard before exiting the train. The 2nd version has a more dramatic interpretation of the chorus.
No coffee yet, but I'm probably better for it. I will quickly hit the gym and work on my pecs and tris before dinner and supposedly Saturday will have nice weather in the upper 40s so maybe I can knock out a half-mar on the boardwalk.
Thank you for reading.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Starting the New Year off with gangrene
First ride of the new year in the freezing friggin cold.
I've had worse, there is no doubt about it. But this is the worst in a really really long time. These running jackets are perfect under armor, under a hoodie.
I want this year to be better and a lot of that is within me to initiate.
I'm just so cold right now. I had to lift the scarf to my chin. I should've washed the ski mask this past weekend.
Read most of the Snows of Kilimanjaro on the train. I think I have less than 10 pgs to go. It's a longer short story and I new I couldn't finish it on the one ride. So far it's my favorite of the shorts I've read. There's not a whole lot of time but theme of lying aloud so much you comfort yourself with it is more universal than one would imagine. I think as a kid I would doubt him but as an adult I believe it. It'll be interesting to see the adaptation. It's been almost 3 years since I was booted from the snooty New Yorkers' reading group where they yelled at me and told me to read Hemingway. That was fine but I wasn't trying to write a Hemingway-type story and I think what I showed them was such a shock to their literary senses that they were repelled. I don't care anymore, the advice was good. Still, I laugh at that because my intentions were so good and they were met with such contempt.
The bike was tuned-up and fixed yesterday and I can see where there was indeed a bolt missing on the bottom left. The clicking noise has ceased and all is well on that front.
I didn't want to listen to heavy stuff but the wind is so bitter and cold I need to sharpen the old senses. That's why I had to put on "Trapped Under Ice," "Escape" and "Creeping Death" off Ride the Lightning.
Sent out a bunch of resumes in the past couple of weeks and hopefully the decision-makers have returned to their offices and seek me out this week.
Thank you for reading.
I've had worse, there is no doubt about it. But this is the worst in a really really long time. These running jackets are perfect under armor, under a hoodie.
I want this year to be better and a lot of that is within me to initiate.
I'm just so cold right now. I had to lift the scarf to my chin. I should've washed the ski mask this past weekend.
Read most of the Snows of Kilimanjaro on the train. I think I have less than 10 pgs to go. It's a longer short story and I new I couldn't finish it on the one ride. So far it's my favorite of the shorts I've read. There's not a whole lot of time but theme of lying aloud so much you comfort yourself with it is more universal than one would imagine. I think as a kid I would doubt him but as an adult I believe it. It'll be interesting to see the adaptation. It's been almost 3 years since I was booted from the snooty New Yorkers' reading group where they yelled at me and told me to read Hemingway. That was fine but I wasn't trying to write a Hemingway-type story and I think what I showed them was such a shock to their literary senses that they were repelled. I don't care anymore, the advice was good. Still, I laugh at that because my intentions were so good and they were met with such contempt.
The bike was tuned-up and fixed yesterday and I can see where there was indeed a bolt missing on the bottom left. The clicking noise has ceased and all is well on that front.
I didn't want to listen to heavy stuff but the wind is so bitter and cold I need to sharpen the old senses. That's why I had to put on "Trapped Under Ice," "Escape" and "Creeping Death" off Ride the Lightning.
Sent out a bunch of resumes in the past couple of weeks and hopefully the decision-makers have returned to their offices and seek me out this week.
Thank you for reading.
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