broad street run 2009

finished with an official 1:17:13 yesterday although my gps says 1:16:46. the somewhat cool weather and light rain made it a great day for racing although the rain did get heavier in the last few miles which made my footing a little more difficult.

Time Distance Split time Split distance Split pace Pace chg. last Pace vs avg. Elev. chg.
0:07:54 1.00 7:54 1.00 7:55  00:11.83 -22
0:15:25 2.00 7:30 1.00 7:31 -00:23.77 -00:11.93 +27
0:23:03 3.00 7:38 1.00 7:38 00:07.03 -00:04.90 -51
0:30:38 4.00 7:35 1.00 7:35 -00:02.97 -00:07.87 -2
0:38:14 5.00 7:36 1.00 7:36 00:01.18 -00:06.68 -40
0:45:49 6.00 7:34 1.00 7:35 -00:01.33 -00:08.01 +66
0:53:39 7.00 7:49 1.00 7:50 00:14.64 00:06.63 -83
1:01:32 8.00 7:53 1.00 7:53 00:03.74 00:10.37 -2
1:09:15 9.00 7:42 1.00 7:42 -00:10.90 -00:00.54 -6
1:16:46 10.00 7:31 1.00 7:31 -00:11.34 -00:11.88 -21
1:17:51 10.09 1:04 0.09 11:56 04:25.32 04:13.43 +19

i also thought my heart was going to explode during the final mile. but it didn't!

the wrestler

thought it was a good movie overall. the best scenes in the movie were the scenes between mickey rourke and evan rachel wood. the only weakness, i think, was in the screenplay, not the performances. 4.614 out of 5

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pdr 2008 splits

• 10km 58:00 @ 9:20
• 10mi 1:30:57 @ 9:06
• finish 1:57:28 @ 8:58

1. 9:28
2. 9:32
3. 9:32
4. 8:42
5. 8:42
6. 9:51
7. 8:37
8. 8:43
9. 8:42
10. 8:41
11. 8:42
12. 8:29
13. 8:37
14. 0:46

mythbusters + paintball guns

don't ask me about the marathon yet

i haven't been posting here in a while.

i have been training for the pdr although my training is nowhere near as thorough as last year's training regiment. i'd like to beat last year's 1:57 but honestly it wouldn't be a big disappointment if i didn't beat it. the key to that happening would be to get out faster than 9:00 mile in the first half. i trained to run a 8:21 mile last year but i couldn't get up to that pace until the last few miles. this year, i won't be as well conditioned but i am hoping to get out and hold 8:30-40ish.

af + chuck e cheese

by way of pitchfork

hungry like the wolf in accordion

just got weighed myself on a digital scale

160 pounds. 12.7% body fat. 22.2% muscle. 11 visceral fat. 1156kcal resting metabolism. 25.3 BMI.

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i like it so far because they eliminated all of the co and double co bullshit that ruined dual strike.

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it's a faithful reproduction

nature is awful

The parasitoid wasp Glyptapanteles lays its eggs, about 80 at a time, in young geometrid caterpillars. The eggs hatch and the larvae feed on the caterpillar's body fluids. When they are fully developed, they eat through the caterpillar's skin, attach themselves to a nearby branch or leaf and wrap themselves up in a cocoon.

The caterpillar, still alive, behaves as though controlled by the cocooned larvae. Instead of going about its usual daily business, it stands arched over the cocoons without moving away or feeding.

The caterpillar – now effectively a zombie – stays alive until the adult wasps hatch.

Janssen and colleagues at the Brazilian Federal University of Viçosa noticed that when they moved a paintbrush towards parasitised caterpillars, the insects would thrash about, apparently in an attempt to protect the cocoons.

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broad street run splits

unofficial finish of 1:29:02.

1. 9:17
2. 8:59
3. 9:01
4. 8:47
5. 8:41
6. 9:08
7. 9:01
8. 8:57
9. 8:48
10. 8:18