Out on the front line
don't worry I'll be fine
the story is just beginning
I say goodbye to my weakness
so long to the regret
and now I know that I'm alive
Brandon starts blog posts with song lyrics and I love that... I'm going to copy him.
I got out in the afternoon for a little over 2:00 with 4500ft of climbing. Everything felt OK. I got lucky on Saturday. My front tire came loose descending on a sand switchback and I nearly ate it... a brief moment of panic but I held it and felt invigorated after... not scared or panicked. A good sign that my luggage closet hasn't added another bag. Tomorrow is Walker Ranch a couple of times which will be a test of sorts. Not crazy technical but there are a lot of high speed opportunities.
I have a theory that a hardish run before a bike makes the bike "worth more". You fatigue your legs with a ~1:00 run and then the specific bike fitness comes from the bike and also allows for lower training volumes on the bike (IE: a 1:00 run + 4:00 bike is equal to 5:00 on the bike, or more). So I might do my 10 mile tempo course hard in the morning first. I have plans to return to serious running after Leadville so I also don't want to lose touch with it. But I wondered today when the Silver Rush 50 bike registration opens for next year too. I have conflicting goals again. This year was sort of a gimme as I am waiting until I turn 40 to refocus on running... and it's taken forever for 40 to get here! The biking this year was supposed to just be a time killer, but I see now that biking is not only hugely useful to a runner but I also love it with similar passion as running. I want to run a fast marathon as a Master in the next few years... but I also have unfinished business as Silver Rush 50 and I suspect I will want to go back to Leadville or do another 100 mile mountain bike race too.
Yesterday afternoon lightening struck our house and it fried my PC and modem. As a stay at home dad who coaches athletes from home via computer... I sort of panicked. I called my wife at work and for one athlete I told her the workouts while she typed it in to an e-mail. Michelle called for our weekly chat and she told me things usually happen in 3's... so this morning I got up early to drive to a coffee shop to use my laptop and my car battery was dead. #3... done?
I spent the morning taking my computer to the shop and bought a new modem so I can use my laptop at home. If the PC is dead then I'm tempted to use this opportunity to upgrade to an Apple. I can't stand Microsoft. I'm wanting a very basic setup, any suggestions are welcome or if someone wants to sell an old Apple let me know.
8 comments:
Way to jump right back at it!!
We made the switch to Apple in December and will never go back.
James
Well a dead car battery is a rather benign #3. So you should be good now. :)
And that's good news about the running making the biking more worthwhile. It occurred to me at the end of my run this afternoon that I might pay for it on my ride tomorrow... but now I'll just look at my ride as being enhanced by that rather uncomfortable effort today!
Struck by lightning is not a cool title to a blog post with the luck you have had as of late.
Shinedown.
Sometimes it takes a good amount of investment to find the right lyrics. I just do it weekly.
I can get you Mac discounts on new stuff.
the Mac Mini is pretty sweet... and like $700
James- Ya, I want to make the switch too.
Mama- Benign yes... but I think it counts, or at least I'm counting it. I'm still alive today so maybe it was #3?
GZ- Ya right!?
Brandon- I usually choose my music by drums beats first, then lyrics. I've heard some pretty shitty music that had awesome lyrics I love it. I also listen to bagpipes and American Indian drums when I run... you should try it.
Pace- Yikes. I saw a refurbished Dell Optiplex (what I have now) for $75.00. But yes, the mini is what I ultimately want!
Lucho, a friend left me with a used iMac G5 17 inch to sell. It is a Power PC which is the old processor. This means that you will not be able to upgrade the OS beyond X 10.5.8, but this should not be a real problem for a few years given that the machine is still really fast and has all the MAC niceness you are looking for. In fact, my friend also had a 20 inch iMac I traded an 8 year mtn bike to replace my 9 year old Sony...I totally the iMac!. Anyway let me know if you are interested in the 17inch. I believe he wants 300 but I'm sure he would negotiate.
Good luck up in Leadville...looking forward to reading about your journey up high!
Chris- Super cool of you to mention that! Unfortunately the shop put my hard drive in to a new computer for just $75 (tells you how much PCs are worth)... so I'll suck it up and wait for this thing to die. I am getting an i-phone in September though, my sister is getting a new one, so I'll get to have a taste of intelligent design at least.
Thanks again Chris, much appreciated!
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