Run, Fat Man! Run!

Swimming

There was no one out at the pool so I decided to do laps. Kind of weird when it never gets deeper than 5 ft. and as shallow as 3 ft. But, I loved it.

Setting
7/31/2006, 4 pm, The Apartment.

Weather
Nice. Hot. But not too hot. It rained this morning so there was some breeze, and the water wasn't bathtub hot, like it can get.

Distance
I'm not sure, but I did 5 laps which is crossing the pool 10 times. The pool seems to be about 50 ft. in length, so that would mean I swam roughly 500 ft. (152 meters. I wanted to use my new conversion widget). I don't know if that's a lot. I'm sure it's not, but for someone who doesn't swim (I get in the pool, float a lot, and I might swim a total of 10 feet at any given pool venture) it felt like a lot.

How Am I Feeling
I felt really good after all was said and done, but it was tough during. I felt like I just sprint about half a mile. Really glad I swam instead, though.

Going Through My Head
Wow, this is harder than I though it'd be.

On the iPod

iPods don't go swimming.

Weights

Bench One set of about 13 at 100 lbs. just to warm up a little.

Incline 3 very quick sets of 10 at 100, 110, and 120 lbs.

Military Press 2 sets of 8 with 70 lbs.
1 set of 8 with 80 lbs.

Chest Pulls 3 sets of 12 starting at 70 lbs. and increasing 10 with each set. I did this pretty quick with little rest in between sets.

Curls I did 25 on each arm with light dumbbells, rapidly.

I don't know what to call them but you put weight in one hand and lean the other way to work love handles 1 set of 10 with 70 lbs
2 sets of 10 with 90 lbs.

On the iPod

I did work out with the tunes. They were:

Coldplay Green Eyes
Ryan Adams World War 24
Badly Drawn Boy Body Rap
Beastie Boys Song For Junior
The Beatles Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
The Beatles Your Mother Should Know
Old 97s Adelaide
R.E.M. Kohoutek
Jake Andrews You've Got to Know
The Shins Sphagnum Esplanade
Sufjan Stevens The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts

posted by Kyle @ 9:27 PM 1 comments

Here's the Goal

I recently came across this photo while I was looking through some old stuff last night. If anyone is wondering, I'm shooting to look like this again. Or, at least, closer to it. What am I cooking? Something with Rice a Roni, dishsoap, tequilla, and duck tape, it seems. And I think there is some coffee in the bottom of that pot. I would bet that it's been there a week, at minimum. I miss college sometimes.

You might think that because I haven't blogged in a while that I'm not running. You're right and you're wrong. I'm not running but I am excercising. I lifted weights today in a fairly intense workout and then hit the bike for 20 minutes. Running outside is way too hot and I hate treadmills. Biking inside is tolerable simply because bikes decrease the impact on my legs and back and I always feel like I get a better workout on the bike. I may go back to running when the weather cools down, but for now a bike suits me much more.

Setting
7/28/2006, 4:45pm, Apartment weightroom.

Weather
Nice, hot, but irrelavant this time around.

How Am I Feeling
I'm feeling really good. Worked up a good sweat and felt like I was accomplishing something.

Going Through My Head
I'm thinking about a new play about scientists from the 60s who freeze themselves when they all decide that the world has become too greedy and corrupt and that war is destroying everything. They have have a solution for peace and prosperity and set it in motion before they freeze themselves. They expect that the world will be a wonderful place in the year 2006 and arrange to thaw out at that time. When they awake they are amazed to see that things have gotten worse and that none of the plans that were put in motion were ever carried through with. The impending conflicts threaten to tear the group apart.


On the iPod

I had the iPod on, but have since lost the Shuffle mode and can't retrieve what was on there.

posted by Kyle @ 9:31 PM 0 comments

Morning Run (sort of)

Setting
7/11/2006, 10:30 am, The Apartment.

Distance
1.1 mile

Weather
Beautiful. I thought the morning would be a little cooler than 4 pm. I probably need to get up earlier to make a difference. It was still pretty hot.

Run Time
12 minutes

How Am I Feeling
Better than yesterday thank you very much. I kind of wanted to try 2 miles today but it's just too hard with the heat.

Going Through My Head
What I'm going to post today for Great Blogs of Fire

On the iPod

The Bens Just Pretend (two days in a row we start with The Bens. Huh.)
The Flaming Lips Pompeii AM Gotterdammerung
The Shins Baby Boomerang
Paul Simon That Was Your Mother

Weights

Some douche took all of the pins out of the weight room making the weights useless.

posted by Kyle @ 11:17 AM 0 comments

South Padre Island

The last week I've been in South Padre Island. Okay, actually I got back on Saturday. Anyway, while I was there I was surrounded by Amanda's uber healthy and active family. I was encouraged by their commitment to physical fitness before and it happened again. Sure enough everyday I participated in some sort of activity. Amanda and I found a place to play tennis, and we also ran a couple of the days. One day I did both. Then there was the day that Amanda's sisters, her dad and Brandon, her brother-in-law and I all went on a bike ride. For the others it was just another day of riding. They'd done it all week, and I'm assuming they ride a lot. I know her dad does. But I don't. It was a lot fun. Very difficult on the way back as it was pretty windy and going against the wind can be outright brutle. Plus the humidity which is considerably worse than Houston/Baytown did make for a difficult time when trying to catch one's breath. It was still a lot better than running. The heat and humidity in SPI made running near impossible after 9 am.

Anyway, that's what I've been doing. Today I'm going to run. Later.*

*Here's the account of today's run

Setting
7/10/2006, 4 pm, The Apartment.

Distance
1.1 mile

Weather
It's not too bad. It's hot and humid but much better than SPI

Run Time
10

How Am I Feeling
At first I felt great but then my legs started getting really sore. I'm wondering if it had something to do with excersises that I did over the week that I wasn't used to. I also wasn't very hydrated. I'm heard that lack of water can give you cramps in your legs.

Going Through My Head
How hot it is.

On the iPod

The Bens Bruised
Voices Me
The Earlies Bring it Back Again
Ben Folds Tiny Dancer

Weights

No weights today. I need to get back on that. It's been awhile.


Notes

posted by Kyle @ 1:45 PM 0 comments