So its been awhile, but I wanted to drop a note and maybe post something over here occasionally.
If you are a fan of Biggest Loser (and I know a number of you are), I've been posting recaps of the episodes over at Off-Color TV. Turns out the wife of fan-fave Oatmeal (aka Oneal) was reading my blog and we now have an opportunity to ask some questions to Oatmeal and Sunshine and get some answers. Be sure to post your questions over there!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
As you can tell...
I've pretty much retired this blog. I've moved all my activity over to The Digitante since that takes up a couple of hours a night. If you are looking for pictures of the girls and you know me, become my friend on Facebook since I post pictures over there.
I'm going to leave all the content up on this blog however, so feel free to check out the archives.
I'm going to leave all the content up on this blog however, so feel free to check out the archives.
Friday, October 2, 2009
What's the word, Chicago?
Are you happy or sad the Olympics aren't coming to the Windy City? Leave your comments below.
I'm kind of bummed for two reasons: first, Indianapolis probably would have benefited from Chicago hosting the Olympics since we are relatively close and second, the wife and I moved away from Seattle right before the Winter Olympics were due to head there, so we missed out.
All in all, it is probably best for Chicago in a number of ways.
Mayor Daly has to dig out of all his messes on his own instead of getting tax dollars to bail him out.
Chicago citizens were going to pick up a lot of the tab for the cost of preparing for the Olympics, but rest assured, the profits from the Games were certainly not going to go back to the citizenry. Even all the increased economic activity would be taxed pretty hard.
And anyway, Chicago is a great city and certainly doesn't need the Olympics to raise its stature in the world.
So in closing, better luck next Chicago. Or congrats on dodging that bullet Chicago. I'm not sure which.
I'm kind of bummed for two reasons: first, Indianapolis probably would have benefited from Chicago hosting the Olympics since we are relatively close and second, the wife and I moved away from Seattle right before the Winter Olympics were due to head there, so we missed out.
All in all, it is probably best for Chicago in a number of ways.
Mayor Daly has to dig out of all his messes on his own instead of getting tax dollars to bail him out.
Chicago citizens were going to pick up a lot of the tab for the cost of preparing for the Olympics, but rest assured, the profits from the Games were certainly not going to go back to the citizenry. Even all the increased economic activity would be taxed pretty hard.
And anyway, Chicago is a great city and certainly doesn't need the Olympics to raise its stature in the world.
So in closing, better luck next Chicago. Or congrats on dodging that bullet Chicago. I'm not sure which.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Tap, tap, tap...
Is this thing on? At least I have the Twitter updates and location over on the side there.
I am planning on posting some baby pictures, but unfortunately, posting over at The Digitante is sucking up all my time. It is going great over there though, so be sure to check it out!
I am planning on posting some baby pictures, but unfortunately, posting over at The Digitante is sucking up all my time. It is going great over there though, so be sure to check it out!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Triathlon cooldown...
I was going to call this the triathlon rundown, but I've had enough running for the day. Here is how it all went down.
Woke up around 6:15-6:30, got out of bed and threw my tri shorts, regular shorts, and workout shirt on. Packed up my stuff in my backpack, ate the bowl of oatmeal with blueberries the wife cooked up.
Around 7:00, my dad, brother and I road over to the canal and parked by bike at the bike rack. I got my arms "tattooed" with my number for the swim. I laid out my gear in nice neat little stacks and headed over to the start line for my race.
The "tattoo" number:
As I waited around, the Olympic distance swimmer went rolling by. They had to swim 1.5km (0.9 miles) vs my 500m. My legs were bristling and driving me nuts since I had shaved them the day before. No nicks or cuts!
The legs:
My swim started right around 9am. I had some pre-swim jitters when I was still out of the water, but hopping in the water and warming up a little calmed me right down. It was a little chilly, but not to bad. I started off swimming freestyle (crawl stroke), but found that I was completely disoriented, water kept going in my mouth every breath, and I kept bumping into people and the wall. I almost immediately switched to an alternating pattern of backstroke, sidestroke, and breaststroke. My first takeaway was that next time I would definitely practice in the open water of a lake or something during training.
My time on the swim was about 18 minutes while I was actually hoping for something in the range of 12-15 minutes. Considering I did almost not freestyle though, I am pretty happy with 18 minutes.
Here is me (on the right) arriving at the finish line for the swim:
Transitioning was a really cool experience. It gave you a nice little break to relax while you tossed on some socks and shoes, shirt, and a bike helmet. About 3 minutes later, I was on the road. The Olympic tri was 50km bike ride (about 30-some miles). My sprint tri was 25km (about 16 miles). It was a nice scenic ride by the White River.
About halfway through my ride, I saw a dude sitting on the curb with road rash all the way up his side from a wipeout. He bike was about 100 feet down the way. Then about 45 second later, the guy in front of me about hit the curb and had to jump with his foot to keep from wiping out. I asked if he was ok and he just said, "I need to pay attention." Good call!
I was really strong on the bike, passing about 50-60 people and only getting passed by about 5. I was worried that was expending too much energy, but my legs felt good, so I kept pushing. I finished in a little over 40 minutes. I had budgeted 45 minutes in my game plan. Takeaway for this leg: ride harder. My legs could have handled more.
This is me zooming toward the finish line:
A few more minutes in the transition area to swap out bike shoes for running shoes and I was back out the chute for the run. The Olympic was a 10k and mine was a 5k. I ended up running the whole thing (aside from slowing down to drink water so I didn't choke on it). I ran it in about 27 minutes vs my budgeted 25. I will point out that I ran Race for the Cure 5k withOUT biking or swimming first and ran it in 24.5 minutes, so I really can't complain about 27 minutes at all.
Clapping to cheer myself and others on to the finish line.
Big takeaway from this leg: pin my number to my shorts and lose the shirt! I was majorly sweating and overheating.
Biggest lesson learned: I could have majorly sped up my transition stops, however, it was nice to wind down a bit before heading in the next leg.
Here is my victory picture just before hopping in the canal for a nice, cool down soak:
Woke up around 6:15-6:30, got out of bed and threw my tri shorts, regular shorts, and workout shirt on. Packed up my stuff in my backpack, ate the bowl of oatmeal with blueberries the wife cooked up.
Around 7:00, my dad, brother and I road over to the canal and parked by bike at the bike rack. I got my arms "tattooed" with my number for the swim. I laid out my gear in nice neat little stacks and headed over to the start line for my race.
The "tattoo" number:
As I waited around, the Olympic distance swimmer went rolling by. They had to swim 1.5km (0.9 miles) vs my 500m. My legs were bristling and driving me nuts since I had shaved them the day before. No nicks or cuts!
The legs:
My swim started right around 9am. I had some pre-swim jitters when I was still out of the water, but hopping in the water and warming up a little calmed me right down. It was a little chilly, but not to bad. I started off swimming freestyle (crawl stroke), but found that I was completely disoriented, water kept going in my mouth every breath, and I kept bumping into people and the wall. I almost immediately switched to an alternating pattern of backstroke, sidestroke, and breaststroke. My first takeaway was that next time I would definitely practice in the open water of a lake or something during training.
My time on the swim was about 18 minutes while I was actually hoping for something in the range of 12-15 minutes. Considering I did almost not freestyle though, I am pretty happy with 18 minutes.
Here is me (on the right) arriving at the finish line for the swim:
Transitioning was a really cool experience. It gave you a nice little break to relax while you tossed on some socks and shoes, shirt, and a bike helmet. About 3 minutes later, I was on the road. The Olympic tri was 50km bike ride (about 30-some miles). My sprint tri was 25km (about 16 miles). It was a nice scenic ride by the White River.
About halfway through my ride, I saw a dude sitting on the curb with road rash all the way up his side from a wipeout. He bike was about 100 feet down the way. Then about 45 second later, the guy in front of me about hit the curb and had to jump with his foot to keep from wiping out. I asked if he was ok and he just said, "I need to pay attention." Good call!
I was really strong on the bike, passing about 50-60 people and only getting passed by about 5. I was worried that was expending too much energy, but my legs felt good, so I kept pushing. I finished in a little over 40 minutes. I had budgeted 45 minutes in my game plan. Takeaway for this leg: ride harder. My legs could have handled more.
This is me zooming toward the finish line:
A few more minutes in the transition area to swap out bike shoes for running shoes and I was back out the chute for the run. The Olympic was a 10k and mine was a 5k. I ended up running the whole thing (aside from slowing down to drink water so I didn't choke on it). I ran it in about 27 minutes vs my budgeted 25. I will point out that I ran Race for the Cure 5k withOUT biking or swimming first and ran it in 24.5 minutes, so I really can't complain about 27 minutes at all.
Clapping to cheer myself and others on to the finish line.
Big takeaway from this leg: pin my number to my shorts and lose the shirt! I was majorly sweating and overheating.
Biggest lesson learned: I could have majorly sped up my transition stops, however, it was nice to wind down a bit before heading in the next leg.
Here is my victory picture just before hopping in the canal for a nice, cool down soak:
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Party Down...
If you have Netflix, you need to watch a show called Party Down. It is available on either Watch Instantly or you can put the discs on your queue.
This is a Showtime show so you can expect some crude humor in the same vein as Weeds. However, I always feel like Showtime and HBO shows are more like TV should be, like how it would be if there were no network executives.
It is produced be Kevin from the Wonder Years and produced by Paul Rudd and also Rob Thomas of Veronica Mars fame (not of Match Box 20 fame). It stars a ton of people from VM including Vinnie Lombardi the bumbling private eye, the TA from college, Ed Begley Jr, and Dick Casablancas. Jane Lynch is also in it and also awesome (SB is signing up for Netflix as we speak).
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