"Well... you're not pregnant in your mouth." - Joel McHale
"That's where we're at with the Tea Party? You can't even support good deals now? Well, it's a good deal, but some poor people remain hardly unfucked, so my constituents won't have it." - Jon Stewart
Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Quotes for the Week #97
"I love Dick Morris. It's like if cholesterol and bile had a baby... and let Harvey Fierstein do the voice-over." - Jon Stewart
"Yes, Obama duped young people by not doing everything single thing they want. So now, they'll all vote republican. It's like, when I want some bread, I will not settle for half a loaf, I will instead have a muffin made of broken glass." - Stephen Colbert
"Oh honey, don't take this the wrong way, but I have almost no faith in you." - Claire Dunphy
"What? This is like O. Henry and Alanis Morrisette had a baby and named it 'this exact situation'." - Sterling Archer
"And I love that I have an erection... that didn't involve homeless people." - Dr. Krieger
"Maybe you just want to fly the plane yourself. Well, good luck pressing 'takeoff' then 'autopilot' then 'land'." - Carol
"Yes, Obama duped young people by not doing everything single thing they want. So now, they'll all vote republican. It's like, when I want some bread, I will not settle for half a loaf, I will instead have a muffin made of broken glass." - Stephen Colbert
"Oh honey, don't take this the wrong way, but I have almost no faith in you." - Claire Dunphy
"What? This is like O. Henry and Alanis Morrisette had a baby and named it 'this exact situation'." - Sterling Archer
"And I love that I have an erection... that didn't involve homeless people." - Dr. Krieger
"Maybe you just want to fly the plane yourself. Well, good luck pressing 'takeoff' then 'autopilot' then 'land'." - Carol
Monday, April 4, 2011
Quotes for the Week #96
"I thought we understood that you were never to think that I understand anything." - Liz Lemon
"I vanquished you in one day. I was trapped in a world of wet-wipes and rectal thermometers... then the babies came and life changed." - Devon Banks
"Roman? Roman doesn't know anything about anything. The other day he asked me what the letter q was." - Ben Donovan
"So, my Japanese girlfriend broke up with me, but that's ok, there are plenty more of them in the sea." - Mike M.
"I vanquished you in one day. I was trapped in a world of wet-wipes and rectal thermometers... then the babies came and life changed." - Devon Banks
"Roman? Roman doesn't know anything about anything. The other day he asked me what the letter q was." - Ben Donovan
"So, my Japanese girlfriend broke up with me, but that's ok, there are plenty more of them in the sea." - Mike M.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Quotes for the Week #95
"I just want to get the work over as soon as possible so I can do some fishing. Fishing relaxes me. It's like yoga, except I still get to kill something." - Ron Swanson
"That's like comparing apples to... Nazi oranges." - Cyril Figgis
"And if there is one thing I have learned in all my years as a spymaster, it's that you keep your friends close and possible genetic clones of Adolph Hitler closer." - Mallory Archer
"That's what he's best at...putting a bow on a turd, marking up the price and selling it so hard you want it, even though you know it's just a turd with a bow on it. America is that turd. It's time to let Donald Trump come in, put some gold leaf on the border and marble columns around Florida, throw up his names in big lights over the midwest and sell this whole place to the Chinese before they realize it's half broken. This is what I've been waiting for my whole life, a president who's not afraid to tell the truth... about being a lying asshole. Trump 2012!" - Lewis Black
"That's like comparing apples to... Nazi oranges." - Cyril Figgis
"And if there is one thing I have learned in all my years as a spymaster, it's that you keep your friends close and possible genetic clones of Adolph Hitler closer." - Mallory Archer
"That's what he's best at...putting a bow on a turd, marking up the price and selling it so hard you want it, even though you know it's just a turd with a bow on it. America is that turd. It's time to let Donald Trump come in, put some gold leaf on the border and marble columns around Florida, throw up his names in big lights over the midwest and sell this whole place to the Chinese before they realize it's half broken. This is what I've been waiting for my whole life, a president who's not afraid to tell the truth... about being a lying asshole. Trump 2012!" - Lewis Black
Monday, March 21, 2011
Triathlon Training Week 5
Monday, March 14- Basketball - 90 min. Same as last week, guarded the other low-post player and got pummeled with elbows... but wasn't quite as rough as the week before.
Tuesday, March 15 - Recovery from basketball
Wednesday, March 16 - Swinney Lap Swim. 30 lap total swim (distance - 1500 yd) 10 laps, short rest, then back to back 10 lap sets. Splits were - 11:05 (+ 1:19 rest), 12:00 and 12:23. This is the triathlon distance. Total time - 36:49. Each set of 10 laps consisted of 85% freestyle swim and 15% breaststroke for recovery.
Swinney Lap Swim by daskaff at Garmin Connect - Details
Thursday, March 17 - Macken Park 6.8 Mile Run. Stupidly, I hadn't charged my Garmin watch in a while... and the battery died during this run, so I only have the first 2.27 miles of the run. I did manage to break my personal distance record (of 6.7 miles on 3/5/11) by a whopping, 0.1 miles! The splits were -10:20, 10:32, 11:00*, 11:00*, 11:00*, 11:00*, 8:48* (0.8 mile - 11:00 pace). Total time - 73:40*. I'm pretty sure that I was going faster than the 11:00/mile pace, but I have no proof, so I'll just have to make sure to charge the watch so it can stay on for the whole run.
*Estimate based on average laps from previous 10K run at Macken Park 12 days earlier
Macken Park 6.8 mile run - partial record by daskaff at Garmin Connect - Details
Friday, March 18 - Rest
Saturday, March 19 - Rest
Sunday, March 20 - 10K run in Ames. I was in Ames for Saturday and Sunday and happened to stay with my old college roommate, Craig, who ran a half-marathon last year in Des Moines. Since he's training for that again this year, I brought my running gear along for the trip and joined him for a 10K around Ames. It was a pretty nostalgic run. We started at Craig's place, went along the south side of Campustown, up University Ave, around the stadiums, then back down Lincoln Way, which is along the south side of the Iowa State University campus, back to our starting point. We managed to run negative splits, except for one mile that we missed by 2 seconds because of a couple hills which also coincided with when it rained on us for a bit. All in all, easily the best run of the year! Thanks, Craig! Split times were -10:40, 10:26, 10:14, 10:10, 10:11, 10:04, 1:52 (0.21 mi - 9:08 pace). Total time - 63:37.
Ames 10K run by daskaff at Garmin Con63:3nect - Details
Week 5 Summary I had decided with the successful brick from last week, that I could take it somewhat easy this week. I want to stay off the bike for at least this week to try to drop a few more pounds, but definitely wanted to get back in the pool. This week's successes were doing the full distance swim with only minimal rest, extending my running personal distance record and cutting 4 min 23 seconds off my 10K time. Wow! That's not too bad for a taking it somewhat easy week.
Totals for Week 5
Swim - 0.90 miles
Bike - 0 miles
Run - 13.0 miles
Other - Basketball
Week 6 Goals I would like to get in two swims, two runs (one focusing on speed at Macken and one focusing on distance at the hills of 68th St), one bike, the regular basketball session and do the AbRipperX workout.
Tuesday, March 15 - Recovery from basketball
Wednesday, March 16 - Swinney Lap Swim. 30 lap total swim (distance - 1500 yd) 10 laps, short rest, then back to back 10 lap sets. Splits were - 11:05 (+ 1:19 rest), 12:00 and 12:23. This is the triathlon distance. Total time - 36:49. Each set of 10 laps consisted of 85% freestyle swim and 15% breaststroke for recovery.
Swinney Lap Swim by daskaff at Garmin Connect - Details
Thursday, March 17 - Macken Park 6.8 Mile Run. Stupidly, I hadn't charged my Garmin watch in a while... and the battery died during this run, so I only have the first 2.27 miles of the run. I did manage to break my personal distance record (of 6.7 miles on 3/5/11) by a whopping, 0.1 miles! The splits were -10:20, 10:32, 11:00*, 11:00*, 11:00*, 11:00*, 8:48* (0.8 mile - 11:00 pace). Total time - 73:40*. I'm pretty sure that I was going faster than the 11:00/mile pace, but I have no proof, so I'll just have to make sure to charge the watch so it can stay on for the whole run.
*Estimate based on average laps from previous 10K run at Macken Park 12 days earlier
Macken Park 6.8 mile run - partial record by daskaff at Garmin Connect - Details
Friday, March 18 - Rest
Saturday, March 19 - Rest
Sunday, March 20 - 10K run in Ames. I was in Ames for Saturday and Sunday and happened to stay with my old college roommate, Craig, who ran a half-marathon last year in Des Moines. Since he's training for that again this year, I brought my running gear along for the trip and joined him for a 10K around Ames. It was a pretty nostalgic run. We started at Craig's place, went along the south side of Campustown, up University Ave, around the stadiums, then back down Lincoln Way, which is along the south side of the Iowa State University campus, back to our starting point. We managed to run negative splits, except for one mile that we missed by 2 seconds because of a couple hills which also coincided with when it rained on us for a bit. All in all, easily the best run of the year! Thanks, Craig! Split times were -10:40, 10:26, 10:14, 10:10, 10:11, 10:04, 1:52 (0.21 mi - 9:08 pace). Total time - 63:37.
Ames 10K run by daskaff at Garmin Con63:3nect - Details
Week 5 Summary I had decided with the successful brick from last week, that I could take it somewhat easy this week. I want to stay off the bike for at least this week to try to drop a few more pounds, but definitely wanted to get back in the pool. This week's successes were doing the full distance swim with only minimal rest, extending my running personal distance record and cutting 4 min 23 seconds off my 10K time. Wow! That's not too bad for a taking it somewhat easy week.
Totals for Week 5
Swim - 0.90 miles
Bike - 0 miles
Run - 13.0 miles
Other - Basketball
Week 6 Goals I would like to get in two swims, two runs (one focusing on speed at Macken and one focusing on distance at the hills of 68th St), one bike, the regular basketball session and do the AbRipperX workout.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Quotes for the Week #94
"If I cared about what you do on the weekend, I'd stick a shotgun in my mouth and pull the trigger with my toes." - Malory Archer
"Why do I have to go to a French movie? I didn't do anything wrong." - Phil Dunphy
"While Claire watched one of the most highly-acclaimed films of the year, I sat through a badly made schlockfest with absolutely no redeeming value... and it was awesome!" - Phil Dunphy
"There's no proof she's being stalked by ninja squirrels either, but if she's scared of them, as her boyfriend, it's your job to figure out how to help her feel better." - Dr. James Wilson
"Why do I have to go to a French movie? I didn't do anything wrong." - Phil Dunphy
"While Claire watched one of the most highly-acclaimed films of the year, I sat through a badly made schlockfest with absolutely no redeeming value... and it was awesome!" - Phil Dunphy
"There's no proof she's being stalked by ninja squirrels either, but if she's scared of them, as her boyfriend, it's your job to figure out how to help her feel better." - Dr. James Wilson
Monday, March 14, 2011
Triathlon Training Week 4
Monday March 7 - Basketball, 90 min - Guarded the other low-post player and got beaten up by repeated elbows to the arms and chest. Definitely need a day or two to recover from that. Ugh.
Tuesday March 8 - Rest
Wednesday March 9 - AbRipperX - Up to almost 50%
Thursday March 10 - 5K + 1.75 mile run. So, I wanted to see what my 5K time would be if I tried to run fairly quickly, just to see where I was compared to 5K runs from last year. Turns out, I'm not too far off of last year's paces. I kept all three miles under 10 min/mi pace and had neg splits - 9:56, 9:48, 9:26, 0:56 (0.1 mile - 9:05/mi pace) for a 5K time of 30:06. Pacing wise, this was 37 seconds/mile faster than the last 5K I did last year - The World's Maize-iest Maze Race in Spring Grove, IL (race recap here via IlaxStudio, because I was too lazy to write one myself). I ended up tacking on a 1.75 mile (very slow) jog to this run, because I had nothing better to do that night. My ankle started bothering me after the 5K and I wanted to see how I could compensate for it should this injury come up in an actual run. It was annoying, but it wasn't that big of a deal.
Macken Park 5K + 1.75mi Slow Run by daskaff at Garmin Connect - Details
Friday March 11 - AbRipperX - Passed the 50% mark.
Saturday March 12 - Bike/Run Brick - 14.8 mile bike/3.7 mile run. It was finally warm enough on a weekend day that I could get my bike out for a test ride. Last year at this time, I had yet to even own a bike, so simply getting it out means, by definition, that I would be ahead of last year... right? My first brick of 2010 wasn't until about mid to late April, so if I bike then run, I should be WAY ahead of last year... maybe. The Downtown KC Airport is a great place to bike - it's a 3.7 mile loop around the airport with minimal traffic and there's a couple hills, but mostly straight and flat. The downside, since there is no cover at ground level, is the wind, which you have to eat for about 1.5 miles straight.
The ride was alright, the seat was uncomfortable (as usual) almost immediately, which (along with the wind) reminds me that I need to lose about 25 pounds. Excess weight and the loose clothing I had to wear because it was somewhat chilly, killed my speed during the straight away facing the wind. I ended up doing 4 laps of the airport for a total of 14.8 miles. Splits were - 15:50, 15:59, 16:19, 16:24. Total time - 64:32. My average speed for the ride was only slightly slower than last year.
When I finished the bike portion, I tossed the bike back in the car, drank some water, then ran one lap around the airport (if only the airport threw a small lake in there somewhere, I could practice the whole damned thing). The 3.7 mile run took 39:45. Splits - 10:34, 10:55, 10:53, 7:23 (0.67 mile - 10:59 pace). Again, the times weren't that far off of my triathlon pace from last year and my endurance isn't terribly far off of last year either. Today's bike and run were each 60% of the distance of the full triathlon distances.
Bike/Run Brick - 14.8 mile Bike/3.7 mile Run by daskaff at Garmin Connect - Details
Sunday March 13 - Rest
Week 4 Summary I had been pretty worried that I was months behind in my training compared to last year. At this time last year, I had focused almost exclusively on swimming (because I was basically a beginner), didn't own a bike, and had run about 10 miles. I felt like I was in shape and weighed 215 pounds. This year, I only have been playing a lot more basketball, only have about 3 swims in, but almost 50 miles of running and now 15 miles of biking as well as the experience of last year's triathlon. I feel like I am in adequate shape, but weigh 230 pounds (started 2011 at almost 240 though). After this week, I honestly feel better about my position in training than I have at any point this year. I now have proof that my endurance is still there and my weight is going in the correct direction.
Totals for Week 4
Swim - 0 miles
Bike - 14.8 miles
Run - 8.6 miles
Other - Basketball, AbRipperX x2
Tuesday March 8 - Rest
Wednesday March 9 - AbRipperX - Up to almost 50%
Thursday March 10 - 5K + 1.75 mile run. So, I wanted to see what my 5K time would be if I tried to run fairly quickly, just to see where I was compared to 5K runs from last year. Turns out, I'm not too far off of last year's paces. I kept all three miles under 10 min/mi pace and had neg splits - 9:56, 9:48, 9:26, 0:56 (0.1 mile - 9:05/mi pace) for a 5K time of 30:06. Pacing wise, this was 37 seconds/mile faster than the last 5K I did last year - The World's Maize-iest Maze Race in Spring Grove, IL (race recap here via IlaxStudio, because I was too lazy to write one myself). I ended up tacking on a 1.75 mile (very slow) jog to this run, because I had nothing better to do that night. My ankle started bothering me after the 5K and I wanted to see how I could compensate for it should this injury come up in an actual run. It was annoying, but it wasn't that big of a deal.
Macken Park 5K + 1.75mi Slow Run by daskaff at Garmin Connect - Details
Friday March 11 - AbRipperX - Passed the 50% mark.
Saturday March 12 - Bike/Run Brick - 14.8 mile bike/3.7 mile run. It was finally warm enough on a weekend day that I could get my bike out for a test ride. Last year at this time, I had yet to even own a bike, so simply getting it out means, by definition, that I would be ahead of last year... right? My first brick of 2010 wasn't until about mid to late April, so if I bike then run, I should be WAY ahead of last year... maybe. The Downtown KC Airport is a great place to bike - it's a 3.7 mile loop around the airport with minimal traffic and there's a couple hills, but mostly straight and flat. The downside, since there is no cover at ground level, is the wind, which you have to eat for about 1.5 miles straight.
The ride was alright, the seat was uncomfortable (as usual) almost immediately, which (along with the wind) reminds me that I need to lose about 25 pounds. Excess weight and the loose clothing I had to wear because it was somewhat chilly, killed my speed during the straight away facing the wind. I ended up doing 4 laps of the airport for a total of 14.8 miles. Splits were - 15:50, 15:59, 16:19, 16:24. Total time - 64:32. My average speed for the ride was only slightly slower than last year.
When I finished the bike portion, I tossed the bike back in the car, drank some water, then ran one lap around the airport (if only the airport threw a small lake in there somewhere, I could practice the whole damned thing). The 3.7 mile run took 39:45. Splits - 10:34, 10:55, 10:53, 7:23 (0.67 mile - 10:59 pace). Again, the times weren't that far off of my triathlon pace from last year and my endurance isn't terribly far off of last year either. Today's bike and run were each 60% of the distance of the full triathlon distances.
Bike/Run Brick - 14.8 mile Bike/3.7 mile Run by daskaff at Garmin Connect - Details
Sunday March 13 - Rest
Week 4 Summary I had been pretty worried that I was months behind in my training compared to last year. At this time last year, I had focused almost exclusively on swimming (because I was basically a beginner), didn't own a bike, and had run about 10 miles. I felt like I was in shape and weighed 215 pounds. This year, I only have been playing a lot more basketball, only have about 3 swims in, but almost 50 miles of running and now 15 miles of biking as well as the experience of last year's triathlon. I feel like I am in adequate shape, but weigh 230 pounds (started 2011 at almost 240 though). After this week, I honestly feel better about my position in training than I have at any point this year. I now have proof that my endurance is still there and my weight is going in the correct direction.
Totals for Week 4
Swim - 0 miles
Bike - 14.8 miles
Run - 8.6 miles
Other - Basketball, AbRipperX x2
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