Swim: 200-250m
Stationary Cycle: 20 min., 6.5 mi., Level 10 random
Today I doubled the effort because I didn't run on Sunday. So...
Sunday 6/15: Ran around campus for 18 min., just in time to catch the end of Game 5 of
the NBA Finals.
Mon 6/16L: Stopped by a used bike shop on Telegraph. Initial estimates have me at $230 - $300 for a used road bike. I think the guy is overcharging.
Went to a Berkeley public pool and swam 25m each way. Ran out of breath after 4 rounds for a grand total of 100m. Stopped. Regained breath. Did another 100m.
Complained. Wept. Looked enviously at the pretty lifeguard effortlessly stroking through the water. She has it so easy.
Tues 6/17: Biked for 5-10 minute spurts. 3.6 mi per 10 min. 1.8 mi. per 5 min. Level 10, random. With breaks I do 2 10-min runs and 2 5-min runs for a grand total of 10.8 mi.
Wed 6/18: It's my birthday! I celebrate by running for 20 min. after work, weaving inbetween Dwight and Parker, from College down to Shattuck, then back up to my place. Stifling heat accompanies serious doubts about this training.
Th 6/19: I watch some YouTube vids of famous swimmers like Ian Thorpe and Alexander Popov, then head over to Hearst North after completing an application for my 30-day free staff RSF membership. My strokes feel a lot better, and I'm able to loosen up and cut through the pool. Too bad my breathing cadence still sucks.
Fri 6/20: Biked for a 5-min warmup, then a 30-min monster ride on Level 10 random. 9.06 miles, followed by another 5-min cooldown. I get close to 11 mi. upon completion. But 30-min straight of riding was pretty tough. 18mi./hr puts me at about a 45-min
ride. I think I can get up to 20mi./hr if I keep it up. Cycling definitely feels best
so fr, even if it is only stationary.
Sat 6/21: Rest day. Drink beer. Eat German foods. Talk and dance with friends. Throw up.
Sun 6/22: Inadvertent rest day. Yeesh. No discipline. Further, a donut nearly ruins
my digestive system.
Of course, today I had Naan and Curry at 11pm, so go figure. I need a little more help
with the whole nutritional disciplining thing. I'll probably have to take a lesson
with swimming, I just feel awkward with it. Running I can work on. Maybe start
combining training methods? I did some core work today, which should help everything, and after all the crap I've eaten lately, it was good to get some crunches and leg lifts in.
What would help:
Waterproof watch
Swim cap
Goggles
Speedo
Running shoes
Bike shoes
Bike shorts/outfit
Bike helmet
An actual bike
Tomorrow: Clark Kerr run (10 laps), some pull ups and push ups.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
It's time to do something
I'm sitting here at about 11:30 AM on a Saturday morning, biding my time. The girlfriend went home to Southern California, I'm organizing some of my previous clips
from the Guardian...and a sad realization struck me. I woke up at 9, went straight to
my laptop, and have done very, very little for the last 2-and-a-half hours. I talked
to my roommate's friend Tessa for a little bit, who is visiting. She and Katie went on
a run on the fire trail east of the Berkeley campus. A run! At 7:30 in the morning! On a Saturday!
Tessa is the type of girl who seems like she has limitless energy, always wanting to do something. She had hiked Half Dome over in Yosemite a few days ago, and she told me just now that she runs pratically every day. Yowsa.
She also told me she wanted to do a triathlon over here near Angel Island. Which got me thinking: a triathlon is something I've always wanted to do. Just yesterday, during another stretch at work, I noted "Triathlon" as something that I should do before I head off to grad school. I view a triathlon as the ultimate challenge, a synthesis of man and machine, of land and water, of physical grit and mental endurance. You can run 20 miles? Try cutting through efficiently through water stroke after stroke. Expert biker? Let's see how your legs feel on the run to the finish.
Tessa also gave me some sites to look up, and after some browsing, I found some events calendars:
http://www.envirosports.com/events/
http://www.theschedule.com/
Which led to me finding a sprint triathlon! It looks like a perfect goal, although the turn around time is short: 7-8 weeks.
http://www.tbfracing.com/events/tri4fun3.html (Herald, CA on Aug. 2)
or
http://www.theschedule.com/EventInfo.cfm?EventID=18905 (Santa Cruz, CA on Aug. 10)
There are plenty of websites to facilitate training:
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/trainingplans-list.asp?h=1
http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=fitness&category=triathlon&conitem=51dff28c348e4010VgnVCM100000cfe793cd____&page=3
But I need to get a bike.
Here we go!
from the Guardian...and a sad realization struck me. I woke up at 9, went straight to
my laptop, and have done very, very little for the last 2-and-a-half hours. I talked
to my roommate's friend Tessa for a little bit, who is visiting. She and Katie went on
a run on the fire trail east of the Berkeley campus. A run! At 7:30 in the morning! On a Saturday!
Tessa is the type of girl who seems like she has limitless energy, always wanting to do something. She had hiked Half Dome over in Yosemite a few days ago, and she told me just now that she runs pratically every day. Yowsa.
She also told me she wanted to do a triathlon over here near Angel Island. Which got me thinking: a triathlon is something I've always wanted to do. Just yesterday, during another stretch at work, I noted "Triathlon" as something that I should do before I head off to grad school. I view a triathlon as the ultimate challenge, a synthesis of man and machine, of land and water, of physical grit and mental endurance. You can run 20 miles? Try cutting through efficiently through water stroke after stroke. Expert biker? Let's see how your legs feel on the run to the finish.
Tessa also gave me some sites to look up, and after some browsing, I found some events calendars:
http://www.envirosports.com/events/
http://www.theschedule.com/
Which led to me finding a sprint triathlon! It looks like a perfect goal, although the turn around time is short: 7-8 weeks.
http://www.tbfracing.com/events/tri4fun3.html (Herald, CA on Aug. 2)
or
http://www.theschedule.com/EventInfo.cfm?EventID=18905 (Santa Cruz, CA on Aug. 10)
There are plenty of websites to facilitate training:
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/trainingplans-list.asp?h=1
http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=fitness&category=triathlon&conitem=51dff28c348e4010VgnVCM100000cfe793cd____&page=3
But I need to get a bike.
Here we go!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Everything's kind of a mess
I've just moved into my summer sublet over on Dwight, where I'll dwell for two-and-a-half months before I head over to UIS. I began a new job at the Survey Research Center over at UC Berkeley. Back when I was a sociology student, Professor Kristin Luker would always talk about a survey method called CATI, or Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing. Basically, people read a meticulously thought out questionnaire that pops up on the computer screen, and record results according to particular coding. Anyone who took a methods course knew of this method, but I never thought that I'd be participating in something like it.
While pay is a lot more, I have nearly no connection with the people there. I basically isolate myself in a cubicle and listen to everyone read the same prompt to different potential respondents. At the Cal Student Store, I at least had people my age whom I could talk to and relate to. The SRC is more mundane. It's difficult to perceive the great social and academic impact of the study while you're reading the same prompt over and over again. Prof. Luker (who has a new book out) always noted that surveys are important for getting small amounts of information from a broad group of people. I definitely think I'm more about the great amounts of information from a few people.
Anyway, I just moved all my stuff into the Dwight sublet. Yesterday was most of the hard work, today was more follow-up...and pie! Phil, Sofia, and I went to Walnut Creek and Marie Callender's. Sofie got Blueberry Cream, Phil got Pumpkin, and I got Key Lime. I don't think the Key Lime agreed with me.
We walked around after that, looked through H&M, the Build-a-bear Shop, and a Barnes & Noble. The BBS is the craziest thing, they take these empty, hollow shells and anally probe them with a machine, then stuff them silly. The bears come out looking brand new...but the whole process seems mechanically sadistic. But I guess lieele children would get a kick out of it.
I got the SparkNotes version for "How to get a job in Magazines." I feel a little ashamed that I have to resort to guidebooks when I'm going to grad school, but at $13 it seemed like there was enough information to justify the cost. I guess I'll find out soon enough.
I'm going to try and work on my rice post, but inbetween moving my stuff, helping with Phil's stuff, and my new job, it's been tough to freelance. I do need to re-devote myself, because I have been slacking and lackadaisical for a while now.
While pay is a lot more, I have nearly no connection with the people there. I basically isolate myself in a cubicle and listen to everyone read the same prompt to different potential respondents. At the Cal Student Store, I at least had people my age whom I could talk to and relate to. The SRC is more mundane. It's difficult to perceive the great social and academic impact of the study while you're reading the same prompt over and over again. Prof. Luker (who has a new book out) always noted that surveys are important for getting small amounts of information from a broad group of people. I definitely think I'm more about the great amounts of information from a few people.
Anyway, I just moved all my stuff into the Dwight sublet. Yesterday was most of the hard work, today was more follow-up...and pie! Phil, Sofia, and I went to Walnut Creek and Marie Callender's. Sofie got Blueberry Cream, Phil got Pumpkin, and I got Key Lime. I don't think the Key Lime agreed with me.
We walked around after that, looked through H&M, the Build-a-bear Shop, and a Barnes & Noble. The BBS is the craziest thing, they take these empty, hollow shells and anally probe them with a machine, then stuff them silly. The bears come out looking brand new...but the whole process seems mechanically sadistic. But I guess lieele children would get a kick out of it.
I got the SparkNotes version for "How to get a job in Magazines." I feel a little ashamed that I have to resort to guidebooks when I'm going to grad school, but at $13 it seemed like there was enough information to justify the cost. I guess I'll find out soon enough.
I'm going to try and work on my rice post, but inbetween moving my stuff, helping with Phil's stuff, and my new job, it's been tough to freelance. I do need to re-devote myself, because I have been slacking and lackadaisical for a while now.
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