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Epic Failure
I started out in the Tourne on Saturday morning and ran the first five
loops pretty well. The hilly 13.5 miles went fairly smoothly and I felt
like I had a lot left in me.
Around mile 16, the hills started to take their toll and I noticed I was
slowing down. At about mile 18 my calves were on fire and "Killer Hill"
reclaimed its title.
I completed 21.6 miles and had only two loops left to reach the goal;
however, a quarter mile down the first hill was more than I could take.
At the bottom of the hill, mere feet from the first uphill, I stopped,
turned around, and walked back up to my car.
My right calf was still sore yesterday and is a little tight today.
With only 117 days until Philadelphia, I'm starting to get nervous.
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Countdown
Only 23 days remain until the New York City Half Marathon. Much like
every other race, I don't feel prepared for it. But the race I feel the
most unprepared for are usualy the ones I get a PR.
I feel like I should be training harder. I'm averaging between 50 and 60
miles per week and I don't think it's enough. The Philadelphia Marathon
is only 120 days away. And as of today I still haven't run anything over
20 miles.
So the plan for tomorrow morning is to run more than that. I decided
months ago that I'd run at least a marathon distance by the end of July.
Tomorrow I plan run 27 miles. I have a 2.7 mile loop planned out and I'm
going to run it 10 times. I imagine it will quite boring for a while in
the middle, but it will certainly be a challenge by the end.
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DMC Houston
It looks like the DeLorean needs some non-trivial work done on it. The
mechanic I had taken it to found an issue he's not equipped to deal
with. My first call was to DMC Houston where I talked to Stephen.
He was friendly and incredibly knowledgeable. He said he'd work with me
and Dave at their facility in Chicago to figure out what the extent of
the work would be and the best way to approach it. Odds are the car is
going to have to be shipped to Chicago for a few weeks.
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Highway driving
On the way to the mechanic yesterday, I had the DeLorean out on 287
South. Near one of the Boonton exits, a guy in old Stingray pulled up
next to me on my right. I looked over, he looked at me, and we gave each
other a nod. I sped up a bit to keep with the flow of traffic and he
moved as if exiting soon thereafter.
This was my longest trip with the DeLorean thus far, and also the
fastest I've ever driven it. And no, I still haven't gotten it to
88mph.
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Verizon Wireless Classic Update
All of the results are in and the team rankings have been calculated. We
ranked 12th of 144 men's teams putting us in the top 8% for the day.
The rankings were determined by the top three runners for each team.
I was the second runner from my team that night.
My disappointing time of 20:48 put me in at number 108 of 3451 which means
I finished in the top 3%.
Maybe it wasn't as disappointing as I initially thought.
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July Update
Tuesday night was the Party with Purpose 5K in Hoboken. I did much
better than last year, but I'm a little disappointed. They only had it
set up to record gun time rather than net time. The actual start line
wasn't marked very clearly either. Officially my time was 20:20 but if
it took me more than 4 seconds to cross the start line, then I got a PR.
But the world will never know.
Last night was the Verizon Wireless Classic 5K corporate challenge race
in Morristown. They calculated net time, but rather than reading the
RFID tag as you cross the finish line, there was a guy about 10 to 15
feet past the line waving an RFID reader wand over your tag. So you
cross the line... and stop running... and walk a bit... and then your
finish time is recorded. Other than that, it was a decent run. I was
again disappointed in the results, finishing in 20:48.
I may try the Teterboro 5K at the airport tomorrow, or I may just do a
20 mile training run. I haven't decided yet.
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It's like I'm 16 again
You'd think I would have learned to drive by now. I've had the DeLorean
for a month now and I'm still a little shaky coming off stop lights and
signs but over all I'm better. I've only driven it a handful of times
and I should really be driving it more often if I want to get better.
I'm thinking of adding a separate section to the site dedicated to the
DeLorean and every step in the process of acquiring it. I found a lot of
useful information on the websites of other owners that helped a lot.
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"Why the hell don't the plugins have proper documentation"
I had to pick up something in Fair Lawn for a friend this evening. It
was later in the evening, well after rush hour but there was still a
good amount of time before the sun went down so I decided to take the
DeLorean out.
I got her out on Rt 80 and she handled beautifully. The turns on the
entrance and exit ramps felt better than in my Pontiac. I was a little
nervous about over-steering because of the rear mounted engine, but it
wasn't an issue.
When I arrived at my destination, I got some looks from a woman walking
her dog and some guys across the street working on something in their
garage/driveway. I had a bit of an issue getting back on to 80 due to a
construction vehicle and an a-hole in a BMW, but everything else was
fine. I'm getting much better at driving it.
On the way home at the 80/23/46 interchange a minivan pulled up beside
me and beeped their horn. I looked over and they gave me a thumbs up.
It was most triumphant.
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Dommin
Dommin's new EP is out now. You can
find it at your nearest Hot Topic. It's 4 songs and only $1.99. They
have a full length album due out in a couple of months. In the meantime
you can support them by buying EP and seeing them on tour.
I was fortunate enough to see them back in April with The Birthday
Massacre, and talk with some members of the band after their set. Not
only are they a great band, but they're actually pretty cool people too.
And while you're at Hot Topic purchasing the EP make a donation to the hot
topic foundation. The proceeds go to fund music and art programs in
schools. If you ask me, and by reading this blog you have implicitly
asked me, it's a worthy cause.
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