I know that absolutely no one has missed me and I cannot blame you at all. I have been too lazy to get off my butt and write a post.
Well, since no one saw my last post due to the fucktardary of wordpress (go ahead, read it), obviously no feedback on teh daughter running with me. Today was our first run together and it was awesome.
We were planning on running Monday, but the downpour outside gave me the perfect excuse to just go back to sleep for another hour instead of running.
The weather Tuesday was great, but I was lazy again (go figure, and you will see this trend rather prominent in my posts). Wednesday morning was misty rain and temps in the lower 60's. I tried for about 5 minutes to get teh daughter up, but she refused. I did go running, just with out her.
Yesterday was a rest day for me (the schedule I am using said to walk for 30 mins, but as you know by now I am just lazy). This morning she got up and went out with me. It was a PERFECT 56 degrees outside. I put a reflective vest on teh daughter and out we went. Since she is starting, we are doing a run-walk program together. I have run 2 half-marathons and attempted on full, but I have always been super slow. My thought is that I will do this program with her running at a much faster pace. I want to improve my snailish 13-14 min/mile pace to around 10 min/mile. I think this program is my way to do it. We ran 2 minutes and then walked 2 minutes. We went out from the house for 11 minutes and then back. We covered 1.9 miles in 21 minutes. Damn good running pace.
The schedule call for another run tomorrow morning and we are planning on doing it. However, since I found out that teh daughter will be playing soccer tomorrow, I may just do it by myself.
Also, please think warm thoughts for me this weekend. The whole family is doing a cub scout camping trip and it is supposed to drop into the 30's Saturday night. Brr.
Have a great weekend.
Friday, October 16, 2009
No, Mrs Needle didn't kill me in my sleep
Ed note: I actually wrote this thing 10 days ago and for some reason it didn't publish. Damn wordpress. So today you will get a two-fer. Sorry.
Greetings! I have been thinking about posting for a couple of days, but every time I think about starting I realize that I have nothing interesting to say. Life has been pretty boring lately. It has primarily consisted of soccer, football, work and a little family time. Do you notice what is missing? Yeah, running.
Last weekend we had a soccer game at 9 am (we lost, as usual). For the season we are 0-5-1. Not sure why that one team stunk so bad and let us tie that one game. S, teh daughter, finally got to play this past weekend. She is doing ok, but you can tell she has missed allot and is kinda out of shape (being in a cast will do that to you). C, teh son, also played Saturday and he is doing pretty well. However, the poor guy got kicked in teh n*ts@ck during the game. REALLY felt bad for him. He kept saying he got kicked in teh weenie!
Anyway, after soccer, we headed to Mississippi to watch the old college team lose, again. See a theme here? My teams and losing? Geez. We had a good time tailgating before and after the game. We stayed in Mississippi Saturday night and went back to campus to watch the women's soccer team play. It started raining about the time we left the hotel and didn't stop the rest of the day. We only watch about 30 minutes of the soccer game and about 20 minutes of the women's volleyball game before we decided to head on back home.
See, really, really boring.
I do need some advice though. Teh daughter really wants to start running with me in the mornings. Which I think is great. Problem though is that I go running on the roads around the house while it is pitch black outside. I have no problem with ME running at dark thirty in the morning on these roads, but I really don't like the idea of HER running at dark thirty on these same roads.
Should we drive the 10-15 minutes each way to the nearest town and run in the park? Run an altered route around the house that does not include so much time on the busy road (there is almost no traffic on the side roads)? Needs me some help here.
Greetings! I have been thinking about posting for a couple of days, but every time I think about starting I realize that I have nothing interesting to say. Life has been pretty boring lately. It has primarily consisted of soccer, football, work and a little family time. Do you notice what is missing? Yeah, running.
Last weekend we had a soccer game at 9 am (we lost, as usual). For the season we are 0-5-1. Not sure why that one team stunk so bad and let us tie that one game. S, teh daughter, finally got to play this past weekend. She is doing ok, but you can tell she has missed allot and is kinda out of shape (being in a cast will do that to you). C, teh son, also played Saturday and he is doing pretty well. However, the poor guy got kicked in teh n*ts@ck during the game. REALLY felt bad for him. He kept saying he got kicked in teh weenie!
Anyway, after soccer, we headed to Mississippi to watch the old college team lose, again. See a theme here? My teams and losing? Geez. We had a good time tailgating before and after the game. We stayed in Mississippi Saturday night and went back to campus to watch the women's soccer team play. It started raining about the time we left the hotel and didn't stop the rest of the day. We only watch about 30 minutes of the soccer game and about 20 minutes of the women's volleyball game before we decided to head on back home.
See, really, really boring.
I do need some advice though. Teh daughter really wants to start running with me in the mornings. Which I think is great. Problem though is that I go running on the roads around the house while it is pitch black outside. I have no problem with ME running at dark thirty in the morning on these roads, but I really don't like the idea of HER running at dark thirty on these same roads.
Should we drive the 10-15 minutes each way to the nearest town and run in the park? Run an altered route around the house that does not include so much time on the busy road (there is almost no traffic on the side roads)? Needs me some help here.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
I have found Glaven's house
see more Fail Blog
The Heisenberg Household
Hopefully, this will work right.
After weeks of searching, I have found the Heisenberg abode.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Rain, rain and more rain
Sorry for the lack of blogging for almost two weeks. As I have pointed out previously, I am a slacker. What did you expect? Daily blogging? Interesting stuff? Yeah, right.
There really has not been much to write about lately. In my neck of the woods, it has rained ALOT. None of the rain has interfered with my running (that slacker part did that just fine).
This morning, on the way to work, I heard the news lady warn that there was fog close to my place of employment. Gut reaction: F*ck! Damn! Sh!t!
The morons that make a similar to commute to myself have a hard enough time driving like they have any sense when it is sunny and the roads are dry. Now these same morons have to drive through fog?! F*ck!
Fog = Needle late for work because people don't know how to drive (not that it matters if Needle is late because he is salaried and nobody give a sh*t except him that he is late - I am anal like that) (and no, Glaven, NOT like that).
Oh yeah, running.....hmm....yeah, I have done just a little of it. Need. to. get. more. consistent! Why, of why, will I not get off my lazy a$$ and go running when I know I should be?? I wish I knew.
Have a great day and I promise to post a little more often, I swear!
There really has not been much to write about lately. In my neck of the woods, it has rained ALOT. None of the rain has interfered with my running (that slacker part did that just fine).
This morning, on the way to work, I heard the news lady warn that there was fog close to my place of employment. Gut reaction: F*ck! Damn! Sh!t!
The morons that make a similar to commute to myself have a hard enough time driving like they have any sense when it is sunny and the roads are dry. Now these same morons have to drive through fog?! F*ck!
Fog = Needle late for work because people don't know how to drive (not that it matters if Needle is late because he is salaried and nobody give a sh*t except him that he is late - I am anal like that) (and no, Glaven, NOT like that).
Oh yeah, running.....hmm....yeah, I have done just a little of it. Need. to. get. more. consistent! Why, of why, will I not get off my lazy a$$ and go running when I know I should be?? I wish I knew.
Have a great day and I promise to post a little more often, I swear!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Surprise! I am a MORON!!!
Hi. My name is Needle and I am a dumba$$.*
I went for a run this morning and after taking a shower and getting some coffee, I went to bimactive.com to add the run. I use the hybrid map because I know the landmarks. As I was looking at the map, it dawned on me that I have been using the wrong house as my start point.
Now, to those of you that live in a neighborhood, you are thinking "Pfffft, it is only like, what, 20 feet! What kinda loser writes a blog post about 4o feet during a run?!"
First off, I don't live in a neighborhood and secondly, I am that kinda loser. My neighbor is almost 0.1 of a mile into my run. So I have been shorting myself, almost 0.2 of a mile on a 2+ mile run for a couple of weeks. How could I not notice that I was using the wrong house as my starting point?!?
Time for a day of soccer and football. (For my non-existent Euro-trash readers, that would be football and American football).
Hare a great weekend everyone!
*I have heard that admitting your problem is the first step. The first step to what, I am not sure of.
I went for a run this morning and after taking a shower and getting some coffee, I went to bimactive.com to add the run. I use the hybrid map because I know the landmarks. As I was looking at the map, it dawned on me that I have been using the wrong house as my start point.
Now, to those of you that live in a neighborhood, you are thinking "Pfffft, it is only like, what, 20 feet! What kinda loser writes a blog post about 4o feet during a run?!"
First off, I don't live in a neighborhood and secondly, I am that kinda loser. My neighbor is almost 0.1 of a mile into my run. So I have been shorting myself, almost 0.2 of a mile on a 2+ mile run for a couple of weeks. How could I not notice that I was using the wrong house as my starting point?!?
Time for a day of soccer and football. (For my non-existent Euro-trash readers, that would be football and American football).
Hare a great weekend everyone!
*I have heard that admitting your problem is the first step. The first step to what, I am not sure of.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Hu-fuckin'-midity
I went for a run this morning and by the time I was done I was just pouring sweat. I knew that I had run at a decent pace for me (about 3 minutes faster than yesterday for a 2 mile run).
Well, I get to work and I add my run to bimactive.com. It has a nice feature where it records what the actual weather conditions were during the run. The temp was a nice 66 degrees, but the humidity was 100%. I am not making that up. 100% hu-fuckin'-midity. No wonder my balls were a sweatin'.
Knee Pain:
About a month ago, I was taking part in a soccer coaching class for U10. As part of the training, all of the coaches went out to the field and did some drills and then played a game of soccer. The idea was for us to get a clue as to what the players are going thru. Being the competitor that I am, I went all out during the game. The next day, I could barely walk and my left knee was in pain. This same knee is still hurting, but only during side to side movements. It does not bother me at all during my runs and the only time I notice it is when I am stretching and I put force to one side or the other.
Should I be worried about this? After my run, the pain in the knee is very small.
Running update:
2 day streak going (impressive, I know)
Well, I get to work and I add my run to bimactive.com. It has a nice feature where it records what the actual weather conditions were during the run. The temp was a nice 66 degrees, but the humidity was 100%. I am not making that up. 100% hu-fuckin'-midity. No wonder my balls were a sweatin'.
Knee Pain:
About a month ago, I was taking part in a soccer coaching class for U10. As part of the training, all of the coaches went out to the field and did some drills and then played a game of soccer. The idea was for us to get a clue as to what the players are going thru. Being the competitor that I am, I went all out during the game. The next day, I could barely walk and my left knee was in pain. This same knee is still hurting, but only during side to side movements. It does not bother me at all during my runs and the only time I notice it is when I am stretching and I put force to one side or the other.
Should I be worried about this? After my run, the pain in the knee is very small.
Running update:
2 day streak going (impressive, I know)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Was thinking I needed a new title
I believe Needle SHOULD be Running would be a better name right now. Let me go ahead and let you in on a secret......I am a slacker. I have no will power. And I am not much to look at either (but that has nothing to do with running).
Anyway, I am finally back on the running wagon. I only ran twice last week for a total of 4.3 miles. Pathetic. I am back to trying my FFBS plan that I have talked about numerous times and will keep you updated. Occasionally.
So, what did the Needle Clan do over the holiday weekend? We went to watch some college football, of course. Mrs. Needle and I are both alumni of Mississippi State University. Also, Mrs. Needle is very fond of going to football games (what can I say, I got it good).
We spent ALL day Saturday in Starkville and had a blast. We tailgate with some friends that I went to college with. Drank many beers and had a great time. Poor S had to walk all the way across campus in her cast. I am more than a little pissed at all the university golf carts that drove past us and none of them offered to pick her up.
Anyway, I am finally back on the running wagon. I only ran twice last week for a total of 4.3 miles. Pathetic. I am back to trying my FFBS plan that I have talked about numerous times and will keep you updated. Occasionally.
So, what did the Needle Clan do over the holiday weekend? We went to watch some college football, of course. Mrs. Needle and I are both alumni of Mississippi State University. Also, Mrs. Needle is very fond of going to football games (what can I say, I got it good).
We spent ALL day Saturday in Starkville and had a blast. We tailgate with some friends that I went to college with. Drank many beers and had a great time. Poor S had to walk all the way across campus in her cast. I am more than a little pissed at all the university golf carts that drove past us and none of them offered to pick her up.
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