Today's Workout 6/30/09

BIKE: 40 minutes, 13+ miles, stationary, strong ride.

RUN: 35 minutes, 3+ miles, industrial road run, jogged it.

Not too energetic on todays run, called it good at 3 rather than 5. Leaving some legs for tomorrow and the days to come. Another good month though. Will post the totals later.

Special Note: WTF

WTF?

At what other blog my friends and followers do you get the following?

Consistent Day by Day log in of workout data

Occassional Inspiration

Bobby Goldsboro?

Unimportant factoids

Biased points of view

Encouragement to train

Lance updates

Le Tour Coverage

Giro News

Photos, Pics, cartoons

Legendary Running Icons

Cycling Champions

Unwarranted Advice

Incredible Knowledge

98.5% Right Factor

Bizarre Humor

Entertainment

The answer is: Right Here on this Blog!

and....Always more to come, some stuff you won't want to miss, or believe!

Music Trivia: The Correct Answers

BOBBY GOLDSBORO !
Trivia Question Answers:

The song: "Watching Scotty Grow"
Performed by: Bobby Goldsboro
Peaked at #11 on Billboards Pop Chart
The Year: 1971
Written by: Mac Davis

Today's Workout 6/29/09

More like Tin Man...

Yes, the heartless or rather heartful character from the fabulous Wizard of Oz, circa 1939. Let us not forget the song titled, "Tin Man", performed by the band, America. The song is on my iPod. Tin Man topped the Billboard Pop chart at #4, in 1974. Then there was the movie, "Tin Men", which starred; Richard Dreyfuss and Danny Devito as aluminum siding sales men.

However, I digress...

Today's Workout:

X50, W

BIKE: 40 minutes, 11+ miles, stationary bike, easy spin on the recovery ride.

RUN: 55 minutes, 5 miles, industrial road run, easy jog on the recovery run.

And now on with the show...

TRIVIA: Music Category

"There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad"

This is the opening line of lyrics to the song titled?

Performed by?

Written by?

Billboard Peak #?

Year released?

5 points for each correct answer, bonus of 25 if you get all 5 correct. 50 point maximum.

Answer to be given later today. Get your answers in NOW!

Today's Workout 6/28/09

X65, M

RUN: 107 minutes, 10 miles, trail/road.

SWIM: 10 minutes, 400 yards.

BIKE: 120 minutes, 30 miles, road bike.

Long run today, felt pretty good throughout. Did a cool down swim, the pool "guy" threw me out of the pool as he had to hit the water with some major cleaning solution. He was late to work, so I had to give up my chance to swim so he could do his job, nice job pool "guy". Group ride today met at 0730, didn't make the group but did the ride anyway, Alpine Inn to 92/ Canada and back. 5 in the group, said hi after the ride and we all went our own way. So much for the group ride! Oh well, 237 minutes of workout in for the day. Will rest and relax the remainder of the day. Positivity works, make it work for you. Think, Act, Live, Be Positive!

Today's Workout 6/27/09 Weekly Totals & Summary

JUST THE FACTS...

TODAY:

X65

RUN: 55 minutes, 5 miles, trail.

SWIM: 12 minutes, 480 yards.

BIKE: 94 minutes, 25 miles, road bike ride.

WEEK TOTALS:

SWIM: 2 22 minutes 880 yards/.45 miles

BIKE 8 361 minutes 102 miles

RUN 8 431 minutes 40 miles

TOTAL

18 814 minutes 142.45 miles

SUMMARY

Banked another week, it's history. Good quality minutes, another 40 mile running week, and overall consistency. Running streak now at: 159 days. Weak on swim minutes this week, took a couple of opportunites where I could have got a swim workout in to be lazy. Next week: off

to the cabin at midweek for a week+. 4th of July in La Pine! Kim's folks over to visit from Corpus Christi area of Texas. Thats it for this week. If you workout keep to it. If you don't get started. If your hurt rest up. If you don't care start caring. Think Positive and Positive Things Will Happen!

Today's Workout 6/26/09

THE CYCLIST

M, X60, W

RUN: 52 minutes, 5 miles, road run, striders.

BIKE: 45 minutes, 14.65 miles, stationary, good pace.

Tried the energy drink, FRS today. Claims to aid the body with energy. Had a good workout

seemed to have a bit of extra oxygen capacity. Will test it again on Sunday when I do the long run and group bike ride. Lance endorses it, so it must be good? I got a half off coupon and picked some up at Safeway the other day. It ain't cheap @ 2.29 per can. I have been hit with mail and internet offers from FRS and Lance for several months, they finally beat me down. Big road test on Sunday...

A Great Gift

THE GIFT

My daughter, Kristi called me on Fathers Day, letting me know she was thinking about me. It is so great to get that call, I can't do justice to how good it made me feel in mere words. We got together on Monday for lunch and she surprised me with a gift, the book above. Once again how wonderful that my daughter was so thoughtful. The book is outstanding. It is a collection of Jack, Bobby and Ted Kennedy's spoken and written words. Most inspiring and intelligent.
Much like my daughter. Thank you Kristi, you know how to make a Dad proud!

Today's Workout 6/25/09

BIKE: 35 minutes, 10+ miles, stationary, easy spin.

RUN: 58 minutes, 5 miles, trail, easy jog.

SWIM: 10 minutes, 400 yards

Achieving Success Part 2

(Refer to the Post on May 27 for Achieving Success Part 1)

ACHIEVING SUCCESS PART 2

Once you have defined what Success means to you and for yourself, you have the opportunity to accept this reality and make it your VISION. It is helpful to vision yourself as attaining the success, the more often the better. Our mind will seek to achieve what it is subjected to in the way of thoughts and your imagination is powerful.

Success defined and accepted becomes your vision. Achieving success, or your vision is a process. Unless you stumble upon the winning lotto ticket and you define your success in that winning lotto ticket, you will yet have some real work to do.

You must PRIORITIZE & ORGANIZE your way towards achieving your vision.

Consider some of the various aspects of your life: Family, Friends, Career, Personal Growth, Recreation, Travel, Education, and the list goes on...

Consider creating categories on a yellow pad for each of the various aspects. You will likely need to consider sub categories as well.

As an Example: Supposing you have a category labeled: PERSONAL HEALTH
you will need to sub categorize:
Exercise
Diet
Rest

... within each of these subcategories you may want to further label: EXERCISE
Aerobic
Anaerobic
Stretching

You get the idea?

You need to plan out or organize yourself and then prioritize the categories & subcategories...

Three reasons for creating categories from the aspects of your life are:

1. There are several varying areas to consider allocating time and effort toward.
2. There are inter dependent relationships amongst the categories and subcategories.
3. There are simply only so many hours in each day! 24, I believe!

Breaking it down this way and putting some pencils and yellow pad to use here is designed to help you decide what is most important and what you must act upon immediately, how your choices will effect other efforts and how important it is to PRIORITIZE & ORGANIZE.

You may well discover the need to put off one endeavor despite it's attraction, simply because you must achieve in another area of your life, before you can possibly consider the area you initially desired to act upon. Likewise there will be areas than can be advanced upon simultaneously.
This used to be called," Killing Two Birds With One Stone."
This old school stuff, still works!
Though some will say, its not politically correct. My reply to that is.......bleeped.

So with your definition of success, comes your vision, then organize and prioritize yourself.
In Part 3, we will discuss ...THE BLUEPRINT. This will come in a later post, so stay tuned.

Today's Workout 6/24/09

X65, W

BIKE: 20 minutes, 5.80 miles, stationary, easy spin.

RUN: 60 minutes, 6.23 miles, treadmill, tempo.

Another one of those mornings, don't really feel like working out, somehow I end up in the fitness center with the idea of doing a 20/20, BIKE/RUN. The bike goes well enough and I start up the treadmill thinking maybe, maybe I can go the 60 minutes, sure enough I get it done.
PERSONAL RECORDS; Don't think I have ever put in a full 60 minutes running on the treadmill before today. Combine yesterday's two treadmill runs totalling 4.45 miles with today's 6.23 and that makes 10.68 miles on treadmill over two days, no doubt a record as well. Am I becoming a treadmill runner? I think not, though as mentioned in an earlier post a few weeks ago, I used to despise the treadmill, now I find it useful and am setting new personal bests on it!
I will probably hit the trail or road tomorrow to get a bit of variety.
Run for the health of it.

AMERICAN MANUFACTURING WORKS.

AMERICAN MANUFACTURING WORKS.

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Countdown to Le Tour

Le Tour De France, Stage 1: 15 K, Individual Time Trial

July 4th...10 days to go!

All things being equal, despite my strong attachment as a fan for Lance Armstrong, I must go with Alberto Contador as the favorite to win the 2009 Tour De France. I will be watching when I can and I will be rooting for Lance all the way. Astana has put together a strong team, a lot can happen during the Tour, it will be exciting and interesting and all the more so when they begin the mountain stages on July the 10th. It is gonna be a great Tour! Can't hardly wait!

Today's Workout 6/23/09

The Coffee Made Me Do It...

BIKE: 40 minutes, 13+ miles, Hard ride, stationary.

RUN: 30 minutes, 3.45 miles, (3 in 26:09) Hard run, treadmill.

WALK: 10 minutes

RUN: 10 minutes, 1 mile, easy jog, treadmill.

BIKE: 10 minutes, 3 miles, easy spin, stationary.

One of those mornings where the mind is strongly suggesting you take the day off. By the end of the first mug of coffee, the only question is when and how long, at mug 1.5, I am out the door committed to doing something, but not even I know what. You get going and just keep on going and a day off turns into a successful hard bike, hard run, and then some...

Today's Workout 6/22/09

NB 749's

Several months ago I took a chance and bought a pair of New Balance 749's. I had been wearing NB 587's for probably 7 years for the strong stability factor, comfort and USA made branding, not to mention the old school blue, grey and leather look, plus they were extremely long lasting.

I decided to try the 749's seeking a more cushioned type shoe, and this is it! I love my 587's and still wear them around, but have been running in the 749's on road, trail and treadmill and I am very happy with them...Another pitch for the NEW BALANCE BRAND, oh yeah they are manufactured in the USA too!

M, X60, W

BIKE
35 minutes, 10+ miles, stationary.

RUN
54 minutes, 5 miles, industrial route, road run, easy.

Father's Day

My Dad is quite a man. I love him and respect him for who he is and what he has accomplished in his 77 years, and for all he has been through. I am fortunate for my Dad is one of my best friends. My father has always supported me in every facet of my life. We don't have the father-son rivalry or inability to communicate that plagues many relationships. I always look forward to

spending time with my Dad and we get along great. I wish my father all the peace and joy one could have...I hope and pray for his continued health and prosperity. I know he won't be with

me forever in the physical sense, but I hope it's many years before I only have him with me in the strong spirit that he is. I am part my Dad, and its a pretty good part of me, too. Thank you, Dad for all you have done for me and the support you have always given me.

I love you, Dad.

Today's Workout 6/21/09

This brand is my shoe. They still make some of their models in the USA. I don't do Nike.
Great products, but I don't like their way of business. New Balance is where it's at. I used to be and Adidas kid, way back when they owned the soccer shoe market. Thats my plug for NB.

RUN
113 minutes, 10 miles, all trail, with Kim. Wow she hung in strong and logged in a big 10 miler, talk about persaverance!

BIKE
82 minutes, 22 miles, road bike ride, 16.1 average. Cut the ride off short at 22 miles. I am cooked, fried, done, finished....sometimes we just get tired and so it goes.

Totals for the Week 6/14-20 & Summary

SWIM

3 45 minutes 1800 yards

BIKE

7 400 minutes 111 miles

RUN

7 360 minutes, 33 miles

TOTAL

17 805 minutes 144.93 miles

WALK 2 30 minutes 1.50 miles

SUMMARY

Solid week, strong on bike with 3 road bike rides of 20, 22.5, 25. 400 minutes on the bike.

Highlight...the strong ride on Thursday of 22.5 legs flet real strong. Nice week overall.

Consistent with good minutes at 805.

Today's Workout 6/20/09

X60

SWIM
20 minutes, 800 yards.

RUN
35 minutes, 3+ miles, Easy jog.

BIKE
90 minutes, 25 miles, road bike ride, flat at 16.7 mph.

Today's Workout 6/19/09

In Tahoe...

M,X75,W

BIKE
40 minutes, 12+ miles, stationary bike at Harrah's fitness center.

RUN
56 minutes, 5 miles, Tahoe Blvd and Nevada Beach Trail.

WALK
20 minutes, treadmill, cooldown.

Great start to a Friday. Early meeting, followed by meeting that ran long, then the trip back to the Bay. Hideous traffic to battle in Fairfield, Vallejo, and through Oakland. A miserable way to travel when you just want to get home. Oh well, survived it all. Another day tomorrow. Bye.

Today's Workout 6/18/09

Sometimes our performance is all about getting the right amount of rest and sleep. While up at the Cabin last week, I built up a pretty significant sleep deficit. To begin with I generally get 6 hours of sleep if I am very fortunate. The daily schedule at the Cabin created a real sleep loss. You see, I made my decision to get my workouts in, no matter what. I get up early as it is, at 0300 or 0400. When you go fishing it's an early, early start! So... super early mornings followed by evenings coming in late from fishing and then getting dinner on... well I just built up a heck of a deficit. In addition my caffeine intake in the PM hours may have adversely effected my ability to get good sleep in too.

I have eliminated the PM caffeine and have been back on a more routine schedule for few days now. My sleep quality, overall hours of sleep and strength have improved. I really noticed how good I felt today. An easy 6 mile jog, a short swim and a strong bike ride on the road bike averaging 16.9 mph, over 22 miles, with really good legs. I attribute the performance to proper sleep. I hope I can continue along this path to feeling better, improved performance and with the quality of plentiful sleep.

M, X60

RUN
66 minutes, 6 miles, trail run, easy.600 yards.

SWIM
15 minutes, 600 yards.

BIKE
80 minutes, 22.5 miles, 16.9 mph. Road bike, good legs, strong ride.

Later today, after work I will be heading up to Lake Tahoe on business for just a night over. I may have more time driving up and back than actual time in working meetings. It's okay it is part of what I do and I am indeed happy to do it. Meeting in Tahoe? No, I cannot complain about that. I have it in my mind to get a nice run in up there on Friday morning on the trail I discovered while up there a couple of weeks ago. Yes, it's all good. Will post again, sometime on Friday, in the meantime...don't settle for being good, be great! Enjoy it all.

Pulling Yourself Up

There are times when we simply feel tired, blue, upset or simply depressed. Circumstances and events can cause us to feel like this. Prolonged periods of feeling depressed are unhealthy and should not be ignored. Consulting with a medical professional may be necessary. Talk therapy and prescription drugs are sometimes helpful. The point here though is that YOU need to take that step towards curing yourself. Accepting a life living in a depressed state will only keep you in that depressed state. ACTION is the antidote to APATHY.

One must decide to take action, to do something differently. Hows your diet? Are you getting the right vitamins and supplements? How much exercise are you getting? How is your attitude?
Are you getting plenty of sleep and rest? What thoughts are you running through your head?
Are you taking time for yourself? Analyze the balance or lack of balance in your life. Sometimes you just have to endure, other times you have to plow through the phase you are in and power through the slump by taking immediate and definitive ACTION.

They way we feel comes from the thoughts that we dwell upon. If you get angry or sad, it comes from the thoughts in your mind. The same is true when you are happy or content. It is the thoughts that determine our feelings. If you desire to change the way you feel, examine the thoughts you are running through your mind. Change your thoughts and you change the way you feel. Think about it. Pull yourself up. You can if you think you can. Think you can?

I think You can.

Today's Workout 6/17/09

M, X50,W

BIKE

32 minutes, 10 miles, stationary, with hills.

RUN

30 minutes, 3.3 miles, treadmill, power run, striders.

WALK

10 minutes, cool down.

Fishing at Wickiup

JB's Catch

From our Fishing Trip in Central Oregon, this is a 22 inch Brown Trout. A nice fish caught at the Wickiiup Resevoir. On this Blustry day, we only got a couple of hours in before the thunderstorms blew in. We brought home a 16 inch Kokanee with the Brown. A pretty good day in all, everyone else we talked to got skunked on that day.

Today's Workout 6/16/09

Working on it...

M, X60

BIKE
50 minutes, 15+ miles, stationary.

RUN
54 minutes, 5 miles, road run.

Today's Workout 6/15/09

M, X70, W

RUN
55 minutes, 5 miles, trail run, easy.

BIKE
75 minutes, 20 miles, road bike ride, 15.9 average mph.

SWIM
10 minutes, 400 yards.

Today's Workout 6/14/09

X 70

BIKE
33 minutes, 7+ miles, Lemond. Some uphill and out of the saddle time. Good workout.

RUN
64:26, 6 miles, both easy and striders, road run 3rd street.

Getting up and out. Closing down the Cabin and heading back to the Hacienda.

Totals for the Week of 6/7-6/13/09 & Summary

SWIM

1 15 minutes, 600 yards.

BIKE

6 193 minutes, 45 miles.

RUN

9 476 minutes, 44 miles

TOTAL

16 684 minutes, 89.31 miles

WALK

2 29 minutes, 1.45 miles

SUMMARY

Another good week for overall minutes and consistency. Weak on cycling, due to schedule and practicality. No long bike rides and shorter rides on the standards. On the other hand, run records as follows for the Year To Date: Total #, Total minutes, and Total miles. Also weak on swims, due to the demanding schedule up here at the Cabin. Back to the Bay tomorrow and the routine. It has been a great week here.

Today's Workout 6/13/09

X70

W

BIKE

33 minutes, 7.5 miles, on the Lemond.

RUN

54 minutes, 5 miles, 3rd St. road run.

Gotta go ...fishing

Check in later.

Be great.

At The Wickiup

Yesterday after we finished up the conference at Sunriver, JB and I got out to the Wickiup, launched his boat and got rigged up for fishing at around noon. All reports from local anglers were poor, our patience and caveman efforts produced a brown at 22 inches a nice looking fish and a 16 inch kokanee. Great day, good fun. Got back to the cabin at 6pm, JB bbqued some fish, I whipped up one of my famous stir frys and we had a nice meal, shortly therafter sleep prevailed. The plan is to hit Paulina Lake this morning...gotta get a work out in first! Bye.

Today's Workout 6/12/09

RUN

65 minutes, 6 miles, 3rd street road run.

Up late last night. Had the Boys over at the cabin. A good time was had by all.

Today's Workout 6/11/09

CABIN SNOW GUY WINTER 2008

X 50

BIKE

33 minutes, 7 miles. Lemond fitness trainer is brutal on the mileage factor.

RUN

54 minutes, easy jog for 5 miles, 3rd street road run.

Cultus Lake/ Mackinaw

FEEDING THE EAGLE

Unbelievable trip! Hooked up with MD at 0530, drove out to Cultus Lake, got the boat in the water at 0630 and the Lake Master, (MD) got us into some Mackinaw. Only about 5. Threw a wounded 5 pounder to the lake, wherin an American Bald Eagle snatched it within 20 seconds. This was an amazing and unforgettable sight to see! The Lake Master apparently does feed the eagles like this on a semi regular basis! Our great thanks to our host and yet another great day under the Central Oregon skies.

Today's Workout 6/10/09

X60 & W

BIKE
30 minutes, 6+ miles, stationary.

RUN
35 minutes, 3+ miles road run at 0315, Huntington Road.

WALK
10 minutes, elliptical at fit center.

RUN
35 minutes, 3+ miles, trail run, Wickiiup route.

Abbreviated Tribute to Z-girl.

I was out on a run and just thinkin...

The too short list of reasons why I think the world of Zoomer...

Good lookin
Upbeat and enthusiastic
Adventurous
Hard working
Intelligent
Grounded
Superb Chef
Supportive
Loving & Caring
Good heart
Lives with Purpose


She runs, she works, she lives, she laughs and I am lucky because she loves me.

Stay the positive course, Z. Enjoy all you can, whatever is left, let it go...

Like I said....this is the "short list"

and she makes the healthy magic muffins just for me too...

I am fortunate and blessed, so is she.

Lets go Fishin!

FISH ON

Yesterday we went fishing on JB's boat at East Lake, caught one of each: rainbow, brown, kokanee.

Today we have 5 fish in the freezer all browns, one is pretty nice at 16 inches. Having a great time up here with JB on the lake. Tomorrow will head out early for Coltus Lake, never been there should be fun, will be meeting MD over at his place at 0530.

Will check in later. Be great everybody!

Today's Workout 6/9/09

BIKE
20 minutes, 6+ miles, stationary at the FIT CENTER

RUN
20 minutes, 2+ miles, treadmill

RUN
52 minutes, 5 miles. Afternoon run.

WALK
19 minutes.

Today's Workout 6/8/09

Paulina and East Lakes

BIKE

30 minutes, 6+ miles, stationary

RUN

53 minutes, 5 miles, road route. Easy jog with few short striders thrown in.

NOTES:

At the cabin, arrived at 1845 or so yesterday. Good trip up with JB. Did the Rays groceries thing, broke in the Weber with a couple of one inch thick London broil steaks that JB qued to perfection. A goodstart to a great trip.

Road Trip

Nice Cabin

Heading up to THE CABIN, this morning. Not the cabin pictured above, but you get the idea.

Business and pleasure on this trip. Fishing and R & R. Will post when I can. Bye.

Today's Workout 6/7/09

X 75

BIKE

47 minutes, 13 miles, stationary. Slow even paced easy.

RUN

108 minutes, 10 miles, 10:48 average mile pace, Road/Trail route. THE WEEKLY LONG RUN

SWIM

15 minutes, 600 yards.

Week of 5/31-6/6/09 Totals & Summary

SWIM

3 53 minutes 2120 yards/1.09 miles

BIKE

7 413 122 miles

RUN

8 439 40 miles

TOTALS

18 905 minutes 163.09 miles

SUMMARY

Huge week for volume. Best week of the year for:

Total minutes

Total miles

Bike minutes

Bike miles

Run minutes, tie for high

Run miles

Highlights of the week:

Trail runs in Tahoe, attaining 40 miles running, total minutes topping 900.

Next week:

Cut back on bike miles, no long bike tomorrow. Off to training camp at THE CABIN.

Today's Workout 6/6/09

X70

RUN
45 minutes, 4+ miles, easy street run.

SWIM
20 minutes, 800 yards.

BIKE
112 minutes, 30 miles, road bike ride. 16.1 mph average.

Today's Workout 6/5/09

One of my favorite pic's.

X 60 & W

RUN

30 minutes, 3+ miles, treadmill, up the tempo run, not too hard.

BIKE

30 minutes, 9+ miles, stationary. A basic ride.

What's Next

Fabulous Friday. Another great day. Work today. Meetings next week in Sunriver, Oregon. Heading up north on Sunday. Will take a couple of vacation days together with the business trip. Staying at the cabin. Traveling with JB, driving his rig with boat. Planning on some seriously (fun) fishing up there on the off time. Will put in at East Lake and see what happens. Looking forward to the work at hand and some good times in the R & R category. We ain't left yet? No, not yet. Calm down. Sunday.Will also take the opportunity to get some training camp time in and maintain some good bike and run workouts up there at 4200. Will invite the guys over to the cabin after work to check out the place and enjoy some off time with my co workers. Wii bowling? Who knows? Okay. Talk to y'all later.

Today's Workout 6/4/09

A few minutes a day of aerobic exercise is what the body needs to keep a healthy cardio system.

BIKE

45 minutes, 14 miles, stationary.

RUN

56 minutes, 5+ miles, trail run.

Peace

Peace.

May we experience peace within.

May we demonstrate peace in our life.

May we achieve peace between all nations.

May we realize peace upon this earth and beyond.

Today I will visit a place where my Mom rests in peace. I will bring with me some stones that I have collected from different places that I have traveled recently. I am calling these stones,

Stones of Peace.

These stones of peace will mark and memoralize my Mom's place of rest.

Her inspiration and guidance live on.

Today's Workout 6/3/09

This photo taken just after completing the 2009 Angels Camp Triathlon. That look you see is...
"Thank God, it's over!" Had the same feeling this morning, getting off the treadmill, having pushed a 5 mile run. At 6300 feet or so, it's a lung buster!

X70 & W

BIKE
42 minutes, 15 miles, stationary.

RUN
47:35 minutes, 5 miles, treadmill. Pushed the pace, up and down, not a lot of strength.

That's it from Lake Tahoe sports fans. Finishing up business this morning and heading back to the Hacienda by the Bay. Be great, I am out.

Today's Workout 6/2/09

Can't do it all correctly on a 24/7 basis, Balance is the key. Rest, deviation from routine, all are necessary to maintian the overall effort in the long run. Do something and do the best you can and take a break when you need one.

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Today...

X60

BIKE

3o minutes, 10+ miles, stationary

RUN

56 minutes, 5 miles, road and trail

NEW TRAIL... NEVADA BEACH

Found a great new trail! Highway 50 and Kahle Drive, corner parking lot and trail head leading to Nevada Beach! Wide packed trail 8 feet in width. Winding thru meadows, Ponderosa pines and gently sloping down to the Lake, Tahoe that is. Trail is a gem, ends up in National Park grounds, nice camping area, take note. This is a great discovery and will be run again on future visits here. Trail out and back would be about 3, located about 3/4 of a mile from Harraha's on lake side of 50.

Morning is Good

Good Morning!

Thank you, to those of you who take your time to comment on the varied words and thoughts that I post here. It is interesting and meaningful to get feedback. Thank you! Followers are encouraged to apply.

I am without a doubt a morning person. I get up early and am most productive in the AM hours.
Getting the exercise in, posting here, organizing the day, basic chores. I like to feel productive and I am out of my element when I cannot feel as though I am contributing and producing. So I seek to feel productive and the only way I can feel productive is to actually be productive and that means GET IT DONE! Or at minimum, get it started. Coffee is helpful. What you did or did not do the day before is a factor, sleep and quality sleep is a major factor as well, but its mostly a mental mindset and established habits that work.

Some people are night creatures and just as they cannot conceive of what I do in the early AM hours, I don't really understand the night owl routine. So be it. Call it wiring. Call it what you will, it comes down to what you do and the habits you create. Sure you can break habits. But you don't want to be in the habit of habit breaking, no then your drifting, just like this post. My point is this: I like the morning, getting fired up to start the day and achieving something, that's just who I am. Might as well thrive on it. It seems to work. Okay so get moving....I AM, later.

Today's Workout 6/1/09

Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe

X70 & W

BIKE

42 minutes, 14 miles, stationary at fitness center, Harrah's. Recovery ride, easy.

RUN

56 minutes, 5 miles. Started at Lukins Way on the paved bike bath, to Pope Beach, on the wet sand of the beach within 3 feet of the clear waters of Lake Tahoe. Calm and flat, followed the beach for almost a mile, turned up to the parking lot road to the turnaround, into a meadow shere the tall grass left a narrow trail followed it, each step a cushioning feel atop the meadow.

Turned back through the parking lot road onto the bike path, through the Firs and Pines back to the start of the run. A good one!

RUN

40 minutes, 3+ miles, TRAIL RUN, 2 a days! Fallen Leaf Lake Trail Run, rocky, narrow, slow going but great workout, views of the lake, awesome. Numerous choices on trail with many off shooting trails....

SWIM

13 minutes, 520 yards, in Lake Tahoe! Talk about coool down! Not that cold in the shallows.

Pretty good workout day....