As a user of many drug rep toys (my wife has worked in Dr. offices for years and years) we have a pretty sizable collection of useful, interesting and just plain weird stuff, but it can’t hold a candle to this physician:

Rep Toys

Ask me about my Viagra pen collection!

I was just looking over my numbers for 2008:

2008 (Ironman training year)
Swim: 171,628 yards (possibly a few more later this afternoon)
Bike: 2197.7 miles (I should ride to/from the pool to get an even 2200)
Run: 658.4 miles
Total: 359.5/hrs training

2007 (non-IM training year)
Swim: 55,700/yd
Bike: 568.2 miles (lots of MTB in 2007)
Run: 616.6 miles
Total: 148.2/hrs training

2008 Races:
Tri: 1 Oly (PR) 1 70.3 (almost melted) 1 IM (almost drowned on the bike/run),
Run: 1 1/2 Marathon (PR) 1 Marathon (PR)
Bike: 1 CX

New stuff: Certified as USAT official, officiated at 2 races.

So I’m feeling a bit better about my 2008 now.  The totals are all better than I had expected.  Not exactly what I hoped to have achieved for 2008, but a decent showing none-the-less.

Yeah, something like this:

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And then we have the UAW, digging in their heels, and making things worse.

Auto Bailout: UAW Chief Draws a Line

The arrogance of the UAW chief rivals that of Cheney and Madoff.

Criminy….

Great bit on using mental imagery to break through tough training sessions..
Outdoor Journey | The Pain Box

That’s one way of keeping pedestrians out of your way!

– 1932 Helicron at Lane Motor Museum

Watch for low flying birds too!

A truly inspiring story…

Hard Times, a Helping Hand – NYTimes.com

Balanced by this:

Bleeding Heart Tightwads

Step forward, make a difference…

USATF amends headphone rule: – News

USATF now leaves the decision to allow headphones up to the race director. I wonder if USAT will have a similar rule change.

If they do amend the rule, there will be significant safety concerns about the bike segment. If they choose to let participants use headphones on the run, enforcement will be difficult for the bike.

Got some catchin’ up to do…

Here’s the Friday WTF: For Work XXX. (sorta SFW)

I’ve got no numbers to back me up, but the P90X program seems to be working for me: 

I had planned to do a 1:00-1:15 treadmill run today.  Instead, I spent 2.25 hours  clearing my driveway of ice. 

The driveway is 85′ by 12-18′ and I had to use 6″ wide flat cutting shovel to break the ice, and then a standard snow shovel to clear the debris. 

I approached the chore as a set of intervals:  Break up the ice through a section, (high-HR, low duration) pick up the debris (lower HR, core, back & arm work, longer duration). 

Came back inside totally drenched in sweat, muscles twitching, with spasms of nausea. 

In a word, Spent. 

I still hate winter…