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Two weeks into the 2009 training season and I’m feeling pretty good about my progress.  Weight & BF% are heading in the right direction.  I’m getting more consistent in my workouts, and am starting to recover quicker and feel better about the work.  I’ve also started to really use my CompuTrainer for something other than a glorified stationary bike. 

I still need to tweak my diet.  It’s really easy to slide back into bad habits if I don’t constantly pay attention.  I also need to be even more consistent with my workouts.  While I’m probably at 80-85%, I need to be at 95-100%.  The work is just going to get harder and the duration is going to get longer as the season progresses.  I really need to develop better discipline if I’m going to stay healthy and focused on a great race in September. 

Numbers to date:
8 runs, 30.25 miles
7 rides, 99.86 miles
3 swims, 11,200 yards
3 strength sessions, 2 hrs total

(or just look at the workout log on the left!)

So far, so good!

Words fail me…

Be careful out there…

If my dad were still around, he’d be all over this. Tres Cool!

Spectrum: Winner: Poseidon Discovery – The world’s leading designer of scuba gear brings closed-circuit rebreathers to the masses

Microprocessor-powered dive gear. What an amazing age we live in!

Nice article about Ubuntu

and Its Leader Set Sights on the Mainstream – NYTimes.com

I’ve been pretty happy since switching over my main “surfing” lappie to Ubuntu. I still have some strange stuff once in awhile (Firefox taking over the entire screen) and some stuff that took some hacking to figure out (Skype doesn’t like the default sound package) and other stuff that just doesn’t work reliabley at all (printing on shared Windows devices). However 90% of the time, it just works, which is all I ask of an OS.

I LOVE the ” Picture” series of posts from the Boston Globe’s website. Sometimes, however the pictures can be, umm odd:

Still, the site is well worth adding to your RSS feeds!

FailWhale 2009….

Man, can MS suck any harder?

In 2009, Microsoft Still Underestimates the Web

And they want us to trust them with Azure? Uh, pass, thanks!

Must be something in the air, Kahuna is feeling it:
and Iron Wil is feeling it: Through Th3 Wall (Changes post) and your’s truly is feeling extra good about himself, his place on the planet and his foreseeable future.

For me, it’s probably related to getting back to a 2-a-day training regimen. I’m more focused at work and almost always “in the flow”. I look forward to my workouts, no matter how challenging or difficult. I’m REALLY looking forward to the upcoming race season.

So maybe is workout endorphins, or maybe it’s just New Years optimism, but I’ll take it!

Here’s your Friday WTF…
NEWS | Americas | Somersaulting truck, leaping bike

Deeyum….

As I was clearing out my Google Reader page, and finally got caught up on my APOD feed, I ran across this bit of beauty:

Picture of the Day – The Sky in Motion

Happy New Year to you!