Monthly Archives: June 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-06-17

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  • Finally updating my desktop to Leapord. FINALLY! #
  • http://twitpic.com/2czz – Finally updating my OS to leapord. #
  • Back in class. #
  • On Calvin’s 3rd use of the law: “HORRIBLE. Like rip it out of Institutes horrible.” – Justin Holcomb. It just made me chuckle. #
  • class over for the day… heading home to mow the lawn… weee… #
  • mowed the lawn… started the 100 push up challenge… shower now and then dinner. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-06-16

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  • Two great kids. I am happy to be a father. #
  • Early morning. Class from 9 – 5 all week. Happy Monday all. #
  • Fellow students: 1 was kicked out of China twice, 1 is a minister in Turkey, 1 is pro judo guy, 1 is John Piper’s assistant… I’m boring. #
  • Good lunch break. Pizza and conversation with Brian and Chan. Back to class with coffee in hand. #
  • Class done for the day. Having burger and beer with my brother. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-06-15

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  • Kids in the pool. Its way past bedtime. Gonna sleep good tonight. #
  • Woke up at 7 when a transformer exploded nearby. Lazily laid in bed another hour. Wife and son went on walk & got me coffee. Happy Dad Day. #
  • You chase after money, jobs, reputation. But can any of those die for you and forgive you? – Jamie Hart fathers day sermon #
  • Everyone is at pool. Grace napping. I’m watching US open with cold beer. Happy dad day. #

Twitter Updates for 2008-06-14

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  • Back to the library… so much reading to do before Monday. #
  • Just found out I got a C in Hebrew II. While I’m not proud of the grade, in the words of my wife, “C’s get degrees.” #
  • Heading home from library, then off to dinner with Jenn’s parents, her sister and her 3 kids. #

Back on the Wagon

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or is it off? i can never remember.

A few months back, in regards to running, I hit a brick wall of reality that made me realize perhaps running the 2009 Disney marathon was not quite an attainable goal due to limited training time (I’m just NOT willing to run @ 5am so i have time to cross train after to keep my knees & back ‘safe’…i just want to run & stretch. The end.) & knee pain when i pass 10miles a week (+/-). Not attainable yet anyway…. ;) there’s always the nebulous “someday when…”

This also coincided with my Nike+ stats being removed from the blog…suddenly I found myself running much less….i apparently am highly responsive to external motivation. Then it all fizzled when I decided to take 2 weeks off completely to test to see if some nagging back pain was related (it is not)…this stretched to nearly 4wks. Last week i finally got off my bum & headed back on the road. I’m not gonna lie. it was NOT fun. It was a major chore. i was sad, thinking that i was pretty sure i remembered being rather fond of the sport in recent history…

Then this week I gave up trying to run with the kids in the jogging stroller & getting my lazy bum out of bed on time to run in the morning. not sure if it was the alone time, the fact that i had a week of running back under my belt, the fact that it’s physically easier to run without pushing 2 children in a stroller or all of the above….but this week has been fun again. In fact, each of the 3 runs were progressively more enjoyable. Culminating in today’s just over 4mi run that i honestly didn’t want to end when i rounded the corner towards my house. The first mile always stinks & i think about stopping to walk…but that magic 2nd mile hits & all is well with my soul. I won’t go into details about the feeling, but it was great. makes me want to run tomorrow. But i think i’ll be kind to my knees and wait till monday.

I also tried to incorporate a few posture tips from the Marathon Training guys…haven’t heard a whisper from my knees all week…think i may look into reading a ‘chi running’ book….i’d heard of it before but never really been in the mood for sifting through pseudo-spiritual athletics.