3 More Weeks Of Poking My Eyes Out

"How much of human life is lost in waiting." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ugh, my frikkin calf keeps tearing for no reason. (That's right, I said frikkin, what of it?)

Need a visual? This is what it's like...

A crybaby calf means 3 more weeks of lame-ass upper body work and low-impact leg work like ellipticals and feng shui. I'm getting sick of moving my couch because the dust bunnies get angry when their sleep is disturbed. And these people keep harassing me...

I had to reset my running countdown timer this morning as I watched it tick down with only 5 minutes left. Grrrr. ("Grrrr" implies frustration ya know.)

Three weeks since I've run and three more weeks of down time means it's very unlikely that I'll be ready for Hyannis at the end of February. Unless I train REALLY REALLY HARD!!!! It's not like I'll get injured doing that or anything.

OK, I'm done ranting. Now get off your computer and go run a bunch of miles with your super healthy calf muscles....

Inspiration Thursday (12.10.2009)

I need some female opinions, because I find myself offended at the way this woman responds to the thunder. Seriously, you've never heard thunder?!?!? Bah!

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Has anyone tried running in these? I know if I try them I'll end up straining some other muscle I can't pronounce.

Yaktrax

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I have definitely been all of these people at one time or another....yes, even the Pink Weight User...

Have You Made These Training Mistakes?

When it comes to fitness and training, I see people making TONS of mistakes every day. There are many common mistakes that people make that can halt their fitness progress and those are things like not eating enough, eating TOO much, becoming sedentary and destroying their metabolism, and performing exercises incorrectly. I know all of these things are serious, but come on, let’s have some fun with this….and be sure to stay away from these people at the gym, because I know that NONE of you are doing any of this crap…. (right?)

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I had to LOL...

Original: http://www.canucklehead.ca/look/fishy.html

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Makes me think! Will make you think too!

How To Discover Your Life's Purpose - 7 Questions To Ask

I believe you were created to solve a problem and your success is dependent on your ability to discover that problem and solve it. Finding this problem is discovering your purpose, solving this problem is accomplishing your purpose.

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My 40 Obscure Life Lessons

"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte

1. For some of us it's not a game, we actually mean it. It sucks that the last person who hurt you convinced you that he meant it too.
2. The US Post Office is not a bank.
3. Hard work pays off, but not always in the currency you hoping for.
4. Don't get naked next to an 8 foot fence, you don't know who's listening on the other side.
5. Loving someone who doesn't love themself is like trying to have a conversation in a foreign language you've never heard. After a while you just stop talking and start looking for a way home.
6. A female dog is called a "bitch". If you call someone a bitch and clarify the definition it has less of an impact.
7. Fathers are ultimately responsible for their daughters relationships, good and bad.
8. Your stomach doesn't know the difference between love and loss, it reacts the same no matter why you're thinking about her.
9. Arc welding is a beautiful thing to watch. Until tomorrow.
10. You're not doing too much if you're doing it for yourself.
11. True love is a fairy tale. Find someone who believes in the fantasy as much as you do and you've found your soul mate.
12. If you want random casual sex, grow your hair, learn how to play the bass and join a cover band.
13. When you have to decide between lying to someone you love or lying to someone you used to love you may discover that you had their roles reversed.Or your lie will reverse them.
    
14. Walking down the street in a group of kids with bats and nunchucks pretending to be on their way to a gang fight will appear to the police like a group of kids with bats and nunchucks on their way to a gang fight.
15. Wet cornmeal smells like pee. Especially if you pee on it.
16. It's never about the dish towel. Sometimes it's about Vietnam.
17. You can't replace what was not given to you.
18. Just because you can fly stunt planes doesn't mean you can be by yourself.
19. Don't put the mayo on the bread before you toast it.
20. That can of Pringles is not as important to your friend as you might think.
21. Love is an action. If you get out of the car it doesn't matter that you didn't really want to.
22. The body holds more memories than the mind. Unfortunately, the mind will use that against you too.
23. You'll get closure when you're dead. Until then, you have to do the work.
24. You shouldn't give your child a name that isn't available on a bicycle license plate.
25. Not everyone in the 4th grade will find a Confederate flag appropriate to bring to school, regardless of the popularity of The Dukes Of Hazzard.
26. It takes more than a black outfit and a straight sword to be a real ninja.
27. You'll know everything you need to know about her if you watch her eyes.
28. Readers Digest is useful for extinguishing small couch fires.
29. What you're looking for is not always right in front of you, it's usually way behind you...on the other side of a burning bridge...making out with some other guy.
30. Metal incense burners should not be used on plastic tables.
31. Girls don't like it when you break up with them via their brother.
32. Time doesn't heal, you have to do the work.
33. The answer to "Why are you with her?" is often the same for "Why aren't you with her?" You just use a different tone of voice.
34. The word "fine" is the first indicator that it isn't.
35. Technology is the destroyer of intimacy.
36. If it's easy, make a career out of it.
37. Drinking Mountain Dew excessively during a volleyball game may result in a severe beating.
38. Strippers don't like it when you know their real name...especially if you yell it while they're on stage.
39. The "friend zone" rarely feels friendly.
40. There is no one else like me. meh

Inspiration Thursday (12.03.2009)

Only makes me want to run a marathon even more!

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This is a neat service.

It takes 21 days to form a habit.

habitforge will help you get there.

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I bet if I had one of these I wouldn't have this latest injury...

Inspiration Thursday (11.26.2009)

I had an incredible epiphany when I answered #20. Give it a try yourself, you may learn something...

33 Questions For An Interview With Yourself

Today I’m going to interview somebody really special on my blog. And that would be you. Exactly, you, the one who’s looking at the screen right now. You are a very important person and it’s an honor for me to interview you. I prepared a list of 33 questions and I’m really looking forward to hear your answers.

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I read the first two pages of the first book. I probably would have read more if it had cougars in it.

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Love that quote!

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This would get me back on Facebook...

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A classic...I would do the fandango!

I'm Old

"My idea of Hell is to be young again." - Marge Piercy

I turned 40 today. A milestone they tell me. Milestones are meant to define a significant life event. If you ask me it just means I managed to avoid walking in front of a bus for that many years. I wonder if milestones and tombstones look the same?

I used to believe that you're only as old as you think. That's a great mantra, until you find yourself one day facing the choice of resetting the clock 18 years or losing someone you love. That's when the immortality that kept you going all those years starts to fade and you learn the hard lesson that sometimes love just isn't enough. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, then you're likely young, childless and unmarried. Enjoy it while you can you selfish bastards.

The last 3 years have been the start of a new life. Now, on the injured list because of a stupid calf injury and reflecting on the roller coaster ride of 2009, I need a little pick me up, so here are some photos to show the progress I've made, for your pleasure of course.

Please, no slobbering....

September 2006...my heaviest ever.

April 2007...after a little bit of weightlifting and little more veggies in the diet. The ugly beard didn't help anything.

November 2007...down from a 3X to a 2X. No those are not real brains, at least they didn't taste real.

June 2008...two months of hard training and my first pair of runners.

October 2008...after my first 5k and starting to fit regular XL.

November 2009...post half-marathon and my first new suit in 12 years. And goodbye stinky old-man glasses!

Truth is, I'm not feeling cynical because of my age or what I haven't accomplished in my 40 years. It's simply that I haven't figured out what I want to do with the next 40. When I have it figured out, you'll be the first to know...

Oh Snap! (Goes The Calf)

So I had this calf...

And it felt a little tight...

I gave it a stretch...

Then the calf went snap...

Now I have a limp...

 And my calf is on ice...

So I'm not running...

The End.