I promised a full recap of my eventful weekend, but like my failure to write a recap yesterday, I also failed to have quite the eventful weekend on my schedule. Friday I planned to go for a hike, but ended up sleeping in until 10am, eating breakfast, going back to bed, eating again, laying around […]
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Can’t do a proper post
I haven’t forgotten about my website! It’s the last week of classes, and I’m swamped with schoolwork. I promise to post about my 10k race last Thursday, and about how I missed out on everything I planned to do this weekend in favor of well deserved over-sleeping. Just as soon as I finish this abstract […]
Giving Thanks
Yesterday I had a thanksgiving theme to my spin class workout. First we did a really hard VO2 max set, then we did a short recovery lactate tolerance set. It went like this: A) Standing at 80% of max effort, B) Sitting and sprinting in the same gear, then C) changing to a harder gear […]
Aaron Scheidies: Blind or Faker?
Recently Aaron Scheidies, my visually impaired friend / training partner, wrote about my daily routine, and what he “sees†me doing everyday. Today, I’m retaliating with insight as to what Aaron sees on a daily basis. If you’re short on time I can give away the ending: Aaron may be a little weird, but he […]
Boring?
I heard through the grapevine that my posts recently have been boring. Thus, I am not posting about how I ran a track workout today, and am really excited for my turkey trot next week. Nor will I write about how my spin class was awesome because I had them simulate the San Francisco Triathlon […]
Training Overtime
Today I posted on the Garmin Blog. Check it out. Also, I’m back in Seattle, and I had my petition hearing to register for the class I’ve been taking for over a month. I was granted the request, but after paying $300 and trying to catch up on homework from the past week and a […]
All Play and No Work Makes Ben Way Behind
I have a ton of homework to do this week. Or maybe not. It really depends on how my meeting with the registrar goes today. See, I’ve been taking a class that I got booted from because I wasn’t able to pay before the registration deadline. Now, 6 weeks into the quarter I’m petitioning for […]
The Logistics of Professional Racing
It’s that time of year again. The season has ended, training is unplanned and often completely absent from my schedule. And Quicken has become my most frequently opened application. During the season I often neglect to balance my expense book and I tend to focus only on the balance in my checking account. Now that […]
That was a really big hill.
I decided that I wanted to run a Turkey Trot this year. It’s my 4th day of off-season, and I’m beginning to regret that decision. I haven’t touched my bike since riding from transition to the rental car, and I haven’t been submerged in water since 12:18 pm last Saturday. My legs, however, are still […]
Fog Over Alcatraz
Taken with my phone from the lower deck of the bay bridge. Traffic was terrible going out to Treasure Island.