Syzdekistan

I’m still battling this head cold and I called in again sick today. I am feeling better, however, and I managed to get out of bed and had enough strength to move around the house and watch lots of TV during the day. I’m not nearly as tired as I was on Wednesday and the [...]

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I stayed home today with my bad head cold. I woke up enough to call in at 8:00 A.M. and then slept in until 11:00 A.M. I ate breakfast and then returned to bed and finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I briefly left the house to get a haircut and the stylist remarked [...]

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The marathon is in five days and I’ve got a cold. It started yesterday with a plugged up nose and a tickle in my throat and by this morning I had a severe sore throat. I plan on going to work today because I still feel relatively functional. Also, I am scheduled to give a [...]

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Early this morning, I ran my last long run of my marathon training. It was 8 miles around the neighborhood and through a park. I saw a covey of about 8 Gambel’s quail near the College and a group of people practicing tai chi in the park (I don’t know the collective noun for people [...]

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I’ve been struggling to keep up with my training schedule in the heat. I did manage to get my two longest runs (18 miles each) done but the shorter runs have been difficult. I skipped a few shorter runs and managed to do a few at the gym. It’s tough to run in the heat [...]

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Our heat wave continues (from the National Weather Service via the Weather Underground):
… Record highs broken or tied across the Las Vegas forecast area again today [July 6, 2007]… …
The high temperature at McCarran International Airport here in Las Vegas this afternoon climbed to 115 degrees. This reading tied the record high for the date [...]

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I ran 18 miles today. In my case, running is actually a slow jog, punctuated by occasional walking and limping. I’m at the crux of my marathon training. The San Francisco Marathon is only four weeks away and I have been officially training since the beginning of April (my training actually begun well before April [...]

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Back in my college days, I took a great Human Anatomy and Physiology class. The professor, Fred Jackson (seen here on the CCSN web page wearing a purple pimp hat), was a fantastic teacher and a very funny guy. One of his stock phrases when describing a physiological response to increased exercise (increased heart [...]

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Today in the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament, UNLV (seeded 7th) beat Wisconsin (seeded 2nd) 74-68 (New York Times link, Sports Illustrated “Meet the New Rebels“). The Rebels will advance to the Sweet Sixteen round and will face the University of Oregon. I had planned on watching the 11:30 A.M. when we returned from church. However, [...]

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Hot WIfe and I just finished watching one of the most amazing sporting events we have ever seen. We were both rooting for Boise State to beat Oklahoma and it seemed like they had the game locked up when they were ahead 28-10 in the third quarter. Then Boise State made some mistakes, Oklahoma scored [...]

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