Doing More With Less Since 1972
Top Android Photo Editing App PicsArt Arrives On iPhone – Right now, PicsArt is my leading choice to fill the Instagram void. What I like most about it is that they are open to sharing with different platforms. Likey.
DFB Epcot Illuminations Snack Attack on April 8th! – Want! But…that could pay for two visits to the Cape May seafood buffet. Decisions, decisions…
ImpPatience (noun) – the feeling you get when you finish a chapter in the Game of Thrones series, and knowing you won’t be able to read again for a few hours, you peek at the next chapter and see that it is titled “Tyrion”.
Also, am I the only person worried that this series won’t be finished, and that we’ll never get to read another word from the perspective of Cersei?
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About The 2013 Challenge – I like it. Instead of making a fitness resolution for yourself, resolve to help someone else stay on track this year.
30 Ways To Promote Your Blog Posts In 2013 – Key point: it’s not about blogging, it’s about promoting. That part isn’t as fun though. And at some point you have to think, “who am I really doing this for?”
This is all rounded to the nearest whatever. Burn was right at 235,000 calories this year.
Swim
28 miles, 15 hours, 36 minutes
This is pretty pathetic. I have to crack down on my swimming. I fall in a bad habit of giving up everything I’ve gained when a race is finished. Starting a swim clinic on Tuesday…hopefully that will kick me in the aise.
Bike
1704 miles, 89 hours, 7 minutes
Slacked off on my cycling during marathon training this year. Another mistake. Should have hammered it even harder. Setting a goal of 3,000 miles for 2013.
Run
697 miles, 110 hours, 5 minutes
Not too bad, but I could have done a lot more in the beginning of the year, and I gave up about 100 miles in the three weeks leading up to marathon. Mulling a goal of 2,013 kilometers in 2013. That would be 1,250 miles…very doable.
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I read Charlie’s post a while back on why triathlon is a stupid sport and why triathletes are assholes, and I got a good chuckle out of it. Parts were ridiculous, which made them funny. Other parts were true, which made them even funnier. I talked about it on Twitter with some other MOP age groupers, and it seemed to be a consensus that Charlie was sort of right–there are a bunch of assholes at triathlons. I’ve been thinking about this article a little more, and I’ve been asking myself, “why?” I think he’s right, but not necessarily for the reasons he listed.
He seems to be pretty fixated on the fact that the average tri-geek is an “elitist prick with a bullshit job and money to burn.” Not sure where he pulled his numbers from, but I can infer from his statement that dude doesn’t like his boss very much. Fair enough. But the truth is, when you go to a race you are going to be around a bunch of over-achievers who are pretty competitive and focused on doing their best and growing their list of accomplishments.
You know, the kind of people who eventually end up being your boss and making more money than you.
I don’t think there’s anything inherently assholish about that, but those traits make people appear that way when the heat is on. The place I’ve witnessed it most is in transition setup. The only real assholes there are the people who try to take up a whole bike rack and then freak out about “who touched my stuff?!?!?!” when someone tries to correct it. This makes the person who moves their stuff look like a jerk too.
That’s what I see the most at races–people who appear to be assholes because they are keeping to themselves. Actually, most are just focused, nervous, and don’t really know that many people at the race. The nature of the beast is that you have to spend a lot of time training alone. Swimming doesn’t really lend itself to a lot of chatting. And while you can bike with others, that’s not allowed in the race, so it’s not very helpful to spend your training time in a big group. Besides, other people get rightfully nervous when they see show up for a ride with aero bars. When someone you don’t know is riding behind you at 25mph and may or may not have access to their brakes, well….
Refill Your Travel Toothpaste Bottles with a DIY Adapter – Bookmarking just in case things get really bad and I’m forced to buy toothpaste in bulk. Just. In. Case.
5 Fun Ways to Learn a New Language – One thing that has worked well for me is “Spanish Hour”. For a whole hour, The Missus will play the roll of someone who doesn’t speak any English at all. This usually results in both of us getting some quiet time reading.
Cool Ironman Kona Infographic – Check out the decrease in bike/run splits. And the fairly level swim splits.
The Future Of Working From Home – Things are definitely moving this way. I’m pretty sure if I had to go back to a normal office situation, I’d struggle with it.
Chrissie Wellington: The Mind Over Body Battle – And you think you suffer? Love hearing how this affects even the super-humans.
Easily Monitor and Manage all of your WordPress Sites with WP Remote – Thanks to @mwender for this one. Great time saver
Google Turns Turtle and Takes Street View Underwater – Coming soon to iPhone5!
Alternative ways to ride The Downward Spiral – I created a Spotify playlist based on this. A couple of the songs weren’t in Spotify, but I found some good substitutes. Just reading this makes me afeared.
Whoa, Dude, Are We Inside a Computer Right Now? – Is it wrong that this seems completely reasonable (and likely) to me?
Solo or Group? Train Your Way – I’ve been opting for the solo route a lot lately. It’s quiet.
How To Determine Your Long Run Training For Any Triathlon Distance – Some really good info here. It’s hard to train for a distance event and fill like you got enough running in. The truth is, you really just can’t, but you can get the optimal amount.
Accessing SharePoint Lists with SQL Server Integration Services SSIS 2005 –
Raising Children To Become Productive Adults – In short, walk it like you talk it. Applies to pretty much everything in life.
Simple Tips to Help Your Grocery Budget – As always, thanks to @couponkatie for all the amazing tips and deals she points us to!
A Glass All Empty – When your S.O. gets on the wagon. Both of us are for the most part…one due to pregnancy and nursing, the other due to choosing brownie calories over beer calories. Must to get faster, and those calories slows me down.
The only thing I can think of that I’d really like to do is rent a Brazilian steak restaurant for a night.
I don’t mean I want to have them close their doors so that my guests and I will be the only ones dining there.
I mean I want to go there for dinner, eat until I get the meat sweats, then crawl under the table using a tablecloth as a blanket and sleep until the next morning.
When I wake up I can start eating again.
Really enjoying my Focus@Will beta account (thanks Lifehacker) this morning.
It sounds weird, but this is exactly what I need sometimes–music that I don’t like. I don’t dislike the Focus@Will stuff, but I’m not distracted by it, and I don’t find myself singing along.
I’m looking at you, Pantera’s “Vulgar Display Of Power”
The best thing Google could do today to snag some market share in the photo sharing space would be to get SnapSeed updated to share directly to Twitter (and play nicely while doing it). Leave the photos of kids and puppies to Istagram/Facebook and get the really good photographers who haven’t moved to Google+ yet get their feet wet with the easy Twitter integration. They’ll inevitably share to G+ while they’re at it.
I can’t help but think Instgram has really screwed up by starting this fight with Twitter.
Facebook and G+ are such different things, and one area where G+ destroys Facebook is in photography. Production and consumption there is so far beyond what is possible on Facebook.
I’m a 1:3 breather right now, which means I breathe every 3 strokes. This works out because it lets me breathe on both sides of my body which is easier on the neck and get a good look-see to both sides. The downside is that you don’t get much oxygen breathing that way. As a result of that (and horrible technique overall), I’ve never really swam to what I think my potential is.
In races I usually throw in some periods of 1:2 breathing, which is breathing every other stroke, always to the same side. More oxygen available, so I do this when I need to accelerate.
2:3 breathing is 2 breaths every three strokes. So it’s R, L, (R), L, R, (L), R, L, (R), L, R, (L)…
I’m going to spend a couple of weeks working on nothing but changing to the 2:3 technique and doing a better job of keeping my head low and reducing bow drag. Going to a January swim clinic to work on everything else.
Would like to hear my buddy Ryan do this song.
Sometimes you gotta go to hell and back, just to know where you’re at.
Here’s the transcription of a voicemail I received from the YMCA today inviting me to join up:
Hi, this is all of that a volunteer at the center align today. This is a courtesy call to let you back to alive. If you’re enjoying by 7:30 1st still a vagina see if you have any questions, just call ###-####. Thank you.
If this had been an accurate transcription, I may have actually returned the call!
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