Running Journal, Wednesday, 2007-01-31
Resting heart rate: 53 bpm (60-second test, late morning)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.258
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1898 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 18:25-19:05
Terrain: flat
Comments: Felt really tired tonight after finishing my run at California Family Fitness. Part of that might have been watching closed-captioned Nightly Business Report on KVIE2. x_x I think most likely the extra heat from everyone exercising at once hit me harder than when Dawn and I exercise later in the evening. After sitting in the hot tub for 15 minutes I stood up and felt dizzy. I continued to feel tired and sore the rest of the night.
Running Time: 40 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 5.36 km (3.33 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 123.04 km (76.29 mi)
Weight (after run): 79.6 kg (175.52 lbs), 18% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Really tired. x_x
Foods eaten today: non-fat strawberry yogurt, orange juice, grilled cheese, tomato soup
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Running Journal, Tuesday, 2007-01-30
Running Journal, Tuesday, 2007-01-30
Resting heart rate: 61 bpm (60-second test, late morning)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.258
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1898 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 20:40-21:35
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I exercised at California Family Fitness this evening. I watched an hour of AMC's re-broadcast of Happy Gilmore. I felt very sweaty until I turned the 36-inch circular fan toward my treadmill. The gym seems to have a lot of Life Fitness equipment, both treadmills (Matrix and others) and weights (Hammer Strength). While waiting for Dawn to change before the hot tub I watched other people weightlifting to understand how the different machines work. I've done this for many nights but tonight it felt like a curtain was raised in my mind. I'm not sure how else to describe it. One moment I was an outsider looking in and the next moment I felt like I wanted to begin using the equipment. I only need a source of info on how to do it and some ideas on which muscles to train.
Running Time: 55 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 7.38 km (4.58 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 117.68 km (72.96 mi)
Weight (after run): 79.6 kg (175.52 lbs), 18% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Right calf felt a bit sore afterward. Sore back mostly ok today.
Foods eaten today: banana, non-fat blueberry yogurt, crumpets with raspberry jam, greens, scalloped potatoes, garlic bread, 2% milk, salad, mixed fruit, pecans, veggie egg-rolls
Resting heart rate: 61 bpm (60-second test, late morning)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.258
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1898 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 20:40-21:35
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I exercised at California Family Fitness this evening. I watched an hour of AMC's re-broadcast of Happy Gilmore. I felt very sweaty until I turned the 36-inch circular fan toward my treadmill. The gym seems to have a lot of Life Fitness equipment, both treadmills (Matrix and others) and weights (Hammer Strength). While waiting for Dawn to change before the hot tub I watched other people weightlifting to understand how the different machines work. I've done this for many nights but tonight it felt like a curtain was raised in my mind. I'm not sure how else to describe it. One moment I was an outsider looking in and the next moment I felt like I wanted to begin using the equipment. I only need a source of info on how to do it and some ideas on which muscles to train.
Running Time: 55 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 7.38 km (4.58 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 117.68 km (72.96 mi)
Weight (after run): 79.6 kg (175.52 lbs), 18% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Right calf felt a bit sore afterward. Sore back mostly ok today.
Foods eaten today: banana, non-fat blueberry yogurt, crumpets with raspberry jam, greens, scalloped potatoes, garlic bread, 2% milk, salad, mixed fruit, pecans, veggie egg-rolls
Learn a Foreign Language With Humor
Dawn and I want to learn a foreign language together. We're currently practicing French in our car. Today as we walked to class, we wondered about the use of humor exclusively to improve retention of foreign language learning. For example, "The door is made of soup!" or "I am a jelly doughnut" (an urban legend, apparently).
A brief search using Google didn't turn up anything obvious.
A brief search using Google didn't turn up anything obvious.
When Life Gives You Lemons
A tree next to our home has lemons ready for picking. Writing this down so I look for lemon recipes.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Running Journal, Monday, 2007-01-29
Running Journal, Monday, 2007-01-29
Resting heart rate: 61 bpm (60-second test, late morning)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) n/a
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): n/a
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 18:05-18:25
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I exercised at California Family Fitness in Orangevale this evening. We both exercised on elliptical machines. We only worked out for about 20 minutes. Afterward we relaxed in the hot tub.
Elliptical Time: 20 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (elliptical): unknown
Total Running Distance For Year: 110.30 km (68.38 mi)
Weight (after run): n/a (forgot)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Sore back from Sunday. :P
Foods eaten today: banana, black cherry yogurt, veggie brat, potato gnocchi with marinara and veggies, cottage cheese, soy milk, three berry cereal, green olives, crumpets with raspberry jam
Resting heart rate: 61 bpm (60-second test, late morning)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) n/a
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): n/a
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 18:05-18:25
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I exercised at California Family Fitness in Orangevale this evening. We both exercised on elliptical machines. We only worked out for about 20 minutes. Afterward we relaxed in the hot tub.
Elliptical Time: 20 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (elliptical): unknown
Total Running Distance For Year: 110.30 km (68.38 mi)
Weight (after run): n/a (forgot)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Sore back from Sunday. :P
Foods eaten today: banana, black cherry yogurt, veggie brat, potato gnocchi with marinara and veggies, cottage cheese, soy milk, three berry cereal, green olives, crumpets with raspberry jam
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Running Journal, Sunday, 2007-01-28
Running Journal, Sunday, 2007-01-28
Resting heart rate: 49 bpm (60-second test, early morning) Lowest ever :)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.024
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1885 calories
Weather: Partly sunny, 3 m/s wind
Temp: 14 C (57.2 F)
Time: 14:20 - 16:30
Terrain: flat
Comments: I ran at the American River College stadium track today doing speedwork. Earlier today I volunteered for Adopt-A-Highway and walked about one mile with a lot of effort. Combined with the 55 minutes of running from last night my legs felt sore when I got out to do speedwork for the first time. The idea behind speedwork is to get a feel for the pace which I'll be running between walk breaks during the marathon. My pace turns out to be 10:15, or 2:36/lap on a 400-meter track (1,600 meters being a close enough approximation of one mile). It took me a while to read through the section of Galloway's book on speedwork and get a feel for what he meant. Then I did the math and figured out how fast I needed to run. As I warmed up I read through the stadium track's legend explaining what the various colors and shapes painted on the track meant. For example, the 800 m starts are represented by a green line. The 1,600 m relay zones are represented by blue triangles, and so forth. I am slowly learning these markings.
Running Time: 130 minutes (2:10)
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 4.83 km (3.00 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 110.30 km (68.38 mi)
Weight (after run): 78.8 kg (173.754 lbs), 17% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Lower back feeling a bit sore.
Foods eaten today: banana, cranberry and orange cake, grapes, tangerine, orange juice, cottage cheese, bean and cheese burrito, south-western salad, veggie brat, soy milk
Resting heart rate: 49 bpm (60-second test, early morning) Lowest ever :)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.024
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1885 calories
Weather: Partly sunny, 3 m/s wind
Temp: 14 C (57.2 F)
Time: 14:20 - 16:30
Terrain: flat
Comments: I ran at the American River College stadium track today doing speedwork. Earlier today I volunteered for Adopt-A-Highway and walked about one mile with a lot of effort. Combined with the 55 minutes of running from last night my legs felt sore when I got out to do speedwork for the first time. The idea behind speedwork is to get a feel for the pace which I'll be running between walk breaks during the marathon. My pace turns out to be 10:15, or 2:36/lap on a 400-meter track (1,600 meters being a close enough approximation of one mile). It took me a while to read through the section of Galloway's book on speedwork and get a feel for what he meant. Then I did the math and figured out how fast I needed to run. As I warmed up I read through the stadium track's legend explaining what the various colors and shapes painted on the track meant. For example, the 800 m starts are represented by a green line. The 1,600 m relay zones are represented by blue triangles, and so forth. I am slowly learning these markings.
Running Time: 130 minutes (2:10)
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 4.83 km (3.00 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 110.30 km (68.38 mi)
Weight (after run): 78.8 kg (173.754 lbs), 17% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Lower back feeling a bit sore.
Foods eaten today: banana, cranberry and orange cake, grapes, tangerine, orange juice, cottage cheese, bean and cheese burrito, south-western salad, veggie brat, soy milk
Lunch Dates
Dawn and I have gone out to lunch the last two weeks on Tuesday and Thursday between classes. Here are the restaurants:
- 2007-01-16 Mountain Mike's Pizza, 4141 Manzanita Avenue, #220, Carmichael CA 95608, (916) 971-1777
- No veggie pizza on the buffet initially though they did cook up a half-cheese, half-veggie when requested.
- 2007-01-18 Garcia's Mexican Restaurant, The Fresh Tradition in Mexican Food, 6049 Madison Ave, Carmichael, CA 95608-0521, (916) 344-3177
- I've enjoyed the service, the atmosphere, and the food everytime.
- 2007-01-23 Pasquale's Italian Pizzeria And fine Italian food, Family owned and operated since 1975, 7609 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Carmichael, CA 95608, (916) 944-4040
- Calzone's tasted delicious. Took 60 minutes to get our food and pay bill though, and only three people in the restaurant. x_x
- 2007-01-25: Lido Bar & Grill, Best Kept Secret in Carmichael, 7739 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Carmichael, CA 95608, (916) 944-8243, srivera@lidosbarandgrill.com (Shawna M. Rivera, Chef and Owner)
- Friendly service and yummy veggie sandwich. Fun atmosphere. :)
- 2007-01-30: Lido Bar & Grill, Best Kept Secret in Carmichael, 7739 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Carmichael, CA 95608, (916) 944-8243, srivera@lidosbarandgrill.com (Shawna M. Rivera, Chef and Owner)
- Another wonderful eating experience at Lidos. :)
- 2007-02-01: Mr. Pickle's Sandwich Shop, Good Food, Good Friends, Good Fun!, 2110 Madison Ave., Sacramento, CA (916) 339-9999.
- Ordered the Bugs Bunny, the token veggie sandwich. A thick stack of cheese though I felt some disappointment when I saw how much sandwich I received for $7.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Running Journal, Saturday, 2007-01-27
Running Journal, Saturday, 2007-01-27
Resting heart rate: 62 bpm (60-second test, early morning)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.492
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1904 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 19:05-20:00
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I exercised at California Family Fitness this evening. I watched Animal Planet's Rats with Nigel Marven. Afterward we relaxed in the hot tub. The time went by pretty quickly watching Mr. Marven travel around the world (including Chico, California) in search of rats. The Star Mountains in New Guinea looked incredibly lush and the welcome dance the native population performed looked fantastic. The Bone Church looked particularly ominous as it displayed the dead from the Black Plague. And who knew that the residents of Edinburgh buried those infected under the streets. :P A wonderful world adventure.
Eliptical Time: 55 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 7.39 km (4.58 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 105.45 km (65.38 mi)
Weight (after run): 80.4 kg (177.282), 18% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today: Crumpets with raspberry jam, banana, key lime fat-free yogurt, cinnamon an raisin granola with soy milk, mac and cheese, cottage cheese, veggie brats, apple
Resting heart rate: 62 bpm (60-second test, early morning)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.492
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1904 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 19:05-20:00
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I exercised at California Family Fitness this evening. I watched Animal Planet's Rats with Nigel Marven. Afterward we relaxed in the hot tub. The time went by pretty quickly watching Mr. Marven travel around the world (including Chico, California) in search of rats. The Star Mountains in New Guinea looked incredibly lush and the welcome dance the native population performed looked fantastic. The Bone Church looked particularly ominous as it displayed the dead from the Black Plague. And who knew that the residents of Edinburgh buried those infected under the streets. :P A wonderful world adventure.
Eliptical Time: 55 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 7.39 km (4.58 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 105.45 km (65.38 mi)
Weight (after run): 80.4 kg (177.282), 18% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today: Crumpets with raspberry jam, banana, key lime fat-free yogurt, cinnamon an raisin granola with soy milk, mac and cheese, cottage cheese, veggie brats, apple
Canadian Brat Invasion
I'm cooking up veggie brats from Canada tonight (Veggie Brats Classic). They're square. And they taste like some of the cheapest hot dogs I used to eat during college summer break back in 1996. With lots of ketchup they aren't so bad. I probably won't be eating them again though. Coming from Wisconsin it's hard to live up to my memories of what real brats taste like. ;)
Friday, January 26, 2007
Running Journal, Friday, 2007-01-26
Running Journal, Friday, 2007-01-26
Resting heart rate: 53 bpm (60-second test, early morning)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2))
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time:
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I chose not to exercise today. Instead we'll exercise Saturday.
Running Time: n/a
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): n/a
Total Running Distance For Year: 98.06 km (60.8 mi)
Weight (after run):
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today:
Resting heart rate: 53 bpm (60-second test, early morning)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2))
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time:
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I chose not to exercise today. Instead we'll exercise Saturday.
Running Time: n/a
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): n/a
Total Running Distance For Year: 98.06 km (60.8 mi)
Weight (after run):
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today:
Kitchen News Islands
Today's idea: Scratch-resistant kitchen island surfaces with embedded news displays. Forget newspaper delivery via postal mail. Forget cluttered counter-tops while eating.
Half-Staffed Flags
Dawn and I wondered about the protocol for businesses flying flags at half-staff (apparently half-mast only applies to ships). Turns out Presidents get 30 days of half-staff upon their deaths, and Gerald Ford died on Dec. 26.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Running Journal, Thursday, 2007-01-25
Running Journal, Thursday, 2007-01-25
Resting heart rate: 50 bpm (60-second test, early morning) Lowest ever :)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.316
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1898 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 21:05-21:50
Terrain: flat
Comments: I used the elliptical machine for the second time this evening at California Family Fitness. I went slow at the start, building resistance up to 135 bpm heart-rate. I felt tired this evening and the first 15 minutes were rough. After that I figured out how to get into a rhythm on the machine and not exhaust myself too quickly. I averaged a heart-rate of about 150 for a number of minutes. I watched repeats of the Australian Open matches Serena Williams played in to make it to the finals (this Saturday). After I finished I felt muscles all over my body letting me know they had received a work-out. :) I enjoyed it. Dawn and I relaxed in the hot tub afterward. I'm slowly familiarizing myself with the weight training equipment in the lower gym. I sort of need a book to help me train though, which I haven't had the time or motivation to search out.
Eliptical Time: 45 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (eliptical): ~8.87 km (5.5 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 98.06 km (60.8 mi)
Weight (after run): 79.8 kg (175.96 lbs), 16% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today: homemade French toast with maple syrup, crumpets with raspberry jam, soy milk, bagel, Clif Bar, gnocci with marinara sauce, brownie, M&M's
Resting heart rate: 50 bpm (60-second test, early morning) Lowest ever :)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.316
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1898 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 21:05-21:50
Terrain: flat
Comments: I used the elliptical machine for the second time this evening at California Family Fitness. I went slow at the start, building resistance up to 135 bpm heart-rate. I felt tired this evening and the first 15 minutes were rough. After that I figured out how to get into a rhythm on the machine and not exhaust myself too quickly. I averaged a heart-rate of about 150 for a number of minutes. I watched repeats of the Australian Open matches Serena Williams played in to make it to the finals (this Saturday). After I finished I felt muscles all over my body letting me know they had received a work-out. :) I enjoyed it. Dawn and I relaxed in the hot tub afterward. I'm slowly familiarizing myself with the weight training equipment in the lower gym. I sort of need a book to help me train though, which I haven't had the time or motivation to search out.
Eliptical Time: 45 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (eliptical): ~8.87 km (5.5 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 98.06 km (60.8 mi)
Weight (after run): 79.8 kg (175.96 lbs), 16% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today: homemade French toast with maple syrup, crumpets with raspberry jam, soy milk, bagel, Clif Bar, gnocci with marinara sauce, brownie, M&M's
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Running Journal, Wednesday, 2007-01-24
Running Journal, Wednesday, 2007-01-24
Resting heart rate: 58 bpm (60-second test, afternoon)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.199
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1891 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 21:02-21:42
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I exercised at California Family Fitness in Orangevale tonight. I watched Australian Open coverage of the semifinal match between Belgian Kim Clijsters and Russian Maria Sharapova. The Open this year has a camera that shows the exact position where the ball hits on the court. Apparently it's called Video Line Calling. IBM also has a PointTracker system. Click On Court for more info. We relaxed in the hot tub afterward.
Running Time: 40 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 5.38 km (3.33 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 98.06 km (60.8 mi)
Weight (after run): 79.4 kg (175.08 lbs), 17% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today: toaster waffles with maple syrup, apple wedges, soy milk, jasmine rice with lentil soup, portobello mushroom burgers
Resting heart rate: 58 bpm (60-second test, afternoon)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.199
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1891 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 21:02-21:42
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I exercised at California Family Fitness in Orangevale tonight. I watched Australian Open coverage of the semifinal match between Belgian Kim Clijsters and Russian Maria Sharapova. The Open this year has a camera that shows the exact position where the ball hits on the court. Apparently it's called Video Line Calling. IBM also has a PointTracker system. Click On Court for more info. We relaxed in the hot tub afterward.
Running Time: 40 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 5.38 km (3.33 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 98.06 km (60.8 mi)
Weight (after run): 79.4 kg (175.08 lbs), 17% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today: toaster waffles with maple syrup, apple wedges, soy milk, jasmine rice with lentil soup, portobello mushroom burgers
Long arm of the law
California's Franchise Tax Board contacted me this week with an error on my part from my 2004 tax return. Yeesh. I double-checked and I indeed incorrectly calculated deductions. It took me about 15 minutes before I understood what the letter implied due to the brief nature of the text and the lack of formatting. x_x Check sent, case closed.
Two years to find this error though? ;)
Two years to find this error though? ;)
Sunday Songs
Some songs I heard on Sunday on 94.7's Soundscapes and another random station:
Miles City, Montana-native George Winston's "Plains" from his 1999 eponymous album "Plains," on the Windham Hill Records label.
Hamburg, Germany-based Max Melvin's "Slowburn" from their 2003 album "Satellite," on the Maxelect Records label.
London, England-native Seal's "Heavenly (Good feeling)" from his 2003 album "Seal IV" on the Sire Records label. Song accompanying video.
St. Louis-native Chuck Berry's "Memphis Tennessee," a 1959 B-side single released with "Back in the USA" on the (presumably) Chess Records label. Video. I enjoyed the lyrics, "...with hurry-home-drops on her cheek...."
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Running Journal, Tuesday, 2007-01-23
Running Journal, Tuesday, 2007-01-23
Resting heart rate: 61 bpm (60-second test, afternoon)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.316
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1898 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 21:05-22:00
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I exercised at California Family Fitness tonight. Last night I read in my training schedule that the recommended time for running on Tuesday is 40-55 minutes. So I did 55 minutes. I watched primarily Australian Open coverage on ESPN, first Russian Maria Sharapova defeating Russian Anna Chakvetadze and then Belgian Kim Clijsters competing against Swiss Martina Hingis. I also watched about five minutes of Squirrel Boy: season one, episode 10, "Harried Treasure." I felt defensive a bit tonight when one man two treadmills away said to his exercise partner, "Do you like watching tennis?" (his partner was apparently watching tennis too on ESPN, but says no), to which he replies, "That's the proper heterosexual answer." Excuse me? I'm realizing now that I took his comment a bit personally. I really want to exercise in a gym where people find acceptance regardless of worldview or sexuality. He might have felt insecure in his masculinity with his male exercise partner; he seemed in education-mode...instructing his exercise partner about why so-and-so wouldn't make a good president...lecturing him about why he shouldn't pay $22/month for treadmill-TV's that don't work (he eventually figured out how to turn it on). I miss the outdoors and the solitude sometimes. Dawn and I relaxed in the hot-tub afterward; had it all to ourselves. :)
Running Time: 55 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 7.39 km (4.58 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 92.68 km (57.47 mi)
Weight (after run): 79.8 kg (175.96 lbs), 16% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today: crumpets with raspberry jam, bowl of Trader Joe's Country Pumpkin-Spice Granola with soy milk, Pasqualle's cheese calzone, Trader Joe's Pad Thai tofu bowl, brownie, bagel
Resting heart rate: 61 bpm (60-second test, afternoon)
Body Mass Index (BMI): (kilograms/(meters^2)) 23.316
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 1898 calories
Weather: n/a
Temp: n/a
Time: 21:05-22:00
Terrain: flat
Comments: Dawn and I exercised at California Family Fitness tonight. Last night I read in my training schedule that the recommended time for running on Tuesday is 40-55 minutes. So I did 55 minutes. I watched primarily Australian Open coverage on ESPN, first Russian Maria Sharapova defeating Russian Anna Chakvetadze and then Belgian Kim Clijsters competing against Swiss Martina Hingis. I also watched about five minutes of Squirrel Boy: season one, episode 10, "Harried Treasure." I felt defensive a bit tonight when one man two treadmills away said to his exercise partner, "Do you like watching tennis?" (his partner was apparently watching tennis too on ESPN, but says no), to which he replies, "That's the proper heterosexual answer." Excuse me? I'm realizing now that I took his comment a bit personally. I really want to exercise in a gym where people find acceptance regardless of worldview or sexuality. He might have felt insecure in his masculinity with his male exercise partner; he seemed in education-mode...instructing his exercise partner about why so-and-so wouldn't make a good president...lecturing him about why he shouldn't pay $22/month for treadmill-TV's that don't work (he eventually figured out how to turn it on). I miss the outdoors and the solitude sometimes. Dawn and I relaxed in the hot-tub afterward; had it all to ourselves. :)
Running Time: 55 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): 7.39 km (4.58 mi)
Total Running Distance For Year: 92.68 km (57.47 mi)
Weight (after run): 79.8 kg (175.96 lbs), 16% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today: crumpets with raspberry jam, bowl of Trader Joe's Country Pumpkin-Spice Granola with soy milk, Pasqualle's cheese calzone, Trader Joe's Pad Thai tofu bowl, brownie, bagel
Cups
Not CUPS. Cups. American River College's library provides conical paper cups near drinking fountains on the second floor. I'm curious why they chose conical cups. My first thought was that students might bring them back to their cubbies so they wouldn't have to bring a cup or bottle with them. Then I realized students can't rest them on the desk because of the shape. One could invert the cone for an inch to make a circular base, but it seems a bit more trouble than it's worth. I'm stumped. Maybe this has an answer which I'm just not getting immediately.
Update: I thought maybe for people who can't bend over to drink? People with disabilities? Regulations for accessibility reasons? That seems to be the best ideas I can come up with. Maybe I'll ask the librarian. ;)
Update: Question asked! ;) Doing my part to bring silly and time-consuming questions to our campus's Library staff.
Update: Librarian Tim responds:
Kevin, the conical cups are available for ADA reasons. It is college policy to have them available, so it's not a just a library thing. Tim
Hi Kevin,
Thank you for emailing the library. To answer your question, the ARC facilities people had the red holders and white cone cups installed. As you guessed, it was done in response to an ADA (American Disabilities Act) assessment of the campus. Since some people can't use the regular drinking fountains, I think the idea is to enable a quick drink, and then have a convenient trash can to discard the cup. If you wish to find out more, the Director of Administrative Services would be the one to contact at 484-8300 or you might email his assistant Shelly Lloyd at lloydsinsertedtopreventspam@arc.losrios.edu.
Again, thanks for writing askref.
Connie Ferrara
Public Services Librarian
American River College
4700 College Oak Drive
Sacramento, CA 95841
This is real investigative journalism folks. ;)
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