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McClellan

2008-05-29T10:31:00.001-07:00

Note that the Bushies aren't hammering the facts that McClellan is laying out, they are attacking him as a person. It is typical of them; in this and many cases this means that the facts aren't in their favor.

No Go Today

2008-05-27T11:38:00.000-07:00

Well I couldn't handle the 6x8:00 today, I realized I couldn't in the 3rd interval, so I stopped and will rest for today. Lots of gardening yesterday and I was tired. I ran 10 on Sunday, 3x10:00 on Saturday, my water class on Thursday, 8 easy on Wednesday, and 6x8:00 last Tuesday. A good week last week, but a tired start to this week...

Attack the Right from the Right

2008-05-20T11:37:00.000-07:00

The lesson of Clintonian politics is to attack the right, from the right, as Bill Clinton did with "law and order community policing" and "welfare reform".

Obama will continue to sound weak if he keeps on whining about the words of his opponents. Instead he should find a cogent postio0on on the right when he can.

To McCain, in regard to his saying Hamas prefers Obama, he should say, "Bush said listen to the miltary. McCain says listen to Hamas when making your election decision".

And in regard to gay marriage, he should say, "the other party prefers that sex and childbearing by gays happen outside of the commitment of marriage. I prefer it happen within the confines of marriage".

And when the other party says that gay marriage threatens marriage, he should say "I ask what threatens their marriage, as mine is not threatened by gay marriage."

New Day

2008-05-20T06:34:00.000-07:00

I ran 6x8:00, trying to keep up with a 1:40-1:48 pace but really only achieving 1:48 for the first half and dropping back to 2:00 at the end. Tired! This workout is about 9 miles in total! I read the Paleo Diet for the formula for a recovery drink.

The Weekend

2008-05-19T06:21:00.000-07:00

I was in Newport for the weekend for a niece's graduation and it is beautiful country. I ran 3x10:00 at as best as 1:48 pace as I could imagine, I was on the road outside the hotel. I ran 2 hours to try to get as close to 10 miles as possible on Sunday. Farmland, turkeys and deer, salt air, just beautiful. Anyway I read Mackie Shilstone's Fat Burning Bible, drink Wegman's gatorade, and buy whey protein at Costco.

Keeping Up

2008-05-15T06:03:00.000-07:00

I ran 5x5:00 on Tuesday at 1:40-1:48 lap pace with 3:00 easy in-between and a mile warmup and cooldown. I was tired from the weekend. I barely made the pace but I did! I am wondering if I am not successfully "training up" to this distance that I've been doing for 4 weeks now. I wonder if it is one of those overall capacity for work things, like when Lance Armstrong wasn't able to win until he went from 180 to 160 because of his body's maximum capacity for work endurance at each weight. I also can't expect what I'll feel like the same or next day. After this near defeat at the effort on Tuesday, I felt great the next day. But at night last night for an easy 8 miles, I eked out a walk and that was all. I lifted my one time a week in the morning, that was probably why. I DID do very well in intervals this morning. So much of the unexpected, maybe this is a favorable omen. I'm shocking my body out of the routine that's for sure. But it is definitely up for it. My legs aren't dead, that's different. I am only specifically tired for a particular workout and there is usually a specific reason (the last workout). I learned my neighbor is doing Washington like me and is trying to do 3:35. So I'll have a pace partner, another favorable omen. Jim is moving up to longer intervals, 6x8:00's and 3x10's, and so will I.

Picking It Up

2008-05-12T07:23:00.000-07:00

I'm following Jim Dolan's blog in Runners World and his marathon training routine in 2008. This weekend, I ran 10x400 on Saturday and was fast, running 1:25's to 1:30's because they felt right, and my goal was 1:34's to 1:38's. Then I ran 10 miles easy on Sunday, and felt good enough to pick it up from the probably 12:00's I was running to maybe 10:00's for about a mile or two in the second half. But I bonked somewhere in there and dropped back. I think what made the extra energy possible is missing an 8-mile easy run last Wednesday due to work. My weight is still up, for me is at 209. All is still well, I feel good and can handle the sudden new routine.

Mitt Bowing Out

2008-02-07T12:22:00.000-08:00

Mitt decided today to harangue the Democrats, the Europeans, and their respective values on his way out of the door today. If you believe that high birthrates and adherence to religious doctrine are the ideal, then the "poor culture" in Europe is at the bottom, America is only in the middle, and South America and Africa must be at the pinnacle. Mitt probably had the presidency in mind when he chose to be a Republican in Massachusetts, and his talent and relatively progressive values showed through in his success there. In this arena, he was only able to win over business-minded social conservatives... so he captured only a small part of what he desired as his base and he seemed inauthentic in even doing that. He would have done better as a progressive moderate, only he was in the wrong party to even consider that. Reagan was more progressive in his social values than people let on, after all, he thrived in Hollywood. Worse than losing, Mitt compromised on his core values and pandered, and lost much of the authentic admiration he received for his past successes. Strangely, there will probably again be a time for him, if Red Meat Republicans get their way. But these cycles don't likely turn for 10-12 years.