Category Archives: Training

This is all items related to my physical training.

Cleaning Up My Network

Posted on January 9, 2015 by larry

My network is starting to look more organized again.  Slowly but surely things are clearing up and getting settled. Still wasting too much time on it but it is getting better. One change is I got crashplan working.  Hope to … Continue reading →

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Legs Getting Used To Running

Posted on January 8, 2015 by larry

Still slow, still more than 15 minutes for a mile, but my legs don’t hurt as much.  So feeling good better at running. I think new shoes would help. Did weigh in late though. Weight: 308.2  

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Legs Not There Yet

Posted on January 7, 2015 by larry

Running on a treadmill is still tough, my legs certainly not there yet. I am actually regressing a bit so I may have to add variety. Maybe on Saturday, I am going to push for a long run, a 5k … Continue reading →

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Decent TreadMill Workout

Posted on January 6, 2015 by larry

For the state I am in. Still have a long way to go.  I only clocked 1 mile in less than 20 minutes, I really need to get that down. Also need to get my weight down, not official but … Continue reading →

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Day 5 Still Running

Posted on January 5, 2015 by larry

Albeit my legs are sore. I was on the treadmill again and I just can’t seem to get my legs, I pushed but just can’t maintain 4MPH and I need to get to that magical 6MPH. That is a long … Continue reading →

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Critical VMs moved off of old server

Posted on January 4, 2015 by larry

My network is stable again, things seem all green.  All of my production VMs are now on server class hardware. I can get back to work. Ran a <15 min mile on the treadmill, not great, but showing progress.  Too … Continue reading →

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New Server Up and Running

Posted on January 3, 2015 by larry

My new ESXi server is running pretty good.  Soon all production VMs will be on server class hardware. Doing some dry runs right now, I returned the 1 processor for  the 2 processor model.  At the same time I was … Continue reading →

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Had Enough

Posted on January 2, 2015 by larry

I had enough with the server I was using.  There were enough crashes that I feel compelled to move on. I got a new server, I didn’t know a single core would not use all the ram though due to … Continue reading →

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Welcome 2015

Posted on January 1, 2015 by larry

First day of the year, full of hope and promise.  A fresh start. After saying goodbye late last night and welcoming the new year,  my kids decided to watch the sun rise.  Two of them stayed up, I went to … Continue reading →

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Lukewarm End of Year Finale

Posted on December 31, 2014 by larry

I can’t really classify that the year ended off with a wimper, but for the most part it did.  What disqualifies it was the huge server problems I had today. My main ESXi server kept crashing, I tried reseating the … Continue reading →

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