Category Archives: Training

This is all items related to my physical training.

Hard Run Today

Posted on May 26, 2012 by larry

Recall my 4 treadmill miles on Wednesday, 4 road miles on Thursday, 3 Treadmill miles on Friday. That is a lot of running in itself, add to that todays 7 mile run. Time: 1:20:11 You can see I am tired.  … Continue reading →

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Just 3 miles

Posted on May 25, 2012 by larry

Wow, at this phase of training I get to say that.  Three miles isn’t that bad. It was on the treadmill though, but still, it was three miles. So for the week I did hit 13 miles so far this … Continue reading →

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Still Got It

Posted on May 24, 2012 by larry

Actually I think I found my mojo again. Ran a four plus today Time: 49:52 I was sure I was going to not crack 50, heck I was looking at not breaking 52 minutes, but I found it in me … Continue reading →

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Evaluating my progress

Posted on May 23, 2012 by larry

Today I looked at where I am at with my training for the Rock and Roll Half Marathon. I still don’t feel like my head is in it, but after today’s workout I don’t think I am as bad as … Continue reading →

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New Soldering Iron

Posted on May 22, 2012 by larry

My first soldering iron (one that I tried to use properly anyway) was a Hakko, it worked well and I did not know it, because I did not know how to solder. I got a second one, usually the second … Continue reading →

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Getting Things Done

Posted on May 21, 2012 by larry

Slowly getting all my little things done.  Then I can refocus on my training. I did have another gym workout with my personal trainer.  It was good and felt rewarding. One of the things on my list is to build another … Continue reading →

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I feel like giving up

Posted on May 20, 2012 by larry

Just that right night I have so much on my plate, personally, at work, fitness, etc. One of those times in my life where I want to curl up and just go to bed.  Those who know me also know … Continue reading →

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Failure of a day

Posted on May 19, 2012 by larry

One of those days.  I tried running Lake Washington today. After 15 minutes I just stopped, a little bit longer than a mile. A lot was going through my mind when I ran, finding reasons why I just up and … Continue reading →

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Bad Caps

Posted on May 18, 2012 by larry

So here is an interesting observation, I have this motherboard which only will take 4GB of RAM, it simply fails when doing 8GB. After weeks of troubleshooting, after changing out a bunch of things, I finally figured out it is … Continue reading →

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Rest Doing Good

Posted on May 17, 2012 by larry

I am feeling better, more rested, most of all my stomach is not upset. Its important to note that there were two things wrong with my stomach, The first seems to be strain, from all that running, taking it easy … Continue reading →

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