March 2008
28 posts
Challahback girl: http://www.djbc.net/challah/
tentatively hopeful that I’ll be able to run McNaughton
Shipping Up To Boston?
“I’m sailor peg And I’ve lost my leg A climbing up the topsails I’ve lost my leg I’m shipping up to Boston Shipping off to Boston Shipping out to Boston To find my wooden leg” -Dropkick Murphys/Woodie Guthrie DAMN the wooden leg, I’m going to McNaughton to run 100 miles in the woods! Saw the ortho guy today, prognosis is pretty good. I’m...
like drinking poison, like eating glass
Tonight at Chez Shea
Tonight’s dinner special is 8-hour fried legs. We start off with 4 hours on the elliptical, and follow it up with 4 hours on the bike. It’s paired with delightful bottles of lukewarm Perpetuem, Hammer Gel, and a miso-honey quesadilla. (I was supposed to be doing about 40 miles on the Clinton trail tonight, but I’m on non-impact training at least until I see the ortho guy next...
entranced by the new Gutter Twins album
Have to disagree with Wheeler re: IU’s agreement/partnership with chacha.com
done with the conference, heading to lunch, then the train station
Brad Wheeler: 21st century on education is about “open”
Charles Vest: “…we are seeing the early emergence of a meta-university…”
speaker is using a template/program that looks like a chalk-stained blackboard and drawing over slides in realtime - interesting interface
waiting for the closing address to begin at Educause Midwest ‘08
Brad Wheeler: technical maturity vs. technical possibility
Bemoaning the lack of swag t-shirts in sizes smaller than large
wanting a new toe.
keynote speaker just asked if anyone in the audience was twittering right now.
Realizing that I can’t watch TV without TiVo. Damn you!
Riding the rails, listening to Beth Orton
4 hours on the bike, iced my foot down, off to do errands before St. Patrick’s day party.
country boy can survive
Had 20 miler scheduled at Clinton today. Am doing 4-1/2 hour indoor cycling w/ broken big toe instead.
Overheard last night
Shea (about to fall asleep): Stupid giant robot foot.
This is my aircast...
…there are many like it, but this one is mine! Well, it looks like the big toe is broken. I’m in an aircast for the next 2 weeks, which then leaves me 2 weeks before the McNaughton Park 100. Spoke with my coach tonight, and the current plan is for me to try to continue with my current training plan, doing all of my “running” either on the elliptical or bike. Should be...
the hits just keep on coming - 5 weeks from McNaughton, and I may have broken my big toe.
recovering from 40+ mile weekend
very sore from yesterday’s trail run, getting ready for ~13 mile training run
4F windchill, starting 31 mile solo training run shortly. Hoorah!
6 weeks ‘til http://www.mcnaughtonparktrailruns.com/index2.htm - Ack!