Thursday Morning

Today it is another day with different stuff. I am going to an out of town interview. I don't know if I want the job, but that is why I am going on the interview. I want to see how the drive is, whats up with the company etc.

After that I have an appointment with my boss to tell him I want more moolah. I am getting my ducks in a row.

Nothing going on with the Porsche yet. I am not going to excercise today. I am really becoming a slacker. I will make up for it.

Time, that is what I need - more time. I am becoming more greedy. I need to work on that.

Wednesday morning

Here I am chilling in the quiet morning hours. I have a slight tinge of a headache. The pressure is mounting. I have pressure coming from all areas. It is all self imposed pressure. I have new job pressure, existing job presure, Porsche pressure, workout pressure, additional class next semester pressure, holiday pressure, and job performance raise pressure. I have to leave work at lunch today and get my teeth cleaned. I need a haircut.

I want to be able to work over the weekend to relieve some job pressure, but my wife reminded me that I have an out of town family party to attend. More obligations!!!!

I can and will handle it.....

I am not working out today. I am going to work early and try and get a jump on it. Not smart when you consider the big picture, daily work stuff is small stuff in the grand scheme.

I am keeping busy

Workout stuff: I did 30 minutes on the stairclimber. Then 10 minutes on the arc trainer. I stretched, abs to finish it out at an even hour.

I am running this mourning. It is a nice 61 degrees.

It is quiet up in my office, and I am listening to Cafe Cody. I must finish up in another 12 minutes. I have checked my email and gotten my fix of Porsche for this morning.

Monday morning

OK - the Thanksgiving holiday is over and it is time to get back to work. Many things are going on. This weekend I have to go visit my family in Lafayette, La. Good.

I have to get back to the gym routine. I did run on Thursday. I went to the gym on Sat & Sunday. I can't rememmber what did on Friday.

I have to go to an interview in Baton Rouge for athe type of job that I've always wanted. Problem is that I am not sure that i want to add 2 hours of driving to my day. That would mean that I would give up excercise??? Not good.

I have to go to the dentist this week for a cleaning.

I am going to check with Porsche and find out my allocation number. Hopefully they have a number for me!!!

I am putzing around with the garage layout. I have to try and fit 3 cars in a two car garage. I hope to accomlish this with a lift. I will stuff two pounds of shit in a one pound bag.

I am going to contact Dial One door and check what it costs for a new door. I have to raise my door. I have to buy the lift. I have to make mods to power it up. I think a new floor coating would be appropriate also. Everything has to be done in the right order also. $$$$ and time.

OK - time to get my day started.

Turkey day - the good-the bad-the ugly

Turkey day - started great.

I woke to hear the wimpering of my son's PitBull upstair. I let him out to take a shit. I think he was lonely, so I laid down with him. My son made his way home in about an hour at 12:30. So I went back to bed. Got up and had nice conversation with my wife. I walked my son's dog, since my son never does the resposible thing in my eyes.

Anyway, my headphones are trash, so I attempted to purchase some before the race, but it is Thanksgiving. I ended up deciding to do the run w/o headphones. So I am there about 30 minutes before the start. Just enough time to pick up shirt, check out the crowd and do a little warm up around the track. The runners are a great crowd. I am thinking that the hell with triathlon, I am thinking it is time to get back to running. The people are friendlier and nicer. Triathlon is filled with those type "a" personalities, which I am probably one as well. But that doesn't mean that I like em.

Well, I am still testing my body and legs and such. So I figuring the whole point of this run is to just somhow do the 5 miles at any speed. S I line up at the start and start oogling the hotties. There are a lot of hotties.

The star spangled Banner is sung live. Nice touch. It is always better live even though some people can't sing, but this girl could sing. The gun goes off and I am lined up way in the back. I am not caring because I just want to jog. I start to try to pass people without being rude. I am able to occasionally pass people and things start to open up 1/2 mile in. I end up doing about a 7:30 pace. I end up splitting right away after small talk, pissing. I head by the Porsche dealer before going home. I get some gas, walk the dog and shower up. My mother-in-law is there.

We leave to have our feast in Baton Rouge at my sis-in-law. I get to visit with people I rarely know and also with her family. I am awkward at these events but somehow always make it through.

We make through some of the best cooking that have ever tasted. My sis-in-law prides herself on entertaining. Everything is perfect.

We end up not staying too long.

IBefore I left, I ask the son to periodically check on the dog, which he does not. I find dog puke all over the carpet. Angry phone call to son. No apoligy from son, more angry words, now son is not staying with us. Me and wife - don't care.

So the good - the bad - and the ugly.

Thurday - turkey day

The great turkey day race. I will just jog it. I have not done anything since my race on Sunday. I have been consumed with work, Porsches, and my job interview.

Great things are happening. I feel a lot of poitive energy. I get to see my grandchildren, son, daughter, Pit Bull. I get to run in this great race. I am looking to get a hugh increase, learn about computer forensics, PDS piping, computer anaylsis.

My marrige is great. I love my wife. The future is bright. Oh, did I fail to mention that I am getting a new Porsche? I am healthy, my day is healthy, my wife has some minor (hopefully) ailments. Her family seems to be doing good.

My son is getting ready to jump from the frying pan into the fire with this house, but what the hey????

Back from the race: Here are my results:
Mile 1: 8:02
Mile 2: 7:26
Mile 3: 7:28
Mile 4: 7:16
Mile 5: 6:57
Total: 37:11 = 7:26 pace

I wanted to just jog it and ran really slow the first mile. I ended up picking up the pace, but I still testing myself.

Rest

Monday - I was too consumed with work and still hopping around becasues of my achillies - so I skipped the gym. Today, I need to go to work early. I will skip again. But, today my leg feels good. Yesterday, I had some tightness in my muscles. Strange.

My job should go out today. Tommorrow I will go to the gym.

School: I am registered. I have the class. I am looking forward to it. I am just taking one class. I can bail at any time. I don't need it for graduation.

Race report

Last year I rn 1:46:09. I beat 1:40 this year. I ran about a 7:30 pace. My achillies is sore. I am not sure what to do about it. I am registerd for two races. I am doing Turkey day in a few days. The running is not hurting - the speed is hurting. I have to see how my recovery goes. I may have to decide to let my injury heal.

I got to the race site later than usual. I had little time to prepare. I ran the whole race at a pretty even pace. I had a couple of spurts of speed. I finished pretty strong. I had some pains and tightness that I never really experianced, but I somehow worked through it.

Workout status

OK

Friday - ran 6 miles
Thursday - ran 6 miles
Today - off I am resting my legs for tommorrow's 1/2 Marathon

Porsche - What it means

Porsche. I like the way it sounds. The 911 - a car that I have wanted since I was young. I am in the process of acquiring one. Not just any Porsche, a brand new 2007 997. I am not just walking into the dealer and picking one off of the lot. This car being built with the options and colors that I have selected. I often find myself searching for pictures of these cars and then studying or staring at the images. It is impossible to stare at the car too much.

I have been truly lucky in my life. I have pretty much had everything that I have ever desired. As lucky as I have already been, I really never thought I would ever have one of these at my disposal. The acquisition of this car will be (hopefully) one of the many highlights of my life.

I have been thinking of what it means to me to own one of these cars.

Firstly - these cars are sexy, curvy, powerful, graceful, agile, strong, beautiful, temperamental, and expensive. Today’s 911 looks like the 911 of yesterday, but still different. These cars are the same to the unaware, but to the enthusiast each are unique. I especially love the hips on the back - go figure, I am an ass man. But I concede - the car is beautiful from every angle.

These special cars, to me, are similar to special women. Special women are women who are strong, smart, independent and sexy. Acquiring one of these special cars is probably like acquiring a special woman. It is not easy; there are not many of them. I am lucky enough to have a special woman and I know that she is one in a million. She is irreplacable. I expect the same of this car. I don't know if I will ever be able to go back to a normal car after owning one of these.

The early morning - I love it

The early morning. I love it.

I routinly get up at 3am, sometimes 2am, and even 1am. I love the quiet. It is like the house and the entire world belongs to me. I sit alone in my room with nothing but the sounds you can only hear in the quiet. The click of the mouse and the keyboard. The cclonging of the grandfather clock downstairs, the nice music coming from my desktop, the distant thunder of an approaching thunderstorm. It is peaceful and tranquel.



I find myself drooling over Porsche photos. I cannot get enough of em. I spent hours searching the net to find a photo of a similar looking car that I ordered. I can't wait. The waiting will add to the experiance......


Yesterday, I worked on the Arc triner for about 15 minutes. I did a full weight workout and followed with my stretch.

Porsche post

I am so excited. I cannot wait. A week ago I odered a 2007 Porsche 997 Carrera. I don't know when I will get it. Maybe as late as March???

I can't wait. Theyare the coolest looking cars......

Monday's workout

Ahh, it is nice not to have any races on the horizon. I worked out on the stair master for 45 minutes and the elliptical for 15 minutes. I burned like 6-700 calories and finished up with a nice stretching session.

This morning I will probably do some weights and a spinning class. I want to give my legs a break from running. The speed from my 5k has left my achillies aching.I would like my achillies to be feeling good for my half marathon this weekend.

Yesterday's run

I ran about 8 miles. I ran to the Destrehan plantation and back. My achillies kind of hurt all day. This morning I am thinking I will do the elliptical and the stair master. I generally swim on Mondays, but it is a little chilly out there. I should be able to kind of do whatever I want till the holidays are over. The important thing is just keep up with some type of training.

I regestered for three races: Turkey day Nov 23, Ole man river (nov 19 this weekend), Larry Fuselier (Dec 10)

Ironman Hawaii Behind me - Fall Classic

IMHawaii - finished. Moving on to the Fall Classic. Fall classic. One year ago I did the race. The park was a mess. People were living in the park. Houses flooded. People were just glad to see one another. People shared stories with one another. Now a year has passed. I did my warm up through a neighborhood adjacent to the park. Things are still fucked up.

I was expecting to run about 24 minutes. I lined up in the back and slowly passed runner after runner. I ended up doing a 21:50 which qualifies me for a "C" bracket in the classic. I am happy with my time. I have not done any speed work since May (my injury). And I really had not done much before that. No speed work in a long time. I ended up with a 7:02 pace. Awesome!

The down side: My achillies flared up. What to do? Run? speed?????