I’m moving again. Here’s a link to some pictures of the place.
On Tour
I’m not dead, just missing. I’ve been traveling a bit the past few weeks. Chicago, Gallup, Denver, Phoenix, LA and Hawaii can be checked off if you’re keeping track. I’m posting some pictures up on SmugMug which you can get to through the link on your right.
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Catching Up
It’s been a while since I last wrote anything so I’ll just give a short update here to catch up.
On the running front I’m making progress. For the last week I’ve run every other day and I’m up to 1.3 miles at a constant jog. I even ran in the ran yesterday! Don’t get the wrong impression, I still hate all forms of exercise, but I was slacking for a few weeks and lost all my progress. Gotta get back into the habit.
My new shoes, the Brooks Beast, aren’t cutting it. The part of the shoe that comes up the back and rests against your achilles tendon is lower on this shoe than any other shoe I’ve owned. While the shoe feels great just walking around, after I’ve been jogging for a bit a blister forms on the side of my achilles tendon. I guess it rubs it just the wrong way but I never notice until it’s too late.
So I’m back to the Brooks Adreneline and will order a new pair of those when I get back from my Christmas trip to see the family.
Looks like Winter rolled in this week. It rained all weekend and even dropped down into the mid forties on Sunday. I think yesterday was the first day I didn’t have the windows open at all.
My Life Sucks
Finished up all my Christmas shopping today. How about you?
I was looking for inspiration for the last couple of gifts I needed so I drove over to Capitola to wander around the beach-side district. I’d driven past it a few times but never actually walked around. After getting about three minutes away from my parked car I had to turn back. It was too warm for the light jacket and I just had to drop it off.
It’s a very neat little downtown area. Kitchsy shops, touristy stuff and very tiny. Seems like a small-scale Santa Cruz. I want to say there’s a lot of Mediterranean influences to the architecture and layout.
I was thinking I needed to buy a nice overcoat for when I wear suits in NY on business. I might as well leave it there at the hotel I stay at all the time. Certainly don’t need it here.
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Thanksgiving
The forecast called for 60 degree weather today so I packed a lunch, got the bike out and took off for a ride. Rode up 9 then took 236 through Big Basin Park, 35 up to La Honda and over to 1. I stopped at Pescadero beach for my Thanksgiving dinner then headed back down to home.
The road through Big Basin is fun. It’s a tiny, unmarked road barely wide enough for two cars.
It was still a bit damp and wet leaves covered some stretches so I didn’t get too wild. I had a couple of heel-scrapes which is always exciting. My pegs are just a little forward of putting my feet right under me so my heels hang lower than the pegs. If I get too far over in a corner my heel drags on the pavement. Wee!
Good Ride Day
Finally got the bike out today. I don’t think I’ve ridden since I bought the car a few months ago. I pulled it out last weekend but the battery didn’t have enough juice to get the cold engine started so I had to cancel that one. Ended up putting the the battery on a charger and while waiting for that to do its job I replaced some fuses in the car. I have interior lights now! Wee!
I didn’t go far as I only had about an hour in the morning. I’m off to DC and NYC for a week on Sunday so I needed to run errands, clean the apartment, do laundry and pack. Ran up 9 through Felton and then back down to SC. I’m going to try and post some sort of Google Earth track or maybe just a screenshot. We’ll see how that goes. Until then, here’s a pic to make you jealous of the 70+ degree weather here on November 15.
The pic was taken from here.
Exercise – November 14, 2008
Took a long walk today, 5+ miles. No issues with the “cold” weather clothing today as it was in the 70’s. Noticed towards the end that the side of my left heel was hurting. It was a forming blister but I couldn’t figure out what was causing it. The right foot was fine and the shoes didn’t appear to be the cause. I think it was something about the seam in the sock and pressure, or rubbing, from the shoe. /shrug
The socks are special running socks designed to eliminate that sort of thing. Never had a problem before, but these are my new shoes. Guess we’ll just see how things go.
Exercise – November 12, 2008
Got my new shoes and took them out for a spin. They felt good. These are a bit more stable and rigid than my previous pair. It’s starting to cool off around here so I’m having trouble figuring out exactly what to wear. The sweatpants are fine but the sweatshirt is too much and the t-shirt is too little. Might need to get a light jacket or maybe just some long sleeved t-shirt thing.
I really like the synthetic stuff I’ve picked up at the running store though. I’m a firm believer in the base-layer clothing. At $20-$40 a pop though … yeesh.
More pitchers
I got my rolls of black and white film back yesterday so I’ve added a few more shots to my photo album over at Smugmug. It’s interesting to see the amount of grain that is visible in these pictures. It’s 400 iso film. I’m pretty pleased with these shots. They have that ‘neat’ factor.
Instead of dropping them into the album in some order based on when and where they were taken, I grouped the black and whites at the end.
Enjoy.