Comments on: Training Log 01.29.08 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597 Bad running advice, boring family stuff, and technology few find interesting Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:48:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sandblade http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597/comment-page-1#comment-54687 sandblade Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:37:28 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597#comment-54687 I'm having a hard time staying motivated in the dark days of winter too. I once heard Lance Armstrong describing the difference between sweet pain and sour pain. Climbing for him was a sweet pain. Once he got into a good rhythm he could just bang out the miles and crush his competitors. Time trialing for him was a sour pain. No matter how much he did it, it always felt like he was in agony every second and couldn't wait until it was over. I think we're all a little different that way. It's really hard to motivate yourself through exercises that are "sour". I imagine running for you is "sweet". For me I need a partner or someone who can help push me a little more through boring painful stuff like lifting. It would be nice to have someone to push me to do one more set or go to the next higher weight. I saw on your schedule that Mondays are stretch/lift days. I was wondering if you wanted to get together some Monday after work and lift/stretch. You have my email if you want. No pressure. I’m having a hard time staying motivated in the dark days of winter too. I once heard Lance Armstrong describing the difference between sweet pain and sour pain. Climbing for him was a sweet pain. Once he got into a good rhythm he could just bang out the miles and crush his competitors. Time trialing for him was a sour pain. No matter how much he did it, it always felt like he was in agony every second and couldn’t wait until it was over. I think we’re all a little different that way. It’s really hard to motivate yourself through exercises that are “sour”. I imagine running for you is “sweet”. For me I need a partner or someone who can help push me a little more through boring painful stuff like lifting. It would be nice to have someone to push me to do one more set or go to the next higher weight. I saw on your schedule that Mondays are stretch/lift days. I was wondering if you wanted to get together some Monday after work and lift/stretch. You have my email if you want. No pressure.

]]> By: Nathan Powell http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597/comment-page-1#comment-54685 Nathan Powell Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:17:15 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597#comment-54685 I had noticed that in the past but had forgotten about it. Just now I tried it on XP in Firefox and it didn't do the weird rendering, but at a certain zoom level it disappeared. Creepy. I had noticed that in the past but had forgotten about it. Just now I tried it on XP in Firefox and it didn’t do the weird rendering, but at a certain zoom level it disappeared.

Creepy.

]]> By: Bob Igo http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597/comment-page-1#comment-54684 Bob Igo Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:08:55 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597#comment-54684 By the way, did you see that if you zoom in on the Motionbased Google Maps view, the path renders badly and goes away if you pan the map? By the way, did you see that if you zoom in on the Motionbased Google Maps view, the path renders badly and goes away if you pan the map?

]]> By: Nathan Powell http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597/comment-page-1#comment-54679 Nathan Powell Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:30:42 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597#comment-54679 Thanks Bob! Yeah, people tend to overestimate just how many calories one burns during exercise. That 441 is an estimate, but not a terrible one I don't think. Thanks Bob!

Yeah, people tend to overestimate just how many calories one burns during exercise. That 441 is an estimate, but not a terrible one I don’t think.

]]> By: Bob Igo http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597/comment-page-1#comment-54678 Bob Igo Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:08:19 +0000 http://nathanpowell.org/blog/archives/597#comment-54678 Congrats on the full year of running! But only 441 calories burned in a 3-mile run? Damn, humans are just too efficient. Maybe you need to put viscous ooze on the soles of your running shoes, since you're clearly taking advantage of existing forward momentum when running. Congrats on the full year of running! But only 441 calories burned in a 3-mile run? Damn, humans are just too efficient. Maybe you need to put viscous ooze on the soles of your running shoes, since you’re clearly taking advantage of existing forward momentum when running.

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