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Friday Dec 4, 2015 #
6 PM
Running 41:40 [3] 5.66 mi (7:22 / mi) +20m 7:17 / mi
~~ Last week was an excellent week of training; this week, instead of training I just sort of went on living my life, which is weird. The source of motivation is mysterious but I believe it is strongly correlative with light. I don't mind the cold and barely notice rain anymore, but I dislike and mistrust the darkness. I believe this is an entirely legitimate and rational fear, as throughout human history few good and many bad things happen to people in the dark. Especially alone people, running.
~~ A fantastic thing happened at work today - I found out that starting next year my employer is finally acting like a real company and will be switching everyone from separate vacation/sick time to general PTO. The upside of this is that, as I am not in the habit of being sick, I will have 2+ more weeks of PTO in 2016 than I thought! This is obviously the best thing ever to happen in the world and means that if I so choose I more than likely could do ALL of the following trips:
Team Trials + Boston Sprint Camp
WOC
Classic Champs + NAOC
~~ I have been trying to teach our kittens a trick our cat knows, which is how to open an inward-swinging door that's ajar by reaching through and pulling it open with the front paw. I have not had much success; the kittens are more interested in attacking each other than paying attention to their lessons. Bad kittens!
~~ Winter Series update on the eve of WS3: Though the women's side already appears all but decided, the men's race is shaping up to be the most interesting four-way battle in a long time, perhaps in the history of the Winter Series. The total times for the three of the top four who have competed in both of the first two races pretty much paint the picture:
Enger 58:39
Bone 58:47
Ledins 58:54
And then there's The Man in Black, whose margin of error is nonexistent being that he'll only be competing in four of the seven events. However, he's already earned one win (by a single second), and is favored by the fact that tomorrow's race will be primarily one of speed rather than navigation.
Overall, still impossible to name a favorite, and it will most likely come down to the final race.
~~ A fantastic thing happened at work today - I found out that starting next year my employer is finally acting like a real company and will be switching everyone from separate vacation/sick time to general PTO. The upside of this is that, as I am not in the habit of being sick, I will have 2+ more weeks of PTO in 2016 than I thought! This is obviously the best thing ever to happen in the world and means that if I so choose I more than likely could do ALL of the following trips:
Team Trials + Boston Sprint Camp
WOC
Classic Champs + NAOC
~~ I have been trying to teach our kittens a trick our cat knows, which is how to open an inward-swinging door that's ajar by reaching through and pulling it open with the front paw. I have not had much success; the kittens are more interested in attacking each other than paying attention to their lessons. Bad kittens!
~~ Winter Series update on the eve of WS3: Though the women's side already appears all but decided, the men's race is shaping up to be the most interesting four-way battle in a long time, perhaps in the history of the Winter Series. The total times for the three of the top four who have competed in both of the first two races pretty much paint the picture:
Enger 58:39
Bone 58:47
Ledins 58:54
And then there's The Man in Black, whose margin of error is nonexistent being that he'll only be competing in four of the seven events. However, he's already earned one win (by a single second), and is favored by the fact that tomorrow's race will be primarily one of speed rather than navigation.
Overall, still impossible to name a favorite, and it will most likely come down to the final race.