Jon | December 31, 2008
Argh. I missed my 5 year Blogiversary by a couple of days. Oh well.
Anyway, 5 years. Egads. Who thought I could continue blabbing online for so long? Not me.
Have good new year’s eve, everyone. Stay safe please.
Jon | December 28, 2008
Tonight I ran in the Winterfest 5K here in Albany. I think this was my first evening race. In a way, it felt very natural since nearly every run I’ve done in the past two months has been in the dark, and at the end of the day.
I was shooting to beat my 5K PR, [...]
Jon | December 21, 2008
I tried to make truffles this morning.
The first double batch siezed when I began mixing it.
So did the second.
And the third.
I’m out of chocolate.
I can’t win today.
Does anybody want some greasy chocolate paste?
UPDATE:
Uh, WTH?
After much wailing and gnashing of teeth (and an hour spend reorganizing the chocolate cupboard), I went back to the three siezed [...]
Jon | December 18, 2008
I got a nice 6.75 mile run in at the park last night with my running partner. We had snow on the ground and alot of ice in the parking lots and on the road. I wore my Yaktrax which did pretty well as far as traction goes, but they are a little uncomfortable with [...]
Jon | December 16, 2008
OK, so last week I had a fabulous run. I am seconds from hitting a PR in a 5K, and what have I done since then? Other than the one run on Wednesday, uh, nothing.
Yeah, I went to a boy scout meeting Thursday night, then Friday night I left for a boy scout camp out, [...]
Jon | December 12, 2008
I had a chance to try the Jembrana bar from Amano Chocolate this week. This bar is made solely from beans grown in Bali, in the Jembrana region (typically called a “single bean origin” bar). I don’t think I have had a bar yet made from beans in Bali.
Sorry for the terrible pictures of this [...]
Jon | December 9, 2008
I went for a speedy run tonight. I had intended to run 6 miles at a fast pace, but when I started running, my feet wanted to go much too fast. Damn things seem to have a mind of their own.
I had really intended it to be just “fast” and not at race pace.
Turns out, [...]
Jon | December 5, 2008
I bought these two items because they were so intriguingly strange, I just had to try them. I’m sure the marketing people are tickled pink about that.
The first one is “chocolate mix Skittles”. Yup, chocolate. You know Skittles (made by our good friends at Mars). Skittle are the tangy, fruity, chewy candies that are generally [...]
Jon | December 3, 2008
Ok, I did my speedwork.
time distance pace
1:30 0.24 6:11
1:31 0.24 6:02
1:32 0.26 5:53
1:29 0.25 5:55
1:33 0.27 5:43
I think it was supposed to be a time of 1:35, but I ended up going too fast. I guess that’s good because I could go faster, but it also means I remain a terrible judge of pace. Also, [...]
Jon | December 3, 2008
I need to go do speedwork right now.
But I already ate my popcorn dinner (yeah, pathetic).
And some chocolate (stupid).
Now its so warm inside the house and so cold outside the house, that I don’t want to go outside.
Bleh.
And I have a follow up visit to the MD next week to see if my cholesterol is [...]
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