late night post

Jon | August 29, 2009

I made the dark chocolate truffles today. It seemed to take forever because I kept getting interrupted with life. Those are finally done. I put too much couverture in the temperer and it kept crawling up the edge and spilling over when I was trying to cool it down.
I need to do [...]

7 miles, no blisters

Jon | August 27, 2009

I ran 7 miles last night without bandaids on my feet. No blisters. I kept the pace light, 9:30, in case it was the pace that did it. I just needed the miles, having not run since Saturday. I’ve been really bad about keeping up with the mileage this week. [...]

achy

Jon | August 25, 2009

Did I spell that right? I’ve got aches. My right ankle hurts when I dorsiflex it. It feels like it in the tendon. I’m not sure.
My right foot hurts on top. Its been hurting for a while. Hurts in the morning when I get up, and when [...]

The best laid plans

Jon | August 16, 2009

Today was supposed to be a 17 mile run. I planned it all out so that it was start and end at a little country farm store that served lunch and sold (among other things) strawberry rhubarb pie. It was a marvelous plan. A long run followed by pie. Joy. [...]

Its 10:00 pm!

Jon | August 15, 2009

I have 17 miles to run tomorrow morning. I got good sleep last night and I ate carbs today and had spaghetti for dinner. My toe socks are washed and I have cold water in the fridge. I think I’m ready. I just hope my feet are ready.
Y’all have a good [...]

Chocolate Spam from Mars

Jon | August 14, 2009

Dear Mars,
How are you?  How is your business doing?  I am very concerned about you.
You see, I was always under the impression that you had money.  Lots of money.  Having lots of money, you should be able to afford spending some of it on advertising.  You know, pay for commercials on TV and radio, ads [...]

I ran

Jon | August 11, 2009

I ran my 4 miles.
7:58 pace.
I got another blister where the bandage didn’t cover.
Can I yell the F-word on my own blog?

who moved my cheese?

Jon | August 8, 2009

I killed a mouse in my office yesterday.
I had found him running around in there earlier in the week, so I got a trap from maintenance.  At first we used peanut butter, but the mouse/mice only licked it off the trap and got away.  So I switched to bread.  Dead mouse.
Last night I dreamed I [...]

Blisters

Jon | August 6, 2009

I don’t know what is going on with my feet, but I am getting blisters like crazy.
I’ve been running in the Vibram Five Fingers (VFF) and haven’t had issues until recently.  It just doesn’t make sense.  I will run a 15 mile long run and have ZERO problems.  Feet feel nice and blister free.  No [...]

Monday is cursed

Jon | August 3, 2009

Came back from a week away at boy scout camp.
Found my newly-upgraded computer OS.
Discovered all my outlook folders were deleted by accident.
Ouch.
Please pray for Tuesday.