Trying out a new tool for adding posts to my blog. My friend Jeff told me about a product called Live Writer by Microsoft. I’ve used some of the other products in the Microsoft Live suite, like Live Mesh and Live Messenger. They have all been pretty useful, so I figured I would give this…
CompuTrainer Improvement CTANT+!!
No Racermate One was not released. Recently I go tired of watching my heart rate disappear during my training rides on the CompuTrainer. It seemed like every ride all of the sudden I would lose my heart rate for a few minutes. I would fiddle with the wires and try to get it to work….
Salem Wild Turkey 5 Miler
Instead of doing the Feaster Five again this year, I decided to join the group heading to Salem for the Wild Turky 5 miler. It’s been a while since I’ve run a 5 mile road race. It was a pretty chilly morning, temps were in the lower 30s. I had two goals for this race,…
IT Band healing
Well, I went out for a run yesterday and for the second time I have had no pain while running. I haven’t been running as much, just 5 miles a week, but I have been on the bike 4 times a week. I have also been doing a lot of stretching and using the Foam…
Damn that Java Updater!!!!
Time for the weekly update. This morning was NOT a good morning. Well, it was an good morning for the workout, but I’m pissed because I lost all my data from the CompuTrainer workout. I was using the Coaching Software this morning, the software that was written in the 80s or maybe earlier! Anyway, I…
No Power
No, I’m not talking about the Powermeter on my bike or the CompuTrainer. This weekend the Northeast was hit by a Nor’easter. This storm took down a lot of trees and power along with them. The heavy wet snow combined with the trees still having leaves on them had the trees snapping and falling all…
58 degrees and going down…
Time for the weekly training update. I’ve managed to get out and run a couple of times this week. Not very far, just the 5K loop around the Danvers Y. The good news is the IT Band is not killing me so I can run pretty good. The bad news is that I can still…
Textile free swim
Headed down to the pond this morning for what was probably my last open water swim of the season. Water temp was still 64, but Glacier George needs to get a new thermometer before I will believe that reading, and air temp was 47. Since it was probably my last day and I knew the…
Great weather for mid October
Sunday turned out to be a beauty of a day. Started out a little chilly on the bike in the morning, but by 8:30 it was noticeably warmer. The group took our usually ride up to Newburyport and this time we came back 1A. I don’t think I have done that ride in over a…
Another beauty of a morning at the pond
I wasn’t sure if anyone was going to show up this morning. We had over 3 inches of rain yesterday and the water temp was going to be colder. I packed a gym bag just in case so I could head to the Y. George finally showed up and it turned out to be a…