Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Double figures... and major geek points
29/06/2005 12:45 pm
Workout Type: Endurance - Medium Endurance
Course: Loretto
Distance: 10
Time: 48:24
Speed: 4:50 min/km
Average HR: 149
As a group, we runners are basically a bunch of dags - which is what happens when you put substance over style. Today, I was angling to be made head dag. Planning a longer run than I had done to date (targetting 45 minutes), I took my MP3 player, with me. Coupled with my huge Garmin GPS watch and my HR monitor, the gadget-geek side of things was sewn up. Listening to Mahler instead of Nine Inch Nails (I am trying out different styles of music to see what works best) gave me dork points, and thinking about the new subject being offered as part of my Astrophysics Masters degree (I kid you not) rounded out the nerd factor. And had I not shelled out on laser surgery, I could have worn my glasses. An object lesson to Louis on the importance of being true to yourself, and the total lack of female attention it will generate.
The ony thing holding me back was my lack of CoolRunning cap or top (sorry guys, but I draw the line at tri-color).
My running however, was far outstripping my coolness quotient, and I did a full 10km (had to run an extra 250m at the end to make it - gotta love GPSs). Felt a little flat, which I think was a combination of Monday's quicker pace, and a faster than planned first lap. However, got into a good rythm, and found that with the music playing, the time passed far more easily. Today was the furthest and longest I have run since February, so I was mighty pleased. Rest day tomorrow, then 35 minutes on Friday and 50 minutes on Sunday.
I am trying to rationalise jobs (I have 3), and am trying to drop the one I have to travel furthest to (the other two are in my study - a nice commute, and the dress code is pretty relaxed), so I haven't been a model of dedication lately (eg taking days off after CoolRunning nights out). The boss has a chat with me yesterday, and expecting a bit of a gee up, instead, he says that he thinks I deserve a rate increase effective immediately, and we'll talk about another one in August. Then he asks if I am interested in flying to the Middle East for work (that may not be such a good thing). Then later in the day, he asks me if my workload is too much, and says I should start recruiting for a junior developer to help me! I will have to try harder to make them let me go - spent some time on the hijackers thread of CoolRunning today as a starting point.
Louis has started showing an interest in Long Jump...
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This post reminds me of that classic 80's piece of social commentary better known as "Revenge of the Nerds".
Well done on the return to some distance work Sparkie.
I'm sure if you really want to work on the 'nerd factor' you could find a pair of glasses too, don't worry if they make the vision blurry, it will make the fun more interesting! :-)
I'm sure if you really want to work on the 'nerd factor' you could find a pair of glasses too, don't worry if they make the vision blurry, it will make the fun more interesting! :-)
Great post eugene. It must be hard trying to make yourself dispensible at work when your boss loves you to death
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