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Long Run Training: 7 miles

Sunday, 11 March 2007 | 06:54 am

Notes:
Burned a whopping 700 calories; that's the most I've expended since the beginning of training. My pace today was at an easy 14:16 minutes per mile — off my "normal" running pace but I'm getting there. Although I did more running than walking today, it was still too much walking for my taste; next weekend, I've got to run 12 miles and I really think I have to do my mid-week runs! The weather was beautiful, as usual, so that wasn't the problem. My soles of my feet still hurt — breaking in my shoes — so I really really need to break these in during the midweek run. It probably did not help that I skipped supper last night, too! Gotta remember to eat… lol!

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The Blues are coming!

Friday, 09 March 2007 | 08:04 am

Yep, the best football club in my world, Chelsea Football Club, are coming to town in July! Not only are they going to train in the Los Angeles area (UCLA, to be exact), but they're going to play a number of matches at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. Brilliant!

Here's me and my fat face taken with Joe Cole (#10, midfielder) last year at the UCLA training grounds (click for larger):

Me and Coley


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Online Shopping

Thursday, 08 March 2007 | 04:27 pm

I got paid yesterday but I stayed clear off the shops I'd normally drive to, to "browse" but really pick up something that I don't really need.

So naturally, I drove home.

However, I failed (nay, overlooked) the fact that I'm mostly an online shopper now. Upon returning to my somewhat-too-large-for-me-and-yet-oh-so-comfy-chair, I logged on to my favorite online stores: Amazon.com and The Longboard Store.

I navigated through the menus (on Amazon, via the search bar) and arrived at each product within 5 seconds flat; added the products to the cart and clicked on the "Keep Shopping" button wherein I spent another 5 to 10 minutes looking at other stuff I possibly do not need but then remembered that I did need something else and added that to the cart. The Checkout process was even more convenient and under 20 minutes I had just made a purchase (from two online shops) that were total luxuries and now, thinking about it, seemingly useless.

Technology owns me.

p.s.,
I got some ceramic bearings, angled riser pads and a pair of Trucker trucks. These'll all go on my newly acquired Sector Nine A-Frame bamboo board! w00t!


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