Il Giornale di RaDragon

Archive for November, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

Saturday, 29 November 2008 | 05:37 pm

Okie so I'm a few days late but at least it's still November! LOL. So yah, Happy Thanksgiving to all! I'm most thankful for my family and friends; and my health! I thought I might fall deathly ill this year because of my hectic schedule but so far, I'm managing better (health-wise) than previous years; Perhaps because I've been eating regularly? roffles! I mean, sometimes, I forget to eat when I'm stressed out! It's not an eating disorder, I swear O.o

Anyway, tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent but even before Thanksgiving, this one radio station has already begun playing Christmas music! Of course, the larger chain stores started bringing out their Christmas decors, so I suppose that the Christmas songs would soon follow. Still, it seems that Christmas season starts earlier year after year… I guess it keeps people happy, particularly under this dire economy. Meh.

In other news, I started writing my novel for NaNoWriMo but I pretty much petered out after 2,000 words. Again mostly because of my schedule. :( Next year! I'll deffo dedicate a few hours to writing in November. ^_^

Anyway, have to work a bit tonight! Here's hoping I make another post before the New Year.


Bookmark and Share
Add Response » Comments Off
Posted in ze Brain Farts

San Antonio via Vegas.

Friday, 07 November 2008 | 07:27 am

T minus 9 days and counting! I can't believe it's almost here. I didn't actually train much (again) for this race but I tried to do more than my previous runs at least to have an ounce of preparedness for the 16th. But, before my race, I'm accompanying my mum to Vegas! ;) I guess that's kinda nice, to have a brief holiday before a holiday-ish race. Hehehe!

We're leaving for Vegas on Sunday and returning on Wednesday then leaving for San Antonio on Thursday. I have to remind myself to pack two separate bags on Sunday — one for Vegas, and another for San Antonio and hope I don't mix up the bag I bring to either destination! LOL.

p.s.,
Soz I haven't been updating this journal much… Been busy. So busy in fact that I've a demo/presentation tomorroz and then as soon as I return from San Antonio, I've another project to kick off. In other words, expect sporadic updates from me from now until the new year! ^_^

p.p.s.,
Did I mention I'm trying to write a novel in November again? You know, that NaNoWriMo thing ;) (www.nanowrimo.org)


Bookmark and Share
Add Response » Comments Off
Posted in ze Brain Farts

Long Run Training: 6 miles

Friday, 07 November 2008 | 07:19 am

Notes:
Because of my hectic schedule this weekend (and thanks to Sheryl’s idea!) rather than skip this last run before the race, I’ve decided to run it this morning. My plan was to get up at 6:45AM and be by the strand by 7:10AM; naturally, I didn’t do so well — I did get up at 6:45AM but ended up being at the strand around 7:38AM! LOL. The temperature was cool but for the last 3 miles running back and into the sun. I was trying to convince myself that this is the sort of training I need to survive the possible heat in Texas but I give up too easily and found a nice shaded street where I continued my run! I ran most of the time but still not to my liking… Average pace was 12:33 min/mile and burned 608 calories. That’s not too bad considering I had pizza for lunch yesterday! AHHH.

Bookmark and Share
Add Response » Comments Off
Posted in Workout Records

Long Run Training: 10 miles

Monday, 03 November 2008 | 07:14 am

Notes:
On Sunday we had pretty good running weather (it had actually just rained so by the time we reached the strand, it was still fairly wet) but temperature wise, it's something ideal for me… Now, it must be psychological, then that I did not do so great — that is, I walked most of the time. So much so that after the "run", I probably could've done it again, but this time, actually run it. In any case, I'm disappointed in myself that I couldn't stick through this last "big" run before the race! Pah! Average pace was 14:03 min/mile. Calories burned were 968.


Bookmark and Share
Add Response » Comments Off
Posted in Workout Records
  • November 2008
    S M T W T F S
    « Oct   Dec »
     1
    2345678
    9101112131415
    16171819202122
    23242526272829
    30  
  • My Latest Posts

  • Footy (Soccer) Fancy

  • Friends and Famiglia

  • Ispirazione

  • Online Communities

  • Other Stuff

  • Reference and Resources

  • Running and Training

  • Shopping and Shameless Plugs

  • Meta

  • Follow Me on Twitter Add to Technorati Favorites
  •