My Hovercraft is Full of Podcasts
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Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
If the car isn't there you can retaliate by leaving some steamy air in his booth.
Also, you could podcast "who farted?" on the train. Just ask people "Do you smell that? Was that you?"
Also, you could podcast "who farted?" on the train. Just ask people "Do you smell that? Was that you?"
Uh, are these brakes supposed to make the car shake?
so you were dealing with exact same thing as i was last night? did you eat five sweet potatoes?
i easily consume most of my calories from dinner to bed, by at least a factor of 4:1. i'd love to figure that out 'cause yeah, the water lasted like 9 minutes.
oh, and in Boston Proper, this place trumps ALL: http://www.allstonsfinest.com/
if this works, this it the beer menu: http://www.allstonsfinest.com/menus/sunsetgrill_beer_menu.pdf
i easily consume most of my calories from dinner to bed, by at least a factor of 4:1. i'd love to figure that out 'cause yeah, the water lasted like 9 minutes.
oh, and in Boston Proper, this place trumps ALL: http://www.allstonsfinest.com/
if this works, this it the beer menu: http://www.allstonsfinest.com/menus/sunsetgrill_beer_menu.pdf
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ArmyOfNone
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Ha! Uhhhh yea so the brakes arent soo good...
nope. did i ever tell you the one about me throwing back a foul ball in the 8th inning of a Musina no-hitter at Fenway?
no utah, i actually don't wonder why you do that, but thanks for joining the conversation.
Yeah I've never wondered that either. But maybe it will cross my mind as I pile drive more cashews later.
The rotors suck and I'm cheap.
The problem with the coffee approach is that you don't address the problem.
Almost to the Awesome Van. Let's collectively cross our fingers.
The rotors suck and I'm cheap.
The problem with the coffee approach is that you don't address the problem.
Almost to the Awesome Van. Let's collectively cross our fingers.
nice work selfish, you covered yourself in rain.
not utah. what was he wearing, garbage bags?
Jungle Habitat
I don't think I'll be doing the drive to JH every Tuesday. Or any Tuesday again for that matter. Left the office at 3:00 and got there at 4:50. That's way too long to get there, and really presses how early I can jet out of work. Add the hour after the ride to drive home and it's just not something I can maintain weekly, or monthly for that matter. Thankfully this is really just a one-off this week.
It rained, and we rode our bikes. The trails were fine but that's just as much to do with the prevalence of rocks as anything. The dirt was slick but there's really not a shit-ton of dirt here. We got sloppy, but in all it was a good time. In order of appearance: Brad, Utah, myself, and Eric. Iggy & Bill bailed, and Jake was lost in space. Not sure what happened to him.
I rode the SS, 32-19, with no issues except for the few issues like falling over and lying down once or twice. Those tight little annoying sections are more tight & annoying on the SS. But overall I like it here. I think it governs you to not feel the need to shift. The only part that sucked was that kicker on Animal Chute that gets me no matter what bike I ride. It's a total mental block now. But I think it got all 4 of us last night. Wet makes things harder. Who knew?
I think the downhill rocky section is called Goat? This is really my nemesis. My saddle is pretty high, and on a trail like that I constantly feel like the bike is trying to throw my ass over my teakettle. As soon as the front wheel gets remotely hung up and I feel the momentum trying to throw me over, my confidence goes to shit and I get really skittish.
I tried paying more attention to putting my weight back after that and it was better, and frankly more fun. It becomes a more interactive thing when you do this but to be sure I need some practice on this specific trail before the race. If it's raining I don't see myself as very likely to go.
I think we're going back Saturday. I may bring both bikes. The Awesome Van is awesome for that sort of thing. Oh, it was in the lot yesterday. That was good.
I did a 10 minute podcast on the way home but forgot to post. Maybe later.
Today
I woke up and rode in the rain, taking the geared MTB on the road for 1:10 or so. I just sort of drove myself through it to get it done. I was a little tired but not crazy. Last night was not that much, not even an hour. I decided to listen to the Robopocalypse audio book again for whatever reason. I guess I just switch it up randomly. It's almost done now.
Made some steel cut oats for breakfast. Picked these up again recently and I like them. I also ate on the bike even though it was only an hour. Trying to follow the advice of that blog post I found yesterday. Eat when you work. Do work, son!
Today I found this while in my Google Reader:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/night-eating-syndrome-causes-solutions/
Truth: this is me. I have mentioned this before but I tend to not talk about it often. I wake up almost every night absolutely starving at some point. And like the dude in the link says, you don't exactly pick the best foods in the world when you wake up in the middle of the night. It's pretty frustrating stuff, really. From like 3:00 am to 10:00 pm every day, I'm like the perfect eating student. Between 10-3 however, shit falls apart.
So an interesting thing he says: don't fast. Now those of you following along will know I've been tinkering with this a bit, and how about that, my hunger seems to have gotten worse in the last few weeks. Interestingly, this is the same guy (Mark) that maddawg linked the other day, talking about fasting. Ok, so no more fasting. That's good because I like eating, especially breakfast, which is apparently good.
I do also tend to graze, which apparently makes this all worse. My breakfast & lunch tend to be tiny meals, barely even meals. My lunch is usually a single slice of bread and a few slices of turkey, 220 total calories. Ok, so apparently that's bad. Even today I had what I would consider more, and it was like 330 calories. Pearl tells me he had 4 slices of pizza and cake for lunch the other day. That's just not something I can even wrap my head around.
And there's an interesting comment on training hard and eating enough food, which I probably fail at.
Then some weird shit on light therapy. Which I'll skip.
Anyway, I found all of this interesting today. I guess shit does happen for a reason. Or maybe you look for things when you want answers, which is likely the more accurate way to look at it. McGwire is going to have to wait another day. For now, I just need to figure out a way to eat less ice cream when I should be sleeping, as lame as that sounds.
Or like Jim, I'll start bowling. Then whatever.
I don't think I'll be doing the drive to JH every Tuesday. Or any Tuesday again for that matter. Left the office at 3:00 and got there at 4:50. That's way too long to get there, and really presses how early I can jet out of work. Add the hour after the ride to drive home and it's just not something I can maintain weekly, or monthly for that matter. Thankfully this is really just a one-off this week.
It rained, and we rode our bikes. The trails were fine but that's just as much to do with the prevalence of rocks as anything. The dirt was slick but there's really not a shit-ton of dirt here. We got sloppy, but in all it was a good time. In order of appearance: Brad, Utah, myself, and Eric. Iggy & Bill bailed, and Jake was lost in space. Not sure what happened to him.
I rode the SS, 32-19, with no issues except for the few issues like falling over and lying down once or twice. Those tight little annoying sections are more tight & annoying on the SS. But overall I like it here. I think it governs you to not feel the need to shift. The only part that sucked was that kicker on Animal Chute that gets me no matter what bike I ride. It's a total mental block now. But I think it got all 4 of us last night. Wet makes things harder. Who knew?
I think the downhill rocky section is called Goat? This is really my nemesis. My saddle is pretty high, and on a trail like that I constantly feel like the bike is trying to throw my ass over my teakettle. As soon as the front wheel gets remotely hung up and I feel the momentum trying to throw me over, my confidence goes to shit and I get really skittish.
I tried paying more attention to putting my weight back after that and it was better, and frankly more fun. It becomes a more interactive thing when you do this but to be sure I need some practice on this specific trail before the race. If it's raining I don't see myself as very likely to go.
I think we're going back Saturday. I may bring both bikes. The Awesome Van is awesome for that sort of thing. Oh, it was in the lot yesterday. That was good.
I did a 10 minute podcast on the way home but forgot to post. Maybe later.
Today
I woke up and rode in the rain, taking the geared MTB on the road for 1:10 or so. I just sort of drove myself through it to get it done. I was a little tired but not crazy. Last night was not that much, not even an hour. I decided to listen to the Robopocalypse audio book again for whatever reason. I guess I just switch it up randomly. It's almost done now.
Made some steel cut oats for breakfast. Picked these up again recently and I like them. I also ate on the bike even though it was only an hour. Trying to follow the advice of that blog post I found yesterday. Eat when you work. Do work, son!
Today I found this while in my Google Reader:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/night-eating-syndrome-causes-solutions/
Truth: this is me. I have mentioned this before but I tend to not talk about it often. I wake up almost every night absolutely starving at some point. And like the dude in the link says, you don't exactly pick the best foods in the world when you wake up in the middle of the night. It's pretty frustrating stuff, really. From like 3:00 am to 10:00 pm every day, I'm like the perfect eating student. Between 10-3 however, shit falls apart.
So an interesting thing he says: don't fast. Now those of you following along will know I've been tinkering with this a bit, and how about that, my hunger seems to have gotten worse in the last few weeks. Interestingly, this is the same guy (Mark) that maddawg linked the other day, talking about fasting. Ok, so no more fasting. That's good because I like eating, especially breakfast, which is apparently good.
I do also tend to graze, which apparently makes this all worse. My breakfast & lunch tend to be tiny meals, barely even meals. My lunch is usually a single slice of bread and a few slices of turkey, 220 total calories. Ok, so apparently that's bad. Even today I had what I would consider more, and it was like 330 calories. Pearl tells me he had 4 slices of pizza and cake for lunch the other day. That's just not something I can even wrap my head around.
And there's an interesting comment on training hard and eating enough food, which I probably fail at.
Then some weird shit on light therapy. Which I'll skip.
Anyway, I found all of this interesting today. I guess shit does happen for a reason. Or maybe you look for things when you want answers, which is likely the more accurate way to look at it. McGwire is going to have to wait another day. For now, I just need to figure out a way to eat less ice cream when I should be sleeping, as lame as that sounds.
Or like Jim, I'll start bowling. Then whatever.
I have tried this one...whether I eat 300 calories or 600 at breakfast im still eating my lunch at 11:59am sharp!
Norm I wonder if you stand too far forward while decending. Im no expert on the subject...but here at least, you look a bit awkward.
I know for myself on goat...I try to keep the speed as high as I can since there is not much that is big and that will pitch you over...its just small choppy stuff. But I have also hit goat probably 100 times and I can pretty much visualize every rock and turn now.
Like Utah says, I've tried the Big Breakfast Theory and it generally does not work. But I'm sure I need to balance my day a bit better. I get into a negative feedback loop. I eat at night so I try to eat less during the day to cushion that. I mean, I got to 171 last fall eating like 3-4 half gallons of ice cream a week. So it was working. Kinda.
But then I think it makes you eat more at night, then you want to eat even less in the day, and it doesn't really work that well. There are some nights where *no amount* of food will fill me. And if it does, it's for minutes. Maybe it's because my body is hurting for nutrition and you can't just eat and instantly get the nutrients you need?
I eat lunch by 11:00 most days.
Utah - yes I think I'm too far forward. I basically set my bike up to get the proper leg extension - basically, I want to maximize my power and having the saddle the same as my road bike will do this. Of course, this makes descending a bit more awkward, and I guess I'm just not adjusting enough on the bike. Sort of like my mindset is: well, I'll just sit here an ride it out for better or worse.
Or maybe I just don't ride my mountain bike enough.
Or I need the visor back. That's not even my bike anymore.
But then I think it makes you eat more at night, then you want to eat even less in the day, and it doesn't really work that well. There are some nights where *no amount* of food will fill me. And if it does, it's for minutes. Maybe it's because my body is hurting for nutrition and you can't just eat and instantly get the nutrients you need?
I eat lunch by 11:00 most days.
Utah - yes I think I'm too far forward. I basically set my bike up to get the proper leg extension - basically, I want to maximize my power and having the saddle the same as my road bike will do this. Of course, this makes descending a bit more awkward, and I guess I'm just not adjusting enough on the bike. Sort of like my mindset is: well, I'll just sit here an ride it out for better or worse.
Or maybe I just don't ride my mountain bike enough.
Or I need the visor back. That's not even my bike anymore.