Urbanathlon training...

It isn't decided upon yet... but it is about 90% that I am going to be heading to New York in September to take part in the Men's Health Urbanathlon. I'm excited about it... but also a little nervous. I'm in NOWHERE NEAR good enough shape to participate in the event right now. I'm topping out at running around 5 miles right now and haven't actively and consistently participated in strength training for at least a year (if not longer). Luckily for me, they have layed out a training program for backsliders like myself to prepare for the event. I did the first strength session last night. Holy crap. Here it is.


Let me tell you friends: ROUGH. I was unable to do full reps on every excercise that is presented. My biggest problem was with the push-up like exercises. This mostly revolves around arm injuries from my childhood so I had to improvise a little in order to make it work... but it was still very tough. I'm definitely feeling it today. The great news about today is that it does not involve a muscle workout. Instead, it's a "volume" run which just involves me cranking out about 4 miles. (They're only calling for three but if I'm going three I might as well go for four while I'm out there.)

Anyone else thinking about doing this? Is it just me?

Nevertheless surprises the RIOT... the video!

Tyler's Ride: a web series starring Jeremy Camp...

You can find the website for the series here.

RadioU 5k

Thanks to everyone who came out! We all had a really good time :o)

Yellow Science

It's an editorial from the Wall Street Journal.

Admittedly if a friend of mine passed me the journal I'd probably give them a funny look, but the first few paragraphs about this one are worth sampling. I'm not sharing it because agree with everything the guy has to say, but more his point: people are using small things to manipulate large things. It ties in with the Michael Crichton interview I posted a few weeks ago. Don't just read headlines, people! We gotta look deeper and ask serious questions because people are using soundbytes to manipulate your opinions.

The Big Hill: Prepping for the 5k

This is the view from the Big Hill I talked about on the RIOT this morning. The picture is not as impressive as the actual view. Seriously.

Jack In The Box Taco Day!