The Hustle

Next month is graduation, and I'm trying to line up a job or hell a career! for when I'm done with school. Right now I'm "grindin", in the words of Joe Kinder, at a dining hall on campus, and I'm def ready to move on.

Joe's post outlining the random jobs he had before he could climb full time put things in perspective though. For a lot of people it takes a long time to get where you want to be. Whether it's a career, relationships, or athletic goal, I'll be patient.

wxc

column about happiness by david brooks

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/opinion/30brooks.html?src=me&ref=general

peak happiness-dinner w/ others

and kenyan women go barefoot at WXC, just a cool photo

Things To Do

Got back from a short snowboarding trip to wintergreen. A lot of fun, good conditions, good company, and no lines. I may have some pictures from the first day. After that I just had to focus on keeping up with my girlfriend, Kelly. She just got back from a ski trip in Colorado, and she owned these slopes.

I'm watching this documentary about a trek through the "Big Sur" region of Cali., documenting redwoods.

Here's a gallery.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/redwoods/redwoods

In some of these redwoods, animals lives their entire exhistence without leaving. Some reptiles may not even touch the forest's floor. It makes me think about what it means to be free.

What sort of things are we tied down to? What is most essential, and what are we dependent on?


Weather's turned around a little bit. I'll start running for some spring races soon. Definitely excited to see what sort of new challenges in the sport I can find, what new people I'll meet, and what I can learn about myself.

Adventure Race?

NIRCA Regional Champs

I did a club running race in Harrisonburg last weekend. It was a pretty hilly course, right next to some mountains in a town called Penn Laird. Awesome place.

At the start I ran pretty hard trying to stay close to the front, and I got in a group of three a couple hundred meters ahead of the main pack. We slowed down a lot though after 5k, and a few Clemson and UVA guys came up and went right to the front. I tried to stay with them, and did for about a mile, but I started cramping at the start of the last mile, and pretty just hoped not to get caught by anyone.

4th place with a time of 27:11, pretty dissapointed with this one, I was running really solid until that last mile, and I would have liked to see this time in the 26:'s

Good news is I've found some more XC races!

After the Hokie Open next week, depending on school I really want to go to Richmond for the Ntelos 8K Nov 14, then instead of same lame Turkey Trot, I'm going to the Footlocker South Regional on November 28 in Charlotte, NC. This is a big race, I'm hyped.

New Schedule

I had a solid plan mapped out for the fall, but unfortunately after a week off from sickness, I've had to adjust some things. Last week I overtrained a little, and then went to a show full of hipsters (not known for having strong immune systems, no body fat, too much coffee and cigarettes, no sleep), and the next morning I wake up and I'm wiped out.

Haven't felt that bad in a long time, felt like I had just gotten out of a dentist appointment, totally drugged up.

So a week later I'm feeling ok, but I won't be racing this weekend, and I've changed the schedule to extend the season a little since I lost a pretty important week.

Oct. 24 JMU Invitational 8k

Nov. 6 Hokie Open 6k

Nov. 26 UofR Turkey Day Race

After Turkey Day I'll start training for the 2010 triathlon season. My goal is to win the Virginia Triathlon Series which starts in April and go's through October. In preparation for summer racing I'll do some local running races and some early season bike races with the VT team.

BTW in running news, have you heard Ritz broke the American 10mile record in TRAINING.

http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2009/09/dathan_ritzenhein_runs_faster.html

I'm on record as saying he will be a better marathoner when his career is over than Ryan Hall, believe it

watch him move, it's so cool

Track and Field Videos on Flotrack

he races tmw in half marathon champs.

Too Good to be True

Thom Yorke's new sideproject! AND Flea's in the band!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/arts/music/06yorke.html?_r=1

check it.