It's Friday! Yay! And it's above 75F, the sky is blue...
The week was about as good as I expected it to be. I picked up the first farm box of the season and the first meat box, too. The meals until Monday are planned out, but I still have to figure out what to do with a leg of pork and a beef bottom round.
Dinner tonight will be ribeye steak grilled on the charcoal grill with roasted squash, and some lettuce. I've had pretty good experience in fueling for runs this way, so I am confident that it will supply me with plenty of energy for tomorrow's Pirates Cove 20k.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
My Sunday morning activity
20 miles at Rancho San Antonio... good fun!
Now: Food and nap on the couch :-)
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Counting down: 11 days to go
Alright, there are several reasons I have been looking forward to the middle of March.
It being the start of the new CSA season being the main one. I can't wait to have a box full of fresh, tasty veggies from Two Small Farms waiting for me every week. I feel that I definitely eat better when there are fresh vegetables around.
This year the veggie box will be supplemented by a meat box. After reading Micheal Pollan's 'Omnivore's Dillema' and 'In Defense of Food' and after seeing 'Food, Inc.' I think trying to get locally, sustainably grown meat (beef, pork, lamb, poultry) is a good thing for me and the planet.
The box will be supplied by Marin Sun Farms. I am definitely looking forward to this new experience and the experiments in the kitchen.
On top of these two reasons is the fact that at the end of that week daylight savings starts! It will be longer bright than only 6:30.
Oh, yeah, there's also the first race of the year: The Pirates Cove 20k, put on by PCTR.
Anyway, four reasons for me to be excited!
It being the start of the new CSA season being the main one. I can't wait to have a box full of fresh, tasty veggies from Two Small Farms waiting for me every week. I feel that I definitely eat better when there are fresh vegetables around.
This year the veggie box will be supplemented by a meat box. After reading Micheal Pollan's 'Omnivore's Dillema' and 'In Defense of Food' and after seeing 'Food, Inc.' I think trying to get locally, sustainably grown meat (beef, pork, lamb, poultry) is a good thing for me and the planet.
The box will be supplied by Marin Sun Farms. I am definitely looking forward to this new experience and the experiments in the kitchen.
On top of these two reasons is the fact that at the end of that week daylight savings starts! It will be longer bright than only 6:30.
Oh, yeah, there's also the first race of the year: The Pirates Cove 20k, put on by PCTR.
Anyway, four reasons for me to be excited!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Last Friday I enjoyed a stop of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour in Santa Cruz. This event has become a little bit of a tradition for me. It's put on by the outdoor recreation department of UCSC at the Rio Theater. This years showing featured seven films including an episode of Sender Flim's First Ascent series they produced together with National Geographic. 'Alone on the Wall' described the free-solo endeavors of Alex Honold on Moonlight Buttress in Zion NP and on the Northwest Face of Half Dome in Yosemite.
'Finding Farley' was the main film, documenting the travels of a young family across Canada by boat to meet Farley Mowat. Although I think that the movie is a little too long, it is amazing to see a couple their two year old son and their dog travel 5000km during a five month journey.
Other films were 'Kranked-Evolution' a mountain biking movie, which made me want to dust off the bike, 'Project MegaWoosh', a short spoof made in Germany, a documentary about the restauration about monasatries in Mustang, and a short film about incredible powder skiing in Japan.
For the fourth time in a row the festival did not disappoint!
'Finding Farley' was the main film, documenting the travels of a young family across Canada by boat to meet Farley Mowat. Although I think that the movie is a little too long, it is amazing to see a couple their two year old son and their dog travel 5000km during a five month journey.
Other films were 'Kranked-Evolution' a mountain biking movie, which made me want to dust off the bike, 'Project MegaWoosh', a short spoof made in Germany, a documentary about the restauration about monasatries in Mustang, and a short film about incredible powder skiing in Japan.
For the fourth time in a row the festival did not disappoint!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Rest Days!
These are the days to pursue all the sports one can't do on days one is running, right?
Well, why all the running? After the exciting, fun, and (for me) successful CIM in December I signed up for a couple of races. The main event being the Skyline to the Sea 50k in April.
Anyway, Sundays are supposed to be rest days after a long run on Saturdays.
I took the chance to head up to Kirkwood yesterday, for a day of fantastic skiing, under blue skies. Fortunately the temperatures stayed crisp enough during the day, so that the snow conditions were perfect.
Well, why all the running? After the exciting, fun, and (for me) successful CIM in December I signed up for a couple of races. The main event being the Skyline to the Sea 50k in April.
Anyway, Sundays are supposed to be rest days after a long run on Saturdays.
I took the chance to head up to Kirkwood yesterday, for a day of fantastic skiing, under blue skies. Fortunately the temperatures stayed crisp enough during the day, so that the snow conditions were perfect.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Happy New Year!
It's been a while since I last posted.
Lots of things have been going on, and I won't try to do full reports of all of it, since that's how I fell off the wagon in late summer/fall. But here's a short recap on what I've been up to.
The races mentioned in an earlier post went well, PRing in both of them. I finished the Moonlight 10k in 47:03, about 30 seconds faster than last year. Before the CIM in Sacramento I ran another 10k, the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot in San Jose. At this point the speed workouts had paid off and I further improved my PR to 45:22. The highlight of the 2009 running season was the California International Marathon though. Despite cold temperatures and headwinds for about 18 miles it was an awesome race. Great organization, fast course, plenty of well stocked aid stations... a good experience, allowing me to improve my time from last year's Las Vegas marathon by over 31 minutes. Well, I guess actually training for this race helped a bit as well.
All the running (between 100 and 125 miles/month for Aug, Sep, Oct, and Nov) meant that I didn't get much climbing in except for a trip to the Pinnacles in November.
The day before heading to Germany I managed to get the first day of skiing in for the season.
Northstart at Tahoe was surprinsingly dissapointing... My favorite resort here is still Kirkwood, followed by Squaw Valley.
Speaking of Kirkwood, had a great day there last weekend. After a few warm-up runs Peter and I hit the trees ans chutes, having tons of fun. I'm looking forward to more days like this! Given the huge storm which is moving in to California the skiing conditions should only improve.
What else is on the plate for the near future?
I'll try to keep the running mileage up, aiming for a few races in spring. There will be more culinary adventures with the continued subscription to the CSA box (possibly extended by a subscription to a CSA meat box, depending on the outcome of tonight's cooking experiment). By the way: Food. I have been bad about keeping up with the "Castro Street Challenge", even the list of restaurants there is hopelessly outdated.
I am not big on resolutions, but I'll try to post more regularly again!
Lots of things have been going on, and I won't try to do full reports of all of it, since that's how I fell off the wagon in late summer/fall. But here's a short recap on what I've been up to.
The races mentioned in an earlier post went well, PRing in both of them. I finished the Moonlight 10k in 47:03, about 30 seconds faster than last year. Before the CIM in Sacramento I ran another 10k, the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot in San Jose. At this point the speed workouts had paid off and I further improved my PR to 45:22. The highlight of the 2009 running season was the California International Marathon though. Despite cold temperatures and headwinds for about 18 miles it was an awesome race. Great organization, fast course, plenty of well stocked aid stations... a good experience, allowing me to improve my time from last year's Las Vegas marathon by over 31 minutes. Well, I guess actually training for this race helped a bit as well.
All the running (between 100 and 125 miles/month for Aug, Sep, Oct, and Nov) meant that I didn't get much climbing in except for a trip to the Pinnacles in November.
The day before heading to Germany I managed to get the first day of skiing in for the season.
Northstart at Tahoe was surprinsingly dissapointing... My favorite resort here is still Kirkwood, followed by Squaw Valley.
Speaking of Kirkwood, had a great day there last weekend. After a few warm-up runs Peter and I hit the trees ans chutes, having tons of fun. I'm looking forward to more days like this! Given the huge storm which is moving in to California the skiing conditions should only improve.
What else is on the plate for the near future?
I'll try to keep the running mileage up, aiming for a few races in spring. There will be more culinary adventures with the continued subscription to the CSA box (possibly extended by a subscription to a CSA meat box, depending on the outcome of tonight's cooking experiment). By the way: Food. I have been bad about keeping up with the "Castro Street Challenge", even the list of restaurants there is hopelessly outdated.
I am not big on resolutions, but I'll try to post more regularly again!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
San Francisco In Flames! ehhhh... The other way around...
Ugh, I am really behind on my blog posts...
That's what excitement at work, increased running mileage, culinary adventures with the farm box, etc. do. Let's see... What's on the list to write about? My report of the Matterhorn Peak trip, a day trip to Tuolumne with Dan, report for the Regular Route of Fairview with Clement, trip report to Temple Crag and White Mountain. So, yes, I have not been slacking, I just haven't found the time to write something up. Well, I guess I could start with last night's 'Urban Adventure'.
I saw In Flames at the Regency Ballroom in San Fran... a truly awesome show!
The first opening act, The Faceless, was rather un-impressive, but the second band on the bill '3 Inches of Blood' was a lot of fun. These guys just seem to have fun on stage, and don't seem to take themselves to seriously. A excerpt form their webpage:
" There's a reason fans have come to their shows wearing Viking helmets and brandishing both real and plastic swords. Born out of a love for pure metal, weaned on a diet of fantasy and mythology, 3 Inches of Blood have been slaying the infidel and defending the faith for nearly eight years."
This attitude goes well with a sound that reminds me of Judas Priest on speed, or the first Exodus album.
Between the Buried and Me, is an interesting case... great in their instrumental parts, but horrific once the dude starts 'grawling'. Also the blast parts don't really go well with the otherwise atmospheric, Dream Theater-like parts. Today I realized that I saw them before opening a show for Children of Bodom last year. Well... not very memorable I guess...
The headliner In Flames blew everything away though! Their 90 minute set had a good mixture of old material and songs from their last album 'A Sense of Purpose' (one of my favorites-powered my ascent of Mt. Shasta in June).
The setlist:
That's what excitement at work, increased running mileage, culinary adventures with the farm box, etc. do. Let's see... What's on the list to write about? My report of the Matterhorn Peak trip, a day trip to Tuolumne with Dan, report for the Regular Route of Fairview with Clement, trip report to Temple Crag and White Mountain. So, yes, I have not been slacking, I just haven't found the time to write something up. Well, I guess I could start with last night's 'Urban Adventure'.
I saw In Flames at the Regency Ballroom in San Fran... a truly awesome show!
The first opening act, The Faceless, was rather un-impressive, but the second band on the bill '3 Inches of Blood' was a lot of fun. These guys just seem to have fun on stage, and don't seem to take themselves to seriously. A excerpt form their webpage:
" There's a reason fans have come to their shows wearing Viking helmets and brandishing both real and plastic swords. Born out of a love for pure metal, weaned on a diet of fantasy and mythology, 3 Inches of Blood have been slaying the infidel and defending the faith for nearly eight years."
This attitude goes well with a sound that reminds me of Judas Priest on speed, or the first Exodus album.
Between the Buried and Me, is an interesting case... great in their instrumental parts, but horrific once the dude starts 'grawling'. Also the blast parts don't really go well with the otherwise atmospheric, Dream Theater-like parts. Today I realized that I saw them before opening a show for Children of Bodom last year. Well... not very memorable I guess...
The headliner In Flames blew everything away though! Their 90 minute set had a good mixture of old material and songs from their last album 'A Sense of Purpose' (one of my favorites-powered my ascent of Mt. Shasta in June).
The setlist:
- Cloud Connected
- Embody The Invisible
- Pinball Map
- Delight & Angers
- Disconnected
- Square Nothing
- The Hive
- Drifter
- Clayman
- Come Clarity
- Leeches
- Alias
- The Mirror's Truth
- The Quiet Place
- Take This Life
- My Sweet Shadow
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