Momentum

(mō-měn'təm) n. pl. mo·men·ta (-tə) or mo·men·tums
Symbol p Physics A measure of the motion of a body equal to the product of its mass and velocity. Also called linear momentum.
Impetus of a physical object in motion.
Impetus of a nonphysical process, such as an idea or a course of events: The soaring rise in interest rates finally appeared to be losing momentum.
Philosophy An essential or constituent element; a moment.

Well! A lot has happened since my last blog entry. I completed my cooking class which was a great. Look for my reciepes on this site and my new cooking show on the food network coming soon!

ill be starting my new position soon. looking forward to that.

though I didn't get into the nyc marathon, im still planning on either philly or marine corps.

I just purchased the garmin forrunner 405 and look forward to logging another 4000 miles with this bad boy.

I won't be logging any miles today as, I can barely walk after dodgeball. im so freaking sore.

lastly, im nice and dark after my trip to south beach. I hope to be taking another soon.

im going to have to wrap this up as the movie is about to start!

I was feeling fantastic and crushed my initial goal completing the Alley Pond Park 5 Mile challenge in 34:26 (6:53 per mile).

Feeling tired, sore, and generally miserable, I somehow woke up at 7am today to tackle the Newport 10k. I caught wind of my arch rival during the race. By repeating my mantras and fighting until the very end, I completed the race in a stunning 42:08 (6:46 per mile). I also saw the spiderman jumpsuit girl from my 5k but left her in the dust for this race.

I ran the Newport 10k race pace wise as fast as I ran my best 5k (half the distance) last year! Working on my form all winter has really paid off. I feel like superman!

I just hope the cooking classes I'm taking don't slow me down!

Do you bowl? Simple enough question. What are the possible answers? Being of sound and logical mind, I figured 1)Love it.
2)Hate it.

1 in 2. Not bad odds I guess.

Success! After a brutal two week, I have survived. Last week was riddled with plans and meeting preparing for a difficult weekend in support of a new release of our software. I worked for an ungodly amount of hours to ensure everything went smoothly as by random bad luck my weekend to cover landed on this release. Though the release was a great success, before we had a chance to celebrate, our primary database decided to crash causing a flurry of misery.

I haven't had a good nights sleep in almost two weeks. I plan to visit a nice resturant tonight and eat expensive foods and fill my belly with expensive wine. When I can no longer eat or drink, I will stumble into bed and sleep and sleep and sleep.

I wonder...

Amazing! On Sunday, April 27 the Alley Pond Striders 5 M challenge will be held at Alley Pond Park. This will be my fourth time running this race. How time flies! For me, this race marks the beginning of spring and the running season.

I ran last year in 0:36:12.1 (7:14/mile). I'm a year older and a quick review shows I've been slacking in my workouts this month. Too much going out I suppose. I hope all the biking I've been doing will allow me to push the pace and beat my record.

My watch is disintegrating. Offically, I've logged nearly 4000 miles since May 2005 and wanted a quick picture to prove it.

On a more somber note, Belle passed away yesterday. She was 11 years old.

Today, I feel like this. And I'm not the guy tossing the punch.

I feel like this today.

Fear can be debilitating. It can also make you feel so alive.

Embrace fear. It will make you stronger.

One chance. One moment. One decision. One question.

Do you pull the trigger?

Hardest question I've had to answer in a long time.

I have a habit of getting overwhelmed about silly things. Doesn't take much to realize, it isn't that bad.

Holy Cow! What was up with the wind today? I'm all for global warming but jeez. I was excited going into my run today only to encounter mother nature at her worst. My cap was ripped off my head and nearly flew into the river and lost forever. I was sad for a second to see it go. I've had that cap forever now.

Just a little longer Dave. Warm weather should be here shortly.

Am I crazy, or dedicated? Mad, or inspiring? Hardcore, or looney?

I left the office yesterday after a brutal outage at 11pm. I'm normally in bed by 11pm.

So what did I do? Eat and have a beer? Go straight to bed? Play Age of Empires III? Of course not.

I laced up, tossed on my warm hat and logged 4 miles plus twenty minutes on the bike. I did cheat and listen to my ipod.

If I do nothing else, I am fine with that. I just need to get my run out of the way. Words I live by.