BRIAN'S BLOG 2012-02-16T00:50:49Z Brian Copyright 2012, Brian SPHPBLOG Obama Agony Index

]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry120214-123212 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Occupy Movement v. Tea Party: The Facts Occupy Movement v. Tea Party: The Facts

And anyone else notice that even though things were soooooooo terrible under Bush, the riots are happening under Obama? Hope and Change strikes again!]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry120203-085503 2012-02-03T00:00:00Z 2012-02-03T00:00:00Z 2011 Log
Add another 474 for velo and that's 1449 miles moving forward.

Happy 2012!]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry111231-103345 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z D&L Heritage Half-Marathon
After a week off, I'll do some light running for the rest of the year; maybe 10-12 miles a week. Maybe I'll do a 5K or two before years' end but that's it for now. A spring marathon would require training to begin the day after Christmas so that seems unlikely at this point. For 2012, I'll initially plan on another half in the spring and then a full in the fall. I have some races in mind already. Let's see how I feel mentally and physically in six to eight weeks.]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry111023-195130 2011-10-23T00:00:00Z 2011-10-23T00:00:00Z The Doorbell Rang ]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110927-210952 2011-09-28T00:00:00Z 2011-09-28T00:00:00Z Hope and Change Update - Aug. 8
Dow Skids 600, Worst Day Since Credit Crisis

Senator Kerry may want to blame the Tea Party for this too. Senator, I have news for you: if the Tea Party were even half as influential and you seem to think they are, Obama would have been impeached and removed from office by now.]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110808-161418 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z Log
Running: 548 miles, approximately 86.5 hours.

Cycling: 202 miles, approximately 18.6 hours.

I'll run a half-marathon in the fall and then another marathon next year. ]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110705-160856 2011-07-05T00:00:00Z 2011-07-05T00:00:00Z 26.2
Update - Some rankings:

251/377 in my age group
1711/2643 males
2493/4282 finishers.

Also, according to my log, I tallied 441 miles running during training, excluding the marathon.]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110515-233117 2011-05-16T00:00:00Z 2011-05-16T00:00:00Z May Day ]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110502-191529 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z 10100

I did it. I ran twenty miles today in ~3:13; 9:40 pace. Pinnacle of training has been reached and the tapering begins. I feel pretty good, albeit a little sore. It rained, and rained hard at times, for the first fourteen miles. After you've run fourteen miles in heavy rain, it doesn't matter anymore if it doesn't rain for the next six.

I'm glad the big 2-0 is behind me. The marathon will be hard but I'm going to be ready.]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110423-144443 2011-04-23T00:00:00Z 2011-04-23T00:00:00Z Week 15
After this week, tapering begins. Mileage is reduced and runs are more for maintenance. It's funny to look down at a ten or twelve mile run instead up at it.

It is now twenty-eight days until the marathon and I'll be ready.]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110417-125937 2011-04-17T00:00:00Z 2011-04-17T00:00:00Z Hope and Change Update ]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110406-085417 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z 15
My goal for the run today was 2:22:30 (9:30 pace) and I finished in 2:25:23 which isn't too bad. It's not going to win me any awards but running 15 miles at a 9:41 is what it is and it isn't sitting on a couch saying "I need to get in shape."

As I've said before, there's a big difference between "I will" and "I should."
]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110319-225407 2011-03-20T00:00:00Z 2011-03-20T00:00:00Z Today's Cartoon ]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110318-154404 2011-03-18T00:00:00Z 2011-03-18T00:00:00Z Poem The ides of March fall today;
Sixty days now 'till the ides of May]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110315-205555 2011-03-16T00:00:00Z 2011-03-16T00:00:00Z 100

Happy birthday, Mr. President!

I'll never forget the day Reagan took office. The school gathered us into the cafeteria to watch the inauguration on the lone TV the school had to witness Reagan taking the oath and giving his address while the hostages were simultaneously being released in Iran. What a great day!

The conclusion of his parting words, so eloquently spoken:

We've done our part. And as I walk off into the city streets, a final word to the men and women of the Reagan revolution, the men and women across America who for eight years did the work that brought America back. My friends: We did it. We weren't just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger, we made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all.

And so, goodbye, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.

Ronald Wilson Reagan
January 11, 1989
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So far, the training hasn't been difficult as the distances involved aren't a challenge for me. Week five has the first double-digit long run and that will be the norm for the rest of the training. The plan I'm following comprises of four runs a week, one of which is the long run over the weekend. This long run will gradually increase to 20 miles on Easter weekend and then taper down until the big day in May. During the week, the runs will be two short (three, increasing to five) bookending a medium (increasing to ten); two rest days and a cross-training day round out the week.

Two glitches have come about: the weather and my knee. The weather hasn't forced me to miss any runs yet as the townships have done a sufficient job plowing their sections of the bikepath. However, I aggravated my knee last week and runner's knee has flared up again. It's not enough to stop me from running but I do need to stretch often and am going to PT again to get it worked out. This is my second bout with it.

Will I be ready? The weather will get better, eventually, so it's just the knee that I need to work out. The distances don't intimidate me as long as my body is tuned properly.
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Happy Birthday, Ben!]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110117-091756 2011-01-17T00:00:00Z 2011-01-17T00:00:00Z A Lock
Global Warming: Dire Prediction for the Year 3000]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110116-114606 2011-01-16T00:00:00Z 2011-01-16T00:00:00Z Log http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry110101-121635 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Conquered the Mountain
The biggest worry was my knee. I have a minor case of runner's knee and I was concerned that after the race, I'd have to shut things down for the rest of the year. The funny thing is that going down the mountain is harder on the knee than going up and while I haven't run since the race yet, the knee is doing ok. I'll take it easy for the rest of the year - probably no more than another 50 miles - and decide on which marathon to run in 2011.]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry101116-220217 2010-11-17T00:00:00Z 2010-11-17T00:00:00Z Go Tell it on the Mountain http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry101107-074133 2010-11-07T00:00:00Z 2010-11-07T00:00:00Z Cyberpunk Link]]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry101106-223416 2010-11-07T00:00:00Z 2010-11-07T00:00:00Z It's A Lesson to Me

So I'm in the mood to listen to some Dead. Fine. But in the right pane of suggestions are what I would expect - Dead songs, except for the top entry: "Matt Damon Rips Sarah Palin". Obviously, that's a previously unrecorded Dead song I am not familiar with.

WTF does Matt Damon's opinion of Sarah Palin have to do with the Grateful Dead? Oh wait, this is Youtube, a Google subsidiary; an extension of the left-wing establishment.]]> http://www.brianwsnyder.com/pblog/index.php?entry=entry101011-002321 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z