Stoli Doli
Over the next couple of days, I will experience something that I have been curious about for a little while and that is, what does a a href=”http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Stoli-Doli/Detail.aspx”Stoli Doli’s/a taste like. a href=”http://jasonplancaster.com”Jason /a talked about them in a a href=”http://jasonplancaster.com/2007/07/27/weekend-in-florida/”post /a a little while ago and that sort of sparked my curiosity. I’ll consume the Stoli Doli on a special occasion which will make it even more memorable. I’m sure that I’ll post a blog describing the experience.
Sore and tired
Tonight, I did another hard interval workout which took the form of a 25 minute warmup and then five-1000 meter intervals on 30 seconds rest. (3:53 / 4:07 / 4:01 / 4:12 / 4:06) I was happy with the workout as my times were consistent. After the intervals, I did a 20 minute cooldown run along the canal. The workout will have the effect of make me stronger for my Baltimore half-marathon which at last count is seven weeks away. In September, I am going to have to increase my running volume as I get closer to the race day. I’ll start off September with a half-marathon which will give me a good benchmark for my fitness level.br /br /The Baltimore race weekend was a lot of fun last year and I hope that I have learned my lessson about eating at the a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Market”Lexington Market /aas the after effects of the food poisoning made for a challenging evening. I am really looking forward to race weekend and hope that we can do some of what we did last year and hopefully a little bit more as it was a lot of fun.
Workouts
Today, I started my final set of interval workouts. These workouts are designed to simulate race-pace conditions as you only have 30 seconds between each interval. The way Phil, the coach, described it you do an interval say your prayers and do the next one. The workout was over quickly as we only did four. The goal next week is to do five on the same time that we did four this week. I’m going to be starting up my long Sunday runs shortly 10 miles and higher as I prepare to run my third Baltimore half-marathon in October. The race is coming up quickly as it is only eight weeks away.
Live Free, Die Hard 4
Last week, I watch the latest Bruce Willis movie, “a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_free_die_hard”Live Free and Die Hard/a.” I enjoyed the movie as the some of the special effects were wicked. I knew that some of film was shot in Baltimore but decided to give myself a challenge to see if I could locate any of the areas. The ending has a couple of port scenes which I think were filmed at Dundalk. The traffic jam scene was filmed at a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon%2C_Baltimore”Mount Vernon/a. The cinematographer worked hard to avoid showing the top of the monument. I could see why they selected the location as you could have cameras posted at all four corners of the square and effectively control the action. The fighter jet scene and the truck rig on the freeway and the tunnel footage I think were the best for special effects. It was a good movie.
Hiking – Shenandoah Nationanal Park
As I type this entry it is about an hour before Jason and I head out on our multi-day backpacking/camping expedition in the span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_0″SNP/span. The weather is much warmer than I expected so I’m span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_1″depacking/span cloths from my backpack which will make it lighter to handle. My flight from Ottawa to Newark, NJ was delayed a little so I missed my connecting flight to Baltimore. Luckily, they had a later flight which was a big relief. The delay gave me a longer layover in Newark and I was able to explore the airport, catching up on the newspaper and look across the Hudson River to New York City. The World Financial Center, and Empire State Building were visible on the horizon. What was missing were the “twin towers?” Looking across the water, I could see how they had once dominated the NY skyline. Jason met me at the airport and we quickly focused on the trip planning task and things evolved quickly. We headed over to span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_2″REI/span (www.rei.com) to load up on some last minute hiking gear. It was my first time visiting a span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_3″REI/span store and it was sort of like being a kid again in a new candy store but this time the eye-candy was all the latest in outdoor gear. I can see how span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_4″MEC/span (www.mec.ca) has adapted many of the span class=”blsp-spelling-error” id=”SPELLING_ERROR_5″REI’s/span concepts. Our next stop was a place that serves really large burritos that taste great. I’ll have to ask Jason the name of the place. The remainder of the night was spent buying food, packing and putting stuff together for our adventure. Time to get back to packing…
