"Turn Joe Into a Runner" project, updated: Week 5 of C25k is complete, with a slow 20 minute jog. I know it doesn't sound like much, but for me, it is. I'm honestly kind of proud of myself, even though I was admittedly dogging it a bit on the run.
"Make Tasty Beer" project, updated: I'm bummed. earlier this year, I made two batches of beer with washed Cry Havoc yeast. Either I fermented WAY too warm, or the yeast was off, because both beers (a blonde ale and a 90 shilling-type ale) turned out amazingly estery.
Hpoing to recover the beers, I kegged them and let them condition for four months in the basement. Nope, still nasty.
I think it's time to dump 'em and move on. Sigh.
I need the keg space anyhow. Time to brew my Oktoberfest Ale and start thinking about holiday beer.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Just an update...
Well, the "turning Joe into a runner" campaign is going well, and I'm nearly halfway through the C25K program. One of the best things I've found is Letsyn's C25K Podcasts. They contain audio cues for when the walk vs. run intervals change, so I'm not looking at my watch the whole time I'm running. Instead, I load the week's intervals into a sound mixer (I like Audacity), layer in whatever music I want to use for my run, and write it out as an MP3 track I can play on my crackberry. Easy, peasy.
Brewing update? No news is no news. It's hard to get weekend time in the summer, what with kiddo's schedule and something to do seemingly every weekend. Fall is coming. I need to start an Oktoberfest soon.
Brewing update? No news is no news. It's hard to get weekend time in the summer, what with kiddo's schedule and something to do seemingly every weekend. Fall is coming. I need to start an Oktoberfest soon.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Wow
What a beautiful morning!
It's been hot in Denver lately, with daily highs approaching the century mark. I've been running (well, OK -- lumbering, then) in the mornings. As I progress through the C25K program, the intervals start getting longer. Today was day 2 of week 2, or W2D2 in C25K parlance. I went around 2 miles (including warmup and warm-down walks of five or seven minutes per), with 90 second intervals followed by 120 second recovery periods. My overall pace (per RunKeeper) was 15:38, including the warmups.
Today's "run" felt really good. In previous days, I'd been getting winded, and often getting a small stitch in my side during the last interval. Not today! I felt like I was barely breathing hard at all.
Getting up early to run has me feeling pretty good lately. Why didn't I start running again sooner?
It's been hot in Denver lately, with daily highs approaching the century mark. I've been running (well, OK -- lumbering, then) in the mornings. As I progress through the C25K program, the intervals start getting longer. Today was day 2 of week 2, or W2D2 in C25K parlance. I went around 2 miles (including warmup and warm-down walks of five or seven minutes per), with 90 second intervals followed by 120 second recovery periods. My overall pace (per RunKeeper) was 15:38, including the warmups.
Today's "run" felt really good. In previous days, I'd been getting winded, and often getting a small stitch in my side during the last interval. Not today! I felt like I was barely breathing hard at all.
Getting up early to run has me feeling pretty good lately. Why didn't I start running again sooner?
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