Marathon

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Sani Ik Pal Chain Naa aavey solo

2007-07-08T02:51:00.001-04:00

I think this one of his best

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2007-07-08T02:49:00.001-04:00

Only Anjan on youtube :-(

Malaika by Angelique Kidjo

2007-07-08T02:43:00.001-04:00

Beautiful song about a young lover. I heard this first in the 80s

My dinner 01/30/07

2007-01-30T22:17:00.000-05:00

My dinner - beans and rice

Lunch 01/30/2007

2007-01-30T15:36:00.000-05:00

My lunch:

Back again

2007-01-30T01:45:00.000-05:00

Boy I am out of shape. 42:25 for 3 miles. It can only get better :-)

I am going to eat better. This was my dinner

monkey sex funny

2006-11-01T22:27:00.000-05:00


Movie Funny Comedy, Comedy, shahram, ahmad nejad, iran, monkeys, sex, stupid

2006-08-07T21:57:00.000-04:00

Played Monday game for the first time. I only slept 5 hours and I have work to do. Considering that I played really well. I need to play better. Stamina is the key. I think my ball control is fine and getting better.

My weight now is hovering between 152.5 to 153. I lost 8 pounds since I started heating healthy. I got about 10 to 12 pounds to loose. Should happen in a healthy way.

I think I am going to skip running. Now the target will be to reach the following schedule within a week:

non AWS week Soccer 3 days M W F and weights or ball control practice T and Th
AWS week Soccer M and W - weight T and Th morning

eventually I will incorporate soccer when I visit Buwi

Soccer

2006-07-22T23:27:00.000-04:00

Good game. It rained and I was rested. Played medium. I need to score goals. That is not happening for a while. But I played the whole game. I wonder if it is the run or just rest and diet that gave me the extra energy. We will see how I play Wednesday. Currently the plan is: light run Monday, weights Tuesday

Food

2006-07-22T23:10:00.000-04:00

I have to cut down on my food intake of course. Rice will be the biggest challenge. I did good yesterday and today. Yesterday even after soccer I only had 4 slices of bread, two fat free Bologna slices and some cucumber. Today so far cereal, and a dinner of 1/2 cup rice, boiled pea and beans and a bit cottage cheese and a glass of orange juice. If that really is dinner and if I can just have a snack or something at night, this will be very impressive. Not sure what the snack would be though. It would have great to have some fruits. We will see - its all mind over matter.

Start again and again (and again)

2006-07-20T22:12:00.000-04:00

Today I ran one of my slowest! I have not been running since April and my last regular runs were in October last year!! At a 14:44 pace, it took me 44:08 minutes to walk and run the 3 mile course. The problem was a groin pain after 2 miles and overall lack of confidence. I did not run out of breath. Maybe I should stretch more. The pain went away, so I suppose I got spooked a bit. My weight is now 158 pounds (hovers between 158 to 160). Ideally by Fall IM time (August 30th) I want to get to 140 pounds. That is 20 pounds!! And I have about 40 days. Is it possible? Probably not. But let see how much I can actually loose. I do not want to go on a starvation diet, need energy for soccer and work. But apart from that I am willing to give it a try.

I think I used to be 143 pounds and then at some point 138 or so .... needs to be verified from old diaries.

Start again and again

2006-04-14T13:29:00.000-04:00

Well I got distracted again. I am back yet again but I am also 160 pounds and ran a 14 minute mile this week. I also played soccer on Wednesday. Where I got terribly tired but played relatively OK. I am watching my food intake. I ate out twice. But apart from that the diet has been good. I am still in the range of 158/159. I guess I will have to wait a few more weeks. Not going to run today. I may try one run on the weekends but if that does not work out I am not going to sweat it. I would like to loose at least 10 pounds by Apan's wedding and then 10 more by Fall. That ought to do it. We shall see.

Start again!!

2006-02-06T21:38:00.000-05:00

I am quite out of shape. I have not been running this winter at all. I did a 39:06, 3 miler in the gym. That is 13:02. Even that got me huffing and puffing. Can not believe I could run 12 mm, 5 miles just less than a year ago. I will start off by just continuing to run every other day, doing 3 mile, then take it out side and do 3 miles and then finally increase it to 5. We shall see.

This is not a good year.

Under 36 minute

2005-12-09T20:49:00.000-05:00

Today I ran with music. Runa Layala really helps speed things up. But I get tired quickly too. I wonder when I will be able run outside. I guess the transition should start after buwi goes to India. I will have to have a plan. Right now - just keep on running while doing the code and Hoffmeister.

My Pace and Time:

11:55 mm and 35:45

Broke the 36:50 barrier

2005-12-06T22:25:00.000-05:00

Continuing my slow come back. Did a 36:12 today. The pace is 12:10 mm. I can not believe I was doing 5 mile on that pace. I think by the end of this month I should be able to run outside. Will see. Weight hovers in the 149 - 151.5 range. Food is still bad but getting better.

Ran in the morning

2005-12-02T09:26:00.000-05:00

It was not that great, but I did it. Only 30 min 2.24 miles. The pace is bad. I will try to break the 36:50 barrier on Monday.

Off to DC

Getting back - slowly

2005-12-02T00:33:00.000-05:00

Ran again in the Gym. Too cold to run outside. 36:50 again - 3 miler. Should not put movies on - I think best is news or music.

Also - I need to start running out - may be a 15 min warm up and then 20/30 minute run?

It will be very impressive if I can run tomorrow. Plan as of now is

up by 8:00 in Gym by 8:30 (water, bar, stretch) - run 9:10 or so - cool, down, shower, coffee. Out by 10:00 to DC

Cold run in DC

2005-11-22T20:21:00.000-05:00

Got out in the cold and ran. Felt better. But the run was very short. Since I already had a cold, did not want to push things. Probably did the right thing.

12:31 mm, 2.67 miles in 33:28. I could have done 3 - but I was being over cautious.

Back to blogging the runs

2005-11-14T20:06:00.000-05:00

I have been running off and on. Mostly off. Gained weight - 151.5, which is about 8/10 lbs more than what I used to be and about 15/16 lbs more than my ideal weight.

To day I did a 36:50, 3 miler in the gym, which is a 12:45 or so - pretty bad :-(

Speed Workout and Back Pain

2005-08-08T20:40:00.000-04:00

Today I did 4X100 run and 4X100 walk. The second 100 was fastest - but its still 20!
Tomorrow plan to run 5 miles, try to keep it under an hour but not kill myself. TG has two runs planned - 6.5 and a 7.5. I am going to try to keep up with her.

Soccer match was not that great. The team does not combine well and they do not pass to new comers. I plan not to play with them any more and stick to my Wednesday team and may be find a better team later. I can not play more than once a week anyway if I plan on achieving the time I planned on achieving.

Sleepless in Bethlehem

2005-08-05T05:49:00.000-04:00

Just could not get to sleep. Dozed off around 2:00 AM and then up by 4:00. What's up with this? I can almost never get a good night sleep unless I take pills.

5 miler - under 1 hour - on the mountain

2005-08-05T00:04:00.000-04:00

Yep - its done. I had trouble going under an hour when I ran the mountain course. The hills slow me down. I got done 59:33 which is 11.9 or so. I have a lot to cut down though in 3 months for the race. If I can cut down 20 minutes then I can be in the top 100 of my age group. If I can not cut down 9:33 second then I will not compete.

Soccer is actually hurting the training - I can not run the day after a full scale soccer. Got to replan.

I am currently working on 6 submissions by November - I am dead. (WWW with TG, KR or WWW my work, AAMAS - ontoplan Jeff/Hector, KDE Journal with pan/george, KR may be with Christine, ISWC onto DLDB with Pan)

Great Soccer --

2005-08-03T22:01:00.000-04:00

Rest helps - warm up helps and food helps -- Game was at 6:30 -
Got up late -
Had coffee and cereal, had Gazpacho and a bar before the game -
Played well - I was running fast

Body Glide has taken care of the chafing problem and the blisters problems. We have a real soccer match on Saturday.

Sunday - rest day

2005-07-24T23:42:00.000-04:00

Got up late - cereal and coffee
Went to Borders
Went to Starter for wings and beer with Maki and Bryan
Went for a movie with them - Dark Water (Okay movie)
Had Chinese and rice and hot sauce (this was not a good idea)

Bad Soccer today

2005-07-23T22:09:00.000-04:00

1. I felt tired and did not sleep well, I plan to take the pills today (damn)
2. Too many players and no organization on our side. I need at least 2 to 3 players to combine and play well with

Oh well. Need to take rest the day before the game or run a easy 3 mile. That's it, no speed work out for sure :-)

Food diary:
Coffee, Cereal, hot dog and 3 potato dumpling, bar, 2 bottles of gatorade, dinner: a 1.5 inch piece of salmon, 1/2 cup rice, 1/2 cup boiled broccoli, 1 strip of turkey Jekry and 5 to 6 blackberry.