Long Time No See

Okay people don't you know that you have to remind me to post. Its not that I don't love all of you. I actually read most of your stuff using Google Reader (I love that thing!). Talk about being off the radar. Jeez I leave this thing alone for a while and all these crap post/ads are all over the place.
Well a lot has happened during my absence. Not much relating to Triathlon unfortunately but that will change.
Mrs. TV and I have moved to Pasadena, CA! Damn tasty restaurants!
Had a workup done at the doctors and guess what? All this extra weight I'm carrying around is bad for me. Who'da thunk?
I have fat IN my liver, I got an ear infection from jumping into the pool for the first time in a long time, and according to the doc I don't have any "healthy" fat.
So that's the gist.
To those in Nevada, I'll be celebrating my 5 Year Wedding Anniversary in Vegas Baby! A little fun for the wify and I. She took some time off and we'll be there for a week. Penn & Teller here we come.

Just a Spot of Bad Luck

Boy when it rains it pours. Lets take it from the top. It all started right before a trip to Catalina on my dad's boat. Purely pleasure for me and semi-vacation for Mrs. TV. She had to work on a school project during our trip but that wasn't the problem. She need access to the internet while on the island. My laptop's internal wireless just stopped working all of a sudden. After getting reassurance that his laptop works my car burns up. What I get from the mechanic is that a couple of things broke at the same time so there was no warning that my car severely overheated. So the engine fried. I had to pay for a new engine for a 2005 Mitsubishi Galant.

Pause on the bad stuff: It was a great trip to Catalina, the seas were ok on the way over. We hiked, swam, and drank at the Isthmus (Two Harbors).

Play: We got back from Catalina and my car is finished. I start in for work and guess what...the radiator splits. So now I have to shovel out for a new radiator (same car). Next my desktop starts acting up, and by acting up, I mean the "Blue Screen of Death."

Finally my lawn mower breaks down. Not that I even like doing the lawns but now my equipment won't work.

I need to meditate...uuummmmm ummmmm ummmmm. It's not working.

Recovery...NOT!

One of the many reasons I haven't been posting can be seen in this picture:

Yes those are bruises.

Once upon a time I this was me...

And that is a black belt around my waist. As you can tell, it's been a while. TriChef has a friend that is opening a martial arts studio. Guess who stopped by to take a look. It was the first time I've stepped into a studio in years. After some stretching and observing I was invited for a little friendly "light" sparring. First lets take a look at the sensei's credentials. The studio is called PacTKD. Go to the staff tab and look on the right side...yeah. Thats who I got my butt kicked by. But at the end of the day I was happy with my performance. The only problem is that my body does react as quickly as it used to. Hence the bruises.

Why do I like pain? I guess its for the same reason I got into triathlon...testing one's self.

One of "those" days

Did not have a good day yesterday. I've been away from home for a few days. Its amazing how one gets accustomed to being with another. I'm learning very quickly that not having my wife in the same bed effects my sleep...significantly. Before going to bed, I went to the gym. I did a 6 minute warm up on the treadmill. Then I started running. As soon as the pace picked up, my heart rate went from 135 to 185. I felt miserable. I could only keep up a "decent" pace for about a mile then I had to stop my HR was at 190 and I only did 1 Mile in 14:45!!! I took a breather and got some water. Then I walked over to the stationary bikes and tried that out, maybe my legs don't like soooo much stress right now. Wrong again. I set the level to 10 and started peddling. After 5 miles at 180 BPM with a cadence of only 70-75 cpm I was done. I felt so bad. I went into the gym thinking I was going to be in there for over an hour. But there is one thing I learned from training for triathlon. As much as I know my body and how far I can push it. You just have to listen to it when its telling you to stop. So I cooled down on the bike for about 4 minutes and left.

I hope this doesn't happen on a race day.