58 Orbits and T-11 to Surf City

A good week 12 but not as much mileage as I would have liked.  On Saturday in Pasadena I attended the Bat Mitzvah of my niece. Totally coincidence that  this was also my 58th birthday. (She became 13 two days later)

It was a great couple of days and I don't regret not running. Too much fun being had.


So it's been 58 orbits of good ol' Sol for me ;)

I enjoy astronomy (My BS is in Astronomy) and I'm always amazed at how little people know about the Universe They Live In. For example, most people don't know what makes the seasons. When asked they will say "uummm....the Earth is farther from the Sun in winter?"

Think about it..why would there be summer down under when there is winter in the northern hemisphere if that was true? It should be cold everywhere if the Earth was farther from the sun in Winter. 

Actually the Earth is closest to the Sun in winter. The answer to the question has to do with tilt of the earth and the elevation of the sun in the sky. If you've ever been to the tropics and felt the heat of the sun on top of your head you'll understand. Or if you've been to a high latitude place and felt how lame the sun is when it's down at the horizon you'll understand.

Anyway, after the bat mitzvah Toni whisked me off to Catalina Island for a proper solo birthday celebration. A great 10 mile hike with 2000' of up/down and a 6 mile run with 700'  made for part of what was a great time there.  We also had a fun time in a semi-sub ride that takes you out in the kelp forest..

Here's the training weeks so far in this buildup to Surf City:

Date	Miles	Pace	BPM	WHR%	Elev+	Elev-	YPB
2013-10-21 Mon	17.4	9:55	119.1	59.9	156.4	160.2	1.477
2013-10-28 Mon	33.2	9:46	122.2	62.5	276.3	283.1	1.472
2013-11-04 Mon	38.8	9:34	123.7	63.7	441.5	448.8	1.491
2013-11-11 Mon	24.6	9:24	127.1	66.5	404.5	414.4	1.481
2013-11-18 Mon	5.8	9:51	126.6	66.1	697.3	705.3	1.465
Summary	119.8	9:39	123.4	63.5	1976.0	2011.7	1.480

Even tho lots of hills the last couple of days I still feel pretty good so planning on hitting big miles again this week.

11 weeks to go...

SE Asia pics up and T-12 to Surf City

Finally we have the "Best of" photo albums done for our SE Asia trip.  

There are two albums Kuala Lumper + Laos and Vietnam + Cambodia. There are about 450 photos altogether, (winnowed down from over 4000 total!)




I've been remiss in training postings...here's the 3 week summary since I got back:

Date	Miles	Pace	BPM	WHR%	Elev+	Elev-	YPB
2013-10-21 Mon	17.4	9:55	119.1	59.9	156.4	160.2	1.477
2013-10-28 Mon	33.2	9:46	122.2	62.5	276.3	283.1	1.472
2013-11-04 Mon	38.8	9:34	123.7	63.7	441.5	448.8	1.491
Summary	89.4	9:43	122.2	62.5	874.2	892.0	1.481

Staying at MAF paces (less than 125bpm) and back up to 38 miles/week and feeling pretty good, no niggles. YPB is getting better.

Here's the last week:

Date	Miles	Pace	BPM	WHR%	Elev+	Elev-	YPB
2013-11-05 Tue	4.7	9:46	121.9	62.2	42.6	41.0	1.490
2013-11-06 Wed	9.1	9:28	125.8	65.4	284.4	289.5	1.490
2013-11-07 Thu	4.8	9:33	122.7	62.9	18.0	19.2	1.495
2013-11-09 Sat	3.7	9:20	124.6	64.4	15.8	17.3	1.508
2013-11-10 Sun	16.4	9:38	123.1	63.2	80.7	81.7	1.488
Summary	38.8	9:34	123.7	63.7	441.5	448.8	1.492

Happy with the 9+ Wed Hill run and the 16.4 mile Sunday run....still a long way to go but getting there. 

I'm getting some long runs in early: I did a 13.2 last week as I haven't done any since the double marathons in late June. As long as I go slowly they were ok..I was working pretty hard at the end of the 16 miler though.. 

I'm definitely getting the fat-burning going..smell plenty of ketones on in my sweat when I'm done. As the weeks progress I will very slowly pick up the paces for these runs.

I'm guessing another 3 weeks to get back to where I was before the trip...