This is my attempt to deal with the holiday weight. As you can see by my bellygraph below, the holidays have set me back more than a little bit. And the cold made this ride difficult, but at least it's calories burned. And maybe i'll be back on track soon. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 101 ft Location: Del Mar, CA Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 12/26/07 Up/Downhill: [+1643/-1643] Time: 03:13 PM Difficulty: 4.2 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   54 F temp; 61% humidity   54 F heat index; winds W 7 Performance Distance: 24.82 miles Time: 1:57:58 Speed: 12.6 mph Pace: 4' 46 /mi Calories: 1421 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 4' 57 +0' 11 12.1 -0.5 -36 ft 2 3' 29 -1' 16 17.2 +4.6 -164 ft 3 3' 24 -1' 21 17.6 +5.0 0 ft 4 3' 20 -1' 25 18.0 +5.4 0 ft 5 4' 35 -0' 10 13.1 +0.5 +6 ft 6 3' 42 -1' 03 16.2 +3.6 +3 ft 7 4' 58 +0' 12 12.1 -0.5 +157 ft 8 5' 07 +0' 21 11.7 -0.9 +72 ft 9 3' 33 -1' 12 16.9 +4.3 -95 ft 10 5' 20 +0' 34 11.2 -1.4 +75 ft 11 3' 33 -1' 12 16.9 +4.3 -213 ft 12 5' 03 +0' 17 11.9 -0.7 +20 ft 13 4' 24 -0' 21 13.6 +1.0 -7 ft 14 5' 11 +0' 25 11.6 -1.0 -36 ft 15 4' 49 +0' 03 12.4 -0.2 +30 ft 16 6' 03 +1' 17 9.9 -2.7 -30 ft 17 4' 26 -0' 19 13.5 +0.9 +46 ft 18 4' 04 -0' 41 14.7 +2.1 +7 ft 19 4' 02 -0' 43 14.8 +2.2 -55 ft 20 5' 28 +0' 42 10.9 -1.7 +131 ft 21 5' 33 +0' 47 10.8 -1.8 -27 ft 22 3' 43 -1' 02 16.1 +3.5 -105 ft 23 6' 10 +1' 24 9.7 -2.9 +72 ft 24 6' 07 +1' 21 9.8 -2.8 +79 ft end 8' 20 +3' 34 7.2 -5.4 +69 ft Versus average of 12.6 mph

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This canyon run felt colder than the weather reading included here would suggest. But I still managed to improve my pace. The total time is a longer, because I added an extra segment to the run. I even finished 3 minutes leaning against the bike lockers. (I called this "wallies" before. No one seems to use the same name for this horrid exercise.) Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 211 ft Location: La Jol, CA Elev. Gain: +88 ft Date: 12/13/07 Up/Downhill: [+603/-515] Time: 12:05 PM Difficulty: 2.3 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   60 F temp; 34% humidity   60 F heat index; winds W 6 Performance Distance: 2.37 miles Time: 0:21:47 Speed: 6.5 mph Pace: 9' 11 /mi Calories: 349 Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 38 -0' 33 6.9 +0.4 +109 ft 2 8' 21 -0' 50 7.2 +0.6 -263 ft end 12' 55 +3' 44 4.6 -1.9 +243 ft Versus average of 9' 11 min/mile

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If I'm going to brag about the good rides, I suppose I have to own up to the bad ones. This was way shorter than it should have been. but I was too hung over Saturday morning to do the full ride, and I need better cold weather gear to ride much longer than this. Yeah, lousy excuse. and don't even think of looking at my Bellygraph below, I've stopped updating it out of shame. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 81 ft Location: Del Mar, CA Elev. Gain: -7 ft Date: 12/09/07 Up/Downhill: [+698/-705] Time: 01:18 PM Difficulty: 3.2 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   56 F temp; 57% humidity   56 F heat index; winds SW 8 Performance Distance: 11.52 miles Time: 0:51:38 Speed: 13.3 mph Pace: 4' 31 /mi Calories: 661 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 4' 33 +0' 02 13.2 -0.1 -46 ft 2 3' 56 -0' 34 15.2 +1.9 -170 ft 3 4' 56 +0' 25 12.1 -1.2 +16 ft 4 4' 18 -0' 12 13.9 +0.6 +7 ft 5 4' 08 -0' 22 14.5 +1.2 -10 ft 6 3' 53 -0' 37 15.4 +2.1 +7 ft 7 3' 46 -0' 44 15.9 +2.6 -6 ft 8 3' 41 -0' 49 16.3 +3.0 0 ft 9 3' 42 -0' 48 16.2 +2.9 -6 ft 10 4' 08 -0' 22 14.5 +1.2 -6 ft 11 5' 51 +1' 20 10.2 -3.1 +216 ft end 9' 07 +4' 36 6.6 -6.7 -7 ft Versus average of 13.3 mph

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This is the extra bit we've been running at bootcamp on Thursdays lately. I find it odd that I end up walking up the goat trail the first time, but after a short rest, I can run it no problem. Of course it's so steep, running is a 12 min/mile pace instead of a 14min/mile pace. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 247 ft Location: La Jol, CA Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 12/06/07 Up/Downhill: [+118/-118] Time: 12:30 PM Difficulty: 1.0 / 5.0   Weather: Mostly Cloudy   62 F temp; 67% humidity   62 F heat index; winds S 9 Performance Distance: 0.25 miles Time: 0:02:30 Speed: 6.0 mph Pace: 10' 00 /mi Calories: 37 Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg end 10' 00 +0' 00 6.0 +0.0 0 ft Versus average of 10' 00 min/mile

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Here's my latest canyon run. Not bad for not having run all week. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 210 ft Location: La Jol, CA Elev. Gain: +62 ft Date: 12/06/07 Up/Downhill: [+544/-482] Time: 12:07 PM Difficulty: 2.3 / 5.0   Weather: Mostly Cloudy   62 F temp; 67% humidity   62 F heat index; winds S 9 Performance Distance: 2.30 miles Time: 0:21:24 Speed: 6.5 mph Pace: 9' 18 /mi Calories: 340 Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 24 -0' 54 7.1 +0.7 +79 ft 2 8' 44 -0' 34 6.9 +0.4 -230 ft end 14' 35 +5' 17 4.1 -2.3 +213 ft Versus average of 9' 18 min/mile

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And then I played some tennis...

This morning, my dad and I played some tennis. considering I've not played much lately, I only lost be a respectable 6-3, 6-4. And I played competitively enough to make it last close to 2 hours. So I was very happy about that. But as you can see in this picture, I learned something else about myself:

Apparently, when I play tennis, I kick myself higher along my leg. So now I have 2 bandaids. I hate to think what's next.