Danskin Triathalon – Let the training begin

I have 2 friends that have talked me into doing the Danksin Triathlon coming up in June in Colorado.  I’m in pretty decent shape, I’m in the gym every day, I lift once a week and usually spin or run the other 4 days a week.  If the weather is nice, I hike or run outside on the weekends too.  Its the only thing that keeps me sane.

Well, I’m in decent bike/run shape, but I haven’t swam in YEARS.  I used to swim competitively when I was in high school, but that was about 2 decades ago.  So today, I decided to get wet.  I thought I might jump in the pool at the East Boulder Rec Center and swim with a women’s swim group, but when I arrived I learned that it was for paying members only and the class was full anyway.  So I got in the water and just swam laps.

I think I swam maybe about 40 minutes.  I took lots of breaks, griping the pool edge for dear life.  I learned that I have an old-school freestyle stroke, that I don’t remember how to swim SLOWLY, but I regularly lapped the other people in my lane (so I’m pretty fast still).

Right now, I feel like jello.  I can barely feel my legs and my head is spinning.  So I rewarded myself with about 6 Oreo Cookies, the only thing I could find that had fat content.  I didn’t think the carrots I brought were going to adequately replenish. Only 3.5 months to go to the Danskin.

Just between you and me, I know I’m in good shape, but I’m still nervous about this (which is why I’m doing it).  I don’t even really have a good reason!  Anyway, wish me luck…

Why Hollywood is so great

I used to hate Hollywood. The boob jobs, botox, name dropping, $2K on a dress, plastic Hollywood is not my style. But my sister lives in LA and she gave me an interesting perspective on Hollywood once. She said Hollywood is the only place ON EARTH where the impossible is completely possible. Think about it for a moment. If you have a weird deviant fantasy about pubescent turtles, that talk, and are ninja masters nonetheless, and you can make a ton of money on that idea – what other industry in the world supports such insanity? Of course!!! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Why didn’t I think of that?!?!?

Anyway, I came across this video on YouTube. You’ll need about 10 minutes to see both the first video (which will explain the second video) and the second. But this is so weird that I’m truly entertained. Thank you Hollywood.

The original video:

The response:

Managing my health, online

Gotta love Google (will you guys just hire me already?).

GoogleHealth has been throwing out teasers for a while.  Their service would allow an individual to manage or see their own health records all in one spot, online.  The trick will be getting the doctors and hospitals to make that data accessible, and as long as Google can put all their efforts into security (so my private health data remains private), I’m in.  I have no idea when my last tetnaus shot was, and can’t remember what I’ve done when.

If they do it correctly, Google can knock this one out of the park.