Elsewhere in the `tubes…
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— 14h ago via Twitter
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— 17h ago via Twitter
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Staff meeting ... ugh ... — at Duke University OIT @ ATC http://gowal.la/r/XUKv [straffin]— 27 July via Twitter
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— 26 July via Twitter
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John Just drove past a light-pink Hummer H3. I am embarrassed for us all...— 25 July via Facebook
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John Just in from riding 50 miles on some of my favorite roads, now it's time to rela... um ... I mean ... mow the lawn. /cc @amcmanus [1377].— 24 July via Facebook
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John Great 20mi bike ride this morning, followed by an I-don't-wanna 5k run. Run was my best time ever, though, so... /cc @amcmanus [1326].— 23 July via Facebook
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John Run time over (5km, 28:30), now Get-my-butt-ready-for-work time.— 23 July via Facebook
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John Bike time over (21.4mi), now Run time...— 23 July via Facebook
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John Good morning! Bike time!— 23 July via Facebook
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John Late report from this morning: Speedy-boy @amcmanus inspired me to hurry it up a bit, 15.2mi, 15.8mph avg [1304.8].— 22 July via Facebook
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Soppresata panini, sausage soup, Sprecher's ginger ale ... awesome, awesome, awesome — at Toast http://gowal.la/r/Wgtk [straffin]— 21 July via Twitter
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— 21 July via Twitter
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One Mile Per Hour
Actually, it was 1.13 mph…
…and it was in a pool.
I took my youngest daughter to her swim practice this afternoon and, since I was able, I went for a swim myself. (They practice in two lanes of a Durham Parks & Recreation pool… I swam in one of the other lanes.) It was weird… it was the first time I’ve swam any significant distance in a long time. I was feeling seriously fatigued within the first 300 yards, but I kept going, though not very quickly. I also had a brand-new pair of goggles which were defective (by design… they punched a hole in the eye-seal for the strap-loop… morons) and leaked steadily the whole time. I might have swam farther if I hadn’t had to stop to empty the one eye-cup every 25 yards.
I managed to finish 2000 yards (a mile is 1760 yards) in the hour of Amanda’s practice. My goal was the mile, but once there and seeing I had five minutes left, I figured I might as well go for the nice, round 2000 yards. Embarrassingly, the extra 200 yards took the entire five minutes. :/