Things you see while jogging

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Today I thought that I would head over to a lighthouse (the small white structure on the right) that I saw on yesterday's jog. I started out from the hotel heading to the north side of the river and then went directly east (towards the Atlantic) and there directly in front of me was the lighthouse. But there was no way to get there from where I was. In order to get to the lighthouse directly in front of me I would have to head north several miles, east a few more, then then backtrack south-- probably 20+ mile round trip.

I have to leave tomorrow afternoon so there is no more time. I guess jogging to the lighthouse will have to wait until next time. ;-)

BTW-- I cannot remember how I managed before the iPhone. The map feature has rescued me at least 50 times in the last 4 days.

Fairfield, CT

Took a very pleasant jog from my hotel down to the beach area today. I really love jogging in new places where I feel no shame when I slow down to take in the scenery and just enjoy myself. However, I must have been enjoying myself too much because while I was taking a picture of a house that I just know my dear wife will adore some lady in a passing car yelled "Pervert!!" to which I replied "Not even if you begged me!" What a bitch.

Anyway, here are a few more pics.

I think my wife would be quite happy in this home.

My neighbor cracked my walnuts today

You see, I have been a 30 miles a week jogger for a few years now (excepting the cross-country ski season). When I was younger I ran 30 miles a week. In my middle years I did nothing but watch my middle expand-- now I am trying to undo the middle damage.

I have recently tried the 26.2 distance but cannot seem to get much past the 20 mile mark and while chatting in the driveway I made mention of this sorry fact. He said I was not training enough and said I should look into the 'Collapse Point Theory'. Well, he did not use those words but gave a description that sounded a lot like it. This theory defines the maximum distance you can run is some multiple of your average daily mileage over a week's time.

Here is the math to calculate the required weekly mileage (don't worry we covered this in the 5th grade):

C = {2.5, 3}

26.2 = C * (m / 7)

26.2 / C = m / 7

m = 7 * (26.2 / C)

Which allows me to calculate the number of miles I should average per workout. So as a 5x per week runner I must average 12.2 or 14.7 miles per day depending on whether I feel normal or less than normal. In short, I am screwed.

Just in case I screwed this up and you need to fix my mistakes here is the R script:

#

# simple function to calculate the daily average

f <- function(d, C) { round(7*((26.2/C)/d), digits=1) }

#

# calculate a conservative and standard set of averages

m1 <- sapply(d, f, C=2.5)

m2 <- sapply(d, f, C=3)

#

# create the plot, and legend

c <- c("green", "blue")

d <- c(1:7)

plot(d, type="n", ylim=range(0, m1, m2), main="I'm totally screwed!!", font.main=4, col.main="red", xlab="runs per week", ylab="weekly miles")

legend(1, 8, c("conservative","standard"), cex=0.8, col=c, lty=1:1);

#

# draw the lines leaving gaps for the values

lines(m1, type='c', col=c[1])

lines(m2, type='c', col=c[2])

text(m1, labels=m1)

text(m2, labels=m2)

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Exchange 19

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