Rookie's diary part two

tunney

Dory Dory wrote: »

Well, at least it sounds as if there is no risk of you boys drowning with all that excess buoyancy.

You'd think. Eh Mloc?

tunney

Dory Dory wrote: »

Well, at least it sounds as if there is no risk of you boys drowning with all that excess buoyancy.

On a positive note. By all accounts jackyback is now as wide as he is tall. #FatLittleHobbit

griffin100

tunney wrote: »

On a positive note. By all accounts jackyback is now as wide as he is tall. #FatLittleHobbit

So he's still only about 10 stone then?

tunney

Today I am tired. I was going to do an optional easy run at lunch and then decided against it. My legs are tired and I am tired. Both from the weekend and very little sleep last night. I was on Rascal Pants duty.

Oryx

tunney wrote: »

Today I am tired. I was going to do an optional easy run at lunch and then decided against it. My legs are tired and I am tired. Both from the weekend and very little sleep last night. I was on Rascal Pants duty.

It does not help today, but it does get easier I promise..

tunney

Oryx wrote: »

It does not help today, but it does get easier I promise..

The training or the kids?

The training I know gets easier............

Dory Dory

Sometimes you need to train when tired.

mloc123

Dory Dory wrote: »

Well, at least it sounds as if there is no risk of you boys drowning with all that excess buoyancy.

If my feet and legs were fat it would help alright... natural wetsuit

tunney

Dory Dory wrote: »

Sometimes you need to train when tired.

Sorry I wasn't anywhere near clear enough.

What stopped me training was not the sleep tiredness but the physical tiredness, by that I mean my quads, calves and hamstrings screamed walking stairs and riding to work. A little niggle in my right rec fem and left hip flexor suggested that working through lunch would be the sensible thing to do.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

griffin100 wrote: »

So he's still only about 10 stone then?

If only

tunney

Right I've not done a tap since 12th August. Cycled to work that is it. I have my reasons but hoping thats in the past.

In with the man with the tan tonight as that 280km weekend was not good on the psoas and rec fems. I will be poked and prodded and called fat. But my rec fems should be released when I leave

tunney

In with The Man with the Tan.

Not a pleasant session. However today alot legs better, feeling well too so went for an easy 30 minutes at lunch. Went by RPE as metrics useless when you've done nothing in almost a fortnight and are horrifically unfit. I knew things would be reasonable decent with my rec fems in better nick. 4:45 per km - best keep them supple!

tunney

I'm a nerd - both at heart and professionally.
I use my Android phone to control my time keeping and tasks.
When training I use Trainingpeaks to control my training.

Trainingpeaks has brutal support for syncing with Google Calendar. Even if it did work as described its still useless. Its android app is useless too.

So over the last while I wrote a two way sync program between Google Calendar and Trainingpeaks. It also calculates and provides some useful metrics on weekly training and delivers them to me. Trainingpeaks also has horrific data integrity and so my program cleans it up.

Next step is to bundle it as an android app as at present it just runs as windows service daemon. Its fine for my needs but no one else can use it really (assuming not everyone has the same access to always on machines). Somewhat hampered by the absence of JAXB on Android.......

mloc123

tunney wrote: »

I'm a nerd - both at heart and professionally.
I use my Android phone to control my time keeping and tasks.
When training I use Trainingpeaks to control my training.

Trainingpeaks has brutal support for syncing with Google Calendar. Even if it did work as described its still useless. Its android app is useless too.

So over the last while I wrote a two way sync program between Google Calendar and Trainingpeaks. It also calculates and provides some useful metrics on weekly training and delivers them to me. Trainingpeaks also has horrific data integrity and so my program cleans it up.

Next step is to bundle it as an android app as at present it just runs as windows service daemon. Its fine for my needs but no one else can use it really (assuming not everyone has the same access to always on machines). Somewhat hampered by the absence of JAXB on Android.......

Or in short... I regret not buying an iPhone which all companies develop apps for before poorly porting them to android.

tunney

mloc123 wrote: »

Or in short... I regret not buying an iPhone which all companies develop apps for before poorly porting them to android.

No not at all.
Android is for tech savvy people.
iOS for those who, in years gone by, would struggle with setting the video recorder.

(plus the trainingpeaks iOS app is worse)

tunney

tunney wrote: »

No not at all.
Android is for tech savvy people.
iOS for those who, in years gone by, would struggle with setting the video recorder.

(plus the trainingpeaks iOS app is worse)

Plus based on my habits and what not it
(a) creates events for commuting to and from pool
(b) sets alarms
(c) creates to dos in toodle do

Chartsengrafs

tunney wrote: »

Next step is to bundle it as an android app as at present it just runs as windows service daemon. Its fine for my needs but no one else can use it really (assuming not everyone has the same access to always on machines). Somewhat hampered by the absence of JAXB on Android.......

Jeez Tunney, as if the powermeter calibration and FTP intricacies weren't hard enough to follow..!
Good luck with the ap though

tunney

Knees alot better but still sore. Poxy rec fems.

Training plan this weekend.......... Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I am going to eat peanuts and I may even sit on the plane to London with a spoon and a jar of peanut butter (can only eat nuts when not seeing the kids for 24 hours)

Stag in London #messy

tunney

Right, finally getting over the weekend.

Up 5am, ran. Flew to London. In a gooners pub at midday. Pub barman was a lad we all went to school with and did J1s with.
Arsenal win.
Stag and best man arrive at 3pm. Already hammered.
7pm more arrive. Shots been going a few hours now.
10pm last arrive, he is sober. HAHA he loved the converstation
Turkish grub and onto more pubs.
3am fall into taxi.

Plenty of pints, shots and peanuts.

Sunday. Wake up. Still drunk, get paranoid about peanuts stuck in impacted wisdom teeth. Go nuts brushing teeth, shred gums, agony.

Long day Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Start to fee better Wednesday.
Kids and Glenda head to Cavan, treated myself to a curry (homemade), a bottle of wine and a film. Feel ropey today. The associated wedding tomorrow. Lads I grew up with back from Oz, Canada, London, Sweden for it. So if you see me wandering around Sally Gap Sunday morning its cause the reception is in Kippure Estate, just turn me around and point me back in the direction of there.

Jaw and teeth in agony and ear aches too all week, total agony. Really did a number on my wisdom teeth gums.

(Oh I did do training this week too).

sconhome

Looking at it sunny side up, you are going to be in great condition for the next beer mile event

tunney

amphkingwest wrote: »

Looking at it sunny side up, you are going to be in great condition for the next beer mile event

Jackyback thinks that he will take me in Blasksod. Its a stag.

10k run. 10 cans.

sconhome

tunney wrote: »

Jackyback thinks that he will take me in Blasksod. Its a stag.

10k run. 10 cans.

There's an offie right beside me here, I'll stock up on the Dutch Gold, may as well make it a classy event. :rolleyes:

BTH

Blacksod is a stag? Whos stag? Feel like I'll be gate-crashing now.
Who is going to Blacksod at this stage anyway.

tunney

BTH wrote: »

Blacksod is a stag? Whos stag? Feel like I'll be gate-crashing now.
Who is going to Blacksod at this stage anyway.

Dolan

BTH

tunney wrote: »

Dolan

Wish my mates wanted to go to a race for my stag!!

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

tunney wrote: »

Jackyback thinks that he will take me in Blasksod. Its a stag.

10k run. 10 cans.

You will win the race on the can front, i concede victory as I cannot drink for sh1te these days. Probably end up doing the hot dog dance again!!

It will be a long drive back from Blacksod for whoever comes last. I think the only viable option is to sabotage Dolans race so we can finish ahead of him, slag him and drink cans on the way back whilst he drives:)

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

BTH wrote: »

Blacksod is a stag? Whos stag? Feel like I'll be gate-crashing now.
Who is going to Blacksod at this stage anyway.

Are you doing Blacksod? A few sociable pints on Friday night so we can slag your gingerness and my dwarfiness?

sconhome

Ares Unsightly Sprawl wrote: »

to sabotage Dolans race so we can finish ahead of him

I'll sort that for ye.

Lead in the shoes works wonders for slowing a lad down.

BTH

Ares Unsightly Sprawl wrote: »

Are you doing Blacksod? A few sociable pints on Friday night so we can slag your gingerness and my dwarfiness?

I was thinking of heading down if there was a crowd going and having a few drinks after, but a stag do is a completely different proposition, especially considering I don't know the guy.

I'll be arriving very late on Friday if I do go down as I'll be working till 6. No leave left to take as I'm off on Honeymoon in December.

BTH

Ares Unsightly Sprawl wrote: »

Are you doing Blacksod? A few sociable pints on Friday night so we can slag your gingerness and my dwarfiness?

Anyway, you just want someone there with a lower alcohol threshold than you :P