Saturday 5/10/08

Quicksilver 50

Fighting a bug after a trip from Detroit, I wasn't sure if I should even attempt this race, but I told myself I could always drop out. I did drop out at mile 19. I felt such low energy from the beginning that I was fairly miserable, but it was a strained tendon running along the top of my foot that was causing me to limp that sealed it for me. I didn't want to add any injuries to my list. Never had this problem before and not sure if it is related to my flu-like illness or if it's from being tight from sitting on the plane earlier in the week, which has happened before. I walked most of the last 4 miles and still was on a 9:30 pace, which is pretty good had I been able to maintain that for 50. I feel trashed. I got home and felt feverish, wrapping myself in blankets, yet unable to not feel cold. That seems to have past now as I'm writing this and am looking for social activities for the evening. The blister that I blogged about a couple weeks ago also was slowly becoming a problem. I had forgotten about it as I have gone on several runs since then without it being a problem. I will duck tape it for the next run. Am looking for another 50 to attempt.

Tuesday 5/6

~6 mile treadmill run.

Monday 5/5

21x195lb. squats
Tabata treadmill run.

Saturday 5/3/08

3 rounds of 12 power cleans. Each round for its own time.

12x135lb - 1:37
12x155lb-2:08
12x95lb-:37

IDIOTS!

Morning Workout:
3 rounds of:
800m Run
30 kettleball swings (50lb)
30 pullups

The following people are idiots:

Obama Says Clinton, McCain
Are Wrong on Gas-Tax Plan

Associated Press
May 2, 2008 1:20 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Sen. Barack Obama said Friday a summertime suspension of the federal gasoline tax could cost 6,000 jobs in next week's primary state of Indiana, and accused Hillary Clinton and John McCain of "reading from the same political playbook" by endorsing it.

"This is a plan that would save you pennies a day for the summer months. That is unless gas prices are raised to fill in the gap," the Democratic presidential contender said.

Associated Press

Sen. Barack Obama criticized the idea of a federal gas tax holiday, during a news conference in Indianapolis Friday.

At a news conference, Sen. Obama also disputed suggestions that he is an elitist.

"In fact, our lives when you look over the last two decades more closely approximate the lives of the average voter than any of the other candidates," the Illinois senator said.

"We've struggled with paying student loans. We've tried to figure out whether we have adequate daycare. I've actually filled up my own gas tank."

Sen. Obama and his wife Michelle reported income of $4.2 million last year, much of it in book royalties. But he often tells campaign audiences that until fairly recently, they struggled with bills.

Sen. Clinton and her husband, the former president, have reported income of more than $100 million since he left the White House in 2001. Sen. McCain's wife, Cindy, inherited a beer distributorship from her father.

The proposed federal gas tax holiday is a rarity in the marathon battle for the Democratic presidential nomination -- a clear-cut policy difference between Sens. Obama and Clinton, and it is playing out in the final days of primary campaigns in Indiana and North Carolina.

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Sen. Clinton reiterated her support for the gas tax suspension at a John Deere tractor dealership in Kinston, N.C., her first event in a two-day campaign swing across the state. The New York senator planned to introduce legislation with New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to levy a windfall profits tax on oil companies to fund the tax suspension.

"All I hear about is gas prices. Gas and diesel, everywhere," she said. "Some people say we don't need to get a gas tax holiday at all, it's a gimmick .. I want the Congress to stand up and vote. Are they for the oil companies, or are they for you?"

Sen. Clinton has criticized Sen. Obama for opposing the measure, and he has dug in, as well.

"At best, this is a plan that would save you pennies a day for the summer months; that is, unless gas prices are raised to fill in the gap, which is just what happened in Illinois, when we tried this a few years ago," he said.

Meanwhile, unless you can magically impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies overnight to pay for the holiday, it could imperil federal highway funding, and cost Indiana more than 6,000 jobs.

Tucker Bounds, a spokesman for Sen. McCain, the certain Republican presidential nominee, criticized Sen. Obama in return.

"Barack Obama has absolutely no plan to fight record gas prices this summer, and only he'd be talking about a political playbook when the real issue is hurting American families and their pocketbooks," he said.

Money from the tax goes into a fund that pays for highway and bridge construction. Sen. Obama once supported a temporary lifting of the tax while in the Illinois legislature, but has since said it does not make sense.

Split Jerk

I maxed at 185 on the split jerk on Tuesday night. I don't think the weight was a factor. With time and practice I could probably easily put up 205, but getting under the weight is kind of frightening. I felt it the next morning.

21 Squats

I got 21 squats at 185lbs. It hurt. I did it alone at the Club, so, no support in a horrible environment for working out. Pretty happy with it.

That night, with Adrian, did 5 rounds of:
7 Dumbbell snatches in each hand
20 double unders


That combined with the squats left a pretty beat up body.

Thursday I did nothing. Sucked.