Category: personal

Time flies, but I don’t

Writing: not much, but I’ve been watching lots of shows with B and that is more important. And I did watch the Bradley women beat Evansville on Thursday (not a close game at the end, though it was close for a half) and lose 66-65 on a free throw with 0.7 seconds to go. The Rebirds scored the first 10 points of the game, then the Braves scored the next 13. It went back and forth with the Redbirds building an 8 point lead in the second half, only to have Bradley take a 7 point lead with 2 minutes left in the game.

But Navy really had a brutal end to their game.

More importantly, B went to the Bradley game with me, and WALKED from the house to the game (with one rest stop) with her rollator.

Workout notes:

Thursday: it was slick with rain, but it was 1:26:24 (13:56 mpm) for the course. I was 57:30 exiting the park so the last 2.2 in 29 minutes was nice.

Friday: weights and a 2 mile commuter walk.
The pull ups: mostly sets of 5 and 6 with one of 8 to get me my 50 reps. These were not bad, not great.
bench: 10 x 134, 3 sets of 5 x 160, 1 x 170
high incline: 10 x 94, 4 x 110, 7 x 105 (less than stellar)

Saturday: same course as last Saturday, but 7 minutes slower due to howling winds. 3:00:06 for 11.2 miles; the wind just howled.

Sunday: 5k commuter walk after some deadlifts:
low: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 225
4 inch: 2 x 300, 4 x 300, 10 x 255 (easy). I lose a rep or two going from 6 inch to 4 inch.

Whew

Explosive meeting. High emotions.

workout: did my around campus 10k course: well, 6.57 by Strava and 6.27 by Garmin (the last mile was much faster than 15:30); call is 6.4 for 14:20 minutes a mile. It had snowed though much of the path was clear.

Were I training seriously I would have gone inside on the track. But my emotions are better when I am outside so I made that decision.

I have more to say at a later time.

Alienated

I am just feeling sort-of alienated, though I wonder if a lack of sleep might be an issue. And, well, I think that I want a fight.

Instead, I had a workout on the porch. Beautiful weather for this time of year: I did pull ups in short sleeves!

It went 6, 10, 8, 6 then 4 sets of 5 (3 sets were chins)
bench: 10 x 134, 8 x 150 (boo!) 10 x 134
trap bar dead (low) 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 225
high incline: 10 x 94, 4 x 115, 5 x 110
2 minute plank.

2 mile commuter walk later.

Seeing what you think

Ok. The first poll question: is it ok for a man to call up a married woman and ask her out to lunch? I am NOT talking about a working lunch for work, a committee, a client lunch, lunch after something like a 5k, or grabbing luch during a break at work. Oh yes, he is not her husband.

I am talking about him calling her and making a specific date for lunch.

If you wish to participate, answer the above question first.

Now, let’s ask the same question: is it ok for a man to call a married woman and ask her out to lunch (same stipulations as above) but now, the lady is an octogenarian and he is younger?

Do different rules apply if the woman is elderly and the man asking is not?

I asked the first question on Threads. It was low response, but the answer was mostly “no, it is not ok.”

What do you think?

Weekend gone

Valentine’s Day came and went, and I am still married, so there is that. We went to a play (The Importance of Being Earnest) and enjoyed it. Yesterday, it was a double header movie day on the couch.

I got some working out in as well.

Saturday: I had a tough 10 mile walk in 2:34:44; I did several loops in Bradley Park: the spur, that mixed loop (about 2 miles) then a 1.3 mile Corn Stock loop then just enough on campus to get to 10+.

Sunday: 5k walk (16:48 pace) after deadlifts:
Deadlifts: 10 x 134, 10 x 134 (wanted to record my form at a non-challenging weight), 10 x 184, 10 x 225 (kind of ragged)
6 inch handle: 4 x 300, 5 x 300, 5 x 300

Midway through the Super Bowl

I’ve had a chance to blog but haven’t taken it.

Workouts: mostly with rage:
Slept horribly on Thursday night. Friday: was a zombie. What happened:
Pull ups went well: 5 sets of 6, 10, 4 sets of 5.
Bench press: 10 x 134, 5 x 160, 5 x 160, 6 x 155
high incline: 10 x 94, 5 x 115, 7 x 105

2 mile commuter walk prior to a talk.

Saturday. West Peoria plus extra 10.15 in 2:33:17 (15:06 mpm)
Later: pushed my…not sure what to call her…my legal wife but really sort of a housemate…around for 2 miles on the wheelchair.

Sunday: 2 mile commuter walk.
Deadlifts: straight bar: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 225
Wagon wheel trap: 2 x 300 (waited too long between sets; reminded that I missed my Dad’s birthday yesterday due to petty concerns..sure he died 22 years ago but that isn’t the point…) then 10 x 260

Later: pushed my “good friend/legally my wife” for 2 miles on the Riverfront. I enjoyed it.

Events of the day

This is what I posted on Facebook (more or less)
I’ve voted Democrat for most of my life. I never saw Trump as a suitable choice for President; not on many levels.

And so we saw ICE kill a US citizen who was NOT a threat to them.

Let me be clear: I am NOT one of those “no one is illegal on stolen land” types. I believe that immigration law should be enforced.

But HOW it is enforced matters. Enforcement cannot trample on our Constitutional liberties; we should NOT be a “papers please” country, even if someone has a darker skin tone or speaks with an accent.

And enforcement should follow First World norms of civility and humaneness. This means: due process (how do we know if the person in question is here illegally or not?). This means: appropriate use of force. Obviously, criminals, especially violent ones might have to be detained with force, some of it potentially lethal. But the illegal immigrant who is here to work should be treated far more humanely.

As to who is doing the enforcing, potential immigration law enforcement members should be screened for physical, psychological and emotional suitability. And the training should be thorough.

And it sure did not appear that way when Pretti was killed. ICE went across the road to confront him..for filming. He was attacked for helping a woman who fell after being sprayed. He did have a gun; that was legal; but he did not brandish it, and it appears that he was killed after the gun was taken. There was no reason at all to even attack him, much less kill him.

What we are seeing is failure on many levels.

Of course, some will applaud the killing, just as there were those who applauded the Kent State killings. We’ve always had those who liked an authoritarian government, so long as it was THEIR authoritarian in charge. And MAGAS tend to not hold philosophical principles: “whatever keeps US in charge” is what they appear to go by (and some leftists are like this too).

I sure hope this moves our conseratives away from Trumpism.

Toward the 3’rd Semester

No live sports this past weekend; just a depressing TV basketball game (88-62 loss to ISU) , some exiciting TV football games and the play 39 Steps. That was funny.

Workouts:
Saturday: a slow 10 mile walk (2:48 at 10) where I found a wallet and gave it to the player’s AD. It was cold (12 F) and the first part consisted of the out and back Bradley Park spur, the 2 mile loop and the 1.15 lower loop, plus extra to get me to 10.

Sunday: cold 2 mile walk; some deadlifts:
10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 225 low (not that hard)
10 x 255 4 inch, 305 (kind of ragged)

Monday: VERY cold; 2 F. 2 mile walk (2.3 actually)
pull ups 6-6, 10, 7, 6, 7, 5, 5
20 minutes for bench: 10 x 134, 5 x 160, 5 x 155, 5 x 155 (not enough rest)
high incline: 10 x 94, 5 x 115, 5 x 110 Again, the lack of rest made a difference.

Sigh

These past few months..ugh. That is something to remember if you marry someone older than you are: when they have a setback, they will be more helpless than a younger person, mostly because their capacity to physically compensate will be diminished.

But, there is work at my happy place (workouts)

Workout notes: 10k walk in 1:30:52 (14:39 pace); I was 1:00:24 at mile 4 and the final 2.2 was done in 30:28 (13:52) That was ok. I followed it with a 2 minute plank.

Today (Friday) 2 mile commuter walk.
pull ups: very hard, again. 6 sets of 5, 6, 5, 3, 5, 5 (chin) 54 reps total. 3 was “touch the chin).
Bench: 10 x 134, 5 x 160, 5 x 160, 5 x 155
high incline: 10 x 94, 5 x 115, 5 x 110.
2:30 plank (hard)