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Had a fantabulous swim workout this morning. The first bit was so-so, but just before 1/2 way in (at about 14-15 minutes in) something clicked and I just hit my stride. Had the pacing down, had the breathing and rest (15 seconds between 50 yard repeats) down, and everything just flowed along nicely. Too freakin' cool. Was almost sad to have to stop at the 30 minute mark, but one does have to go to work, after all.
Nov. 16th, 2004
Marathon time/Triathlon Hopes
Nov. 16th, 2004 03:38 pmAs I look at where I am now, fitness-wise, I realize that my externally motivated self needs a goal to focus on, and a nice big one would be nice. I've done a half marathon before, and I'll likely do that one again next year (had to take this year off because of le broken ankle), but I think it's time to conquer the marathon distance.
Anyone wanna do the Rock 'n Roll Marathon in San Diego with me next year? June 5th, 2005. :)
Then the next step is figuring out which triathlons I want to do next year. I'd like to find a nice sprint or sub-sprint in the spring (hopefully one that'll allow me to keep up the marathon training), and I definitely want an olympic distance one in the fall. Long term goal is an olympic distance this next fall (2005), a half-ironman the year after (2006), then an Ironman distance race in 2007 (yes, I prefer the gradual approach). Plans within plans...
Anyone wanna do the Rock 'n Roll Marathon in San Diego with me next year? June 5th, 2005. :)
Then the next step is figuring out which triathlons I want to do next year. I'd like to find a nice sprint or sub-sprint in the spring (hopefully one that'll allow me to keep up the marathon training), and I definitely want an olympic distance one in the fall. Long term goal is an olympic distance this next fall (2005), a half-ironman the year after (2006), then an Ironman distance race in 2007 (yes, I prefer the gradual approach). Plans within plans...
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http://secularhumanism.org/library/fi/britt_23_2.htm
Fascism Anyone?
Laurence W. Britt
The following article is from Free Inquiry magazine, Volume 23, Number 2.
Free Inquiry readers may pause to read the “Affirmations of Humanism: A Statement of Principles” on the inside cover of the magazine. To a secular humanist, these principles seem so logical, so right, so crucial. Yet, there is one archetypal political philosophy that is anathema to almost all of these principles. It is fascism. And fascism’s principles are wafting in the air today, surreptitiously masquerading as something else, challenging everything we stand for. The cliché that people and nations learn from history is not only overused, but also overestimated; often we fail to learn from history, or draw the wrong conclusions. ( Sadly, historical amnesia is the norm. )
vgnwtch.http://secularhumanism.org/library/fi/britt_23_2.htm
Fascism Anyone?
Laurence W. Britt
The following article is from Free Inquiry magazine, Volume 23, Number 2.
Free Inquiry readers may pause to read the “Affirmations of Humanism: A Statement of Principles” on the inside cover of the magazine. To a secular humanist, these principles seem so logical, so right, so crucial. Yet, there is one archetypal political philosophy that is anathema to almost all of these principles. It is fascism. And fascism’s principles are wafting in the air today, surreptitiously masquerading as something else, challenging everything we stand for. The cliché that people and nations learn from history is not only overused, but also overestimated; often we fail to learn from history, or draw the wrong conclusions. ( Sadly, historical amnesia is the norm. )