After work, I drove to Lake Merced for my second to last run before Sunday’s race. I parked and did my usual 4.61 mile loop as quickly as possible. This was supposed to be a leasurely run but I always end up going faster than I planned. A third of the way around the lake, I passed a dark haired guy in t-shirt and shorts listening to his ipod. When I got to the halfway point, the southern edge of the lake, I saw the same guy that I passed earlier in front of me. Apparently, he cut across the bridge and shortened his running distance by a half mile. Eventually I caught up to him and as I’m about to pass, he kicks it into high gear, huffing and puffing to get ahead. WTF? Was this guy serious? Last I checked this wasn’t a race but I guess he didn’t want me to pass him twice. So, I picked up the pace and we’re running neck and neck except I’m not wheezing. I wasn’t going to exert all my energy just to pass a guy that feels a need to beat me when I ran an extra half mile and still managed to catch up to him. So, I let him sprint to the parking lot where I could just imagine his ego was self inflating. Then he stopped to walk! And I ran past. That guy has no endurance whatsoever.
I don’t know why some men feel a need to do that. It happens during races, on training runs, wherever. My girlfriends all have the same story..so and so didn’t want me to pass so he sprinted ahead only to slow down and then he got all pissed off that I beat him to the finish line. But not without having some excuse for his bad performance like “oh, my leg cramped up” or “I biked 40 miles earlier” or some stupid reason to justify why he was beaten by a girl. So damn annoying…
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
pains of being too late
As usual, my timing is way off. This seems to happen to me quite often lately.
Pains of Being Pure at Heart are sold out at Rickshaw and I had sent out an email last week to friends about it. Now I have to tell a bunch of my peeps that it's a no go. Sad face..
Pains of Being Pure at Heart are sold out at Rickshaw and I had sent out an email last week to friends about it. Now I have to tell a bunch of my peeps that it's a no go. Sad face..
Saturday, July 11, 2009
chinese medicine goodness
While perusing through the kitchen cabinet that stores the family drugs, I came across a box of wholesome Chinese medicine. The box looked a bit old ($2.99 price tag on bottom) and unused but when I opened it to see what herbal goodies were inside, I found only two 10ml vials when once there were six. Someone in this family was taking this stuff.
To my surprise, this medicine came from the Guangzhou Pangoushou Pharmaceutical Factory. My grandparents originated from Guangzhou which must mean that we purchased this for a reason. Besides all the chinese characters on the box that I can't read, the English translation on the back read as follows:
"SHEDAN CHUANBEI YE is prepared with Snake's biles and Fritillariae. It is a traditional prescription for the treatment of cough. It has been clinically verified by Guangdong Province Chinese Traditional Hospital, Guangzhou second Hospital and five other hospitals that this preparation has a remarkable effect for the treatment of symptoms such as sputum, cough, panting and chest oppresssion caused by trachitis, bronchitis and chronic bronchitis. The total effective rate is 96.8% with the remarkable effective rate of 76.8%....It was awarded medals of Achievements of Technical Exploitation by Guangdong Province and of Great Technical Progress Contribution by Guangzhou City in 1984 and 1985 as well as the medal of Superior Quality Product by Guangdong Province in 1986."
So I opened a vial and downed one like a liquor shot before proceeding to cough it back up. The snake's bile ended up coating my mouth and I had to wash it down with water. Let's see if I go into a coma in the next 24 hours. At least someone who reads this blog will know exactly what I took and can tell my doctor.
To my surprise, this medicine came from the Guangzhou Pangoushou Pharmaceutical Factory. My grandparents originated from Guangzhou which must mean that we purchased this for a reason. Besides all the chinese characters on the box that I can't read, the English translation on the back read as follows:
"SHEDAN CHUANBEI YE is prepared with Snake's biles and Fritillariae. It is a traditional prescription for the treatment of cough. It has been clinically verified by Guangdong Province Chinese Traditional Hospital, Guangzhou second Hospital and five other hospitals that this preparation has a remarkable effect for the treatment of symptoms such as sputum, cough, panting and chest oppresssion caused by trachitis, bronchitis and chronic bronchitis. The total effective rate is 96.8% with the remarkable effective rate of 76.8%....It was awarded medals of Achievements of Technical Exploitation by Guangdong Province and of Great Technical Progress Contribution by Guangzhou City in 1984 and 1985 as well as the medal of Superior Quality Product by Guangdong Province in 1986."
So I opened a vial and downed one like a liquor shot before proceeding to cough it back up. The snake's bile ended up coating my mouth and I had to wash it down with water. Let's see if I go into a coma in the next 24 hours. At least someone who reads this blog will know exactly what I took and can tell my doctor.
Mission Creek
Mission Creek Arts and Music Fest is nearly upon us! Why didn't I realize this before? Cause I'm sick and I need someone to teach me how to spit out phlegm. I'm doing a bad job of it and it's grossing me out.
Anyway, back to Mission Creek. I love this festival because they promote local musicians, artists, writers, designers and filmmakers us common folk haven't come across before. The music does lean toward the folksy/jazz side but that's all right. I'm usually more interested in checking out the poetry/readings and short films. Joy! I'll have to figure out how to schedule my lack of free time next week for this.
Anyway, back to Mission Creek. I love this festival because they promote local musicians, artists, writers, designers and filmmakers us common folk haven't come across before. The music does lean toward the folksy/jazz side but that's all right. I'm usually more interested in checking out the poetry/readings and short films. Joy! I'll have to figure out how to schedule my lack of free time next week for this.
Monday, July 6, 2009
fatigued
I'm way behind on my posts but whatever. I think I'm coming down with a cold. I was fine Saturday but now I have this awful, itchy scratchy sore throat and light-headedness that comes and goes in waves. If it goes away in a week, I'll have a very clear idea where I got it from since this has happened before...
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