Its Been A While...

So its time to ramble...

Triathlon training update: I am running a 5k in Berkeley tomorrow as part of the Fun Run. We will see if I finish. Jay completed his tune-up tri and the recap is on beRecruited.com here.

Weird Picture Time

* Natalie Portman *


* A Young Tom Cruise... wow... *


* Paris meets Macualay *

In Response to Jay's Goals...

Great post by jay - "what good are goals if they aren't written down". Should I answer the post?

After much taunting and pride - apparently a 6:00minute 400 free was harder than you thought. And I could seriously crawl a 35minute 5K. Good work.

Workout Update... its Sad

Wednesday night: Softball practice and basketball pick-up league where I very nearly got in a fist fight on the first play. Angry because I brushed against him (apparently a foul) - this guy Mike decided to retaliate and club my face with his elbow - claiming he was trying to steal the ball.

Thursday night: 49-34 basketball league win, moving us to 3-1.

Friday: Swim practice in the morning (2000 meters, got killed in practice - touch and go 45seconds LC meters as everyone laughed). Then I biked into work - while biking, a mother and her young child jumped out of nowhere and stood right in front of me like a deer in headlights. instead of killing the two of them - and I had no idea what to do - I braked completely, couldnt get out of my clips, and fell completely to the ground. Awesome. Good thing it was at a busy intersection - at least that boosts my confidence.

Apparently Jay is doing his first tri on saturday - good luck.

Seriously distrubing stuff...

Most from SorryIGotDrunk.com:

Not a dead horse... but Hilary Duff


Not a Mark McGwire on Roids... but Carrot Top


Not a Power Ranger... but a Murderer... Oh wait, the same thing


From Defamer.com: A former child actor and his wife were ordered to stand trial Tuesday for the murder of a wealthy California couple who, prosecutors say, were tied to the anchor of their yacht and thrown overboard alive, never to be seen again.

Orange County Superior Court Judge John Conley ordered 26-year-old Skylar Deleon, who once starred in the “Power Rangers” TV series, and his wife, 24-year-old Jennifer Henderson Deleon, to stand trial for the murders after a two-day preliminary hearing in Santa Ana, south of Los Angeles.

Pamela's Roast & Tom Cruise's Presence

If you haven't seen the Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson, do yourself a favor and Tivo it - high comedy. Really funny stuff. Deserves save status on your Tivo. From MSN's the scoop (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8669416/) are a few of the highlights - which make more fun of Tom Cruise than Pam:

“One of the roasters, Greg Giraldo, said, ‘Pam, you being the star of a show about books and reading, is like Tom Cruise starring in a show about vaginas,’ ” according to a source.

“Another roaster Sarah Silverman, joked that she knew comedian Andy Dick was definitely straight because he just hit on [Cruise’s sweetie] Katie Holmes,” says another.

Are the organizers behind the event worried that the notoriously litigious Cruise will sue? “They were just jokes,” a Comedy Central spokeswoman tells The Scoop “Tom Cruise can take them however he wants to.”

Where is Brendan?!!!!

After a week of intense workouts, I thought I could do another tonight. In fact, I called Jay and told him my plan: 4 mile bike, 1 mile run. Three times through. What happened? I biked two miles and run 1.5. And felt like crap the whole way through. My legs are completely shot... Last week finally caught up with me and now I completely dead. Anyway, I have this to make me feel better:

1. Brendan has disappeared and his liver is still ailing from a summer of laziness and drinking...

2. Jay is working his ass off - but still running 10 minute miles. wow...

3. Tara Reid has "frankentummy" which makes me want to laugh and vomit at the same time. There have been pictures around the web for the last year of her awful plastic surgery - but this one takes the cake:



This one is from AwfulPlasticSurgery.com - which asks, Why does Tara Reid's Stomach Look melted?!

My weekend...

1. Swam for the first time in 3 months Friday morning and then went spinning friday night before 'partying' at Dave and Busters (what ever that means)

2. Went surfing and biking in Santa Cruz. Somehow, miraculously, I got Jarrod to go with me - seriously a miracle. We went biking and within 2 miles lost eachother. worked out fine though.

3. Saw "The Aristocrats" Saturday night... if you are tolerant of foul language, its pretty funny. My expectations were far too high - but fun nonethless.

4. Swam again Sunday morning - sucked again. Played in Team beRecruited.com's softball game and got our first win of the season: 6-4. It feels good to get that monkey off our back.

5. Russell and I decided to begin development of beRecruited.com Football and Basketball - coming soon and in time for the 2005-2006 season!

Nike Free 5.0

So I bought a pair of the Nike Free 5.0 trainers for the tri-training and the run. They kick ass. Super light. Flexible. Really comfortable. I wore them during a 5K run last night, 100 squats and an upper body circuit on the cable cords. I unfortunately had to take them off for my 1500meter swim this morning - which I flopped and drowned through.

60 minutes of Spinning = 60 minutes of Hell

And now my legs hurt. Biked 3 days in a row and I still stink. I will be doing a tune-up sprint triathlon in mid September (400yd swim, 11mi bike, 3.1 mil run). In other news, unrelated to spinning:

According to Page Six, Matt LeBlanc confesses to the National Enquirer about extra-curricular activities... you be the judge of how smart 'Joey' looks:

LeBlanc tells the improbable tale of how he was mauled by the “sexually aggressive” stripper while partying at the nudie joint during a motorcycle trip with five buddies. “The stripper was all over me,” LeBlanc claims. “I was drinking, and she was crossing the line … She was in my face, pushing her breasts into me and grabbing my hands to go all over her body. She was telling me to caress her and in my head I’m thinking, ‘What’s going on?’ If I had been sober, perhaps I would have acted quicker, but I was pretty drunk … When I realized the situation that was unfolding I felt I was being careless and irresponsible, and I had to get the hell out of there … I could not wait to get home. The guys said a trap had been set for me and I fell right in it, and that’s why I feel stupid and careless now.”

8/9 Tri Training Update

Tonight's regimen:

*5.6 Mile bike in 20 minutes - on stationary
*immediately followed by 16:10 2mile run
*3 x 20 push-ups, 10 v-ups, 10 sit ups with no rest in between
*1 carna asada buritto and a protein shake immediately after

What I learned at the airport...

While traveling home from a great 4 day weekend in Michigan, we had a fantastic overlay at Pittsburgh. What I learned there:

1. Flossing on the floor of the terminal with your loved one - in front of everyone during pre-boarding - is apparently acceptable in this wonderful city that is also home to... Hershey Park!
   
   
   
2. Large balding men can wear black clogs with calf-high socks and look REALLY cool
   
   
   

Treasure Island Triathlon Training

As part of Team beRecruited.com, I will be competing in the 2005 Treasure Island Triathlon with fellow teammates Brendan Mac & Jay Adams. We will all be providing training updates on the blog as we prepare from various locations throughout the US - Jay in DC, Bmac in Tennessee, and myself in San Jose Ca. The triathlon in the first weekend in November and we are all admittedly out of shape.

The tri is a 1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run.

Ryan's update:
8/8 - 10mile stationary bike in 40minutes, immediately followed by 2 mile run in 17:00. Nearly vomitted at that point.

See 2004 Team beRecruited.com results from the same tri

Becky Hammon

Shared by Jay Jay Adams who actually owns Becky Hammon's Liberty jersey:



From Yahoo.com: The New York Liberty's Becky Hammon, in front, guards the Connecticut Sun's 7-foot-two-inch center Margo Dydek, of Poland, during the second half of their WNBA game at Madison Square Garden in New York Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Fergie: Black Eye Pee'd Herself

From a White Stripes message board:

"So, for anyone who was at the San Diego Street Scene show, you may have noticed that the Stripes took the stage very late, due to the fact that the Black Eyed Peas, who played right before the Stripes, showed up for their set almost a full hour late. Total disrespect, since every other band managed to make their show time on the dot.

The reason why the Black Eyed Peas took the stage so late is because they claim to have been "stuck in traffic" and that security wouldn't let them in.
Anyway, after they took the stage, it was very clear that they were all very hammered.

So hammered, in fact, that Fergie decided to piss RIGHT ON THE STAGE.
No joke. According to radio reports, she moved over out of the spotlight at some point in their set, and just let it go. Without taking her pants off, either.

So, sure enough, when she got back in the spotlight, it was obvious what she'd done. And she just kept on going as if nothing happened."

Elevator hacking

Calling this a hack is way too generous, but TheDamnBlog has a little tip for getting the most out of your next elevator ride. Apparently lots of elevators have an express mode that lets you override everyone else’s selections and go straight to the floor you’re going to. You just press “Door Close” and the button for your floor at the same time. Should work on most Otis elvators, as well as a few other models that are out there, but don’t blame us when you accidentally go plunging to your death (blame TheDamnBlog, if you must).

From www.engadget.com