Activities/Actions:
Wed: 2.5 miles along River with Meng-Shin; Stretched
Thur: Rest; stair-step & stretch
Friday: Rest; stair-step 100m
Note and reflections:
Since the right knee has been feeling a bit pain (it might stem from Taroko Race), I decided to reduce the run or run at a slow pace. This Wednesday evening, Meng-Shin joined me for a slow run along the river. The first 1.5 miles, Meng-Shin and I finished at around 18 minutes in front of TaiChi Statue. She left to gym, while I continued on the usual 1-mile route and finished within 8 minutes. I followed to gym doing some stretches. For Thursday and Friday, I did not run but did stairstepping and stretches.
The right knee still feels the pain. I could feel some pain during the morning and night commuting bike between the apartment and the office. However, the pain is not bad. I will need to do some researches on this pain and take a rest.
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
A week with Dong-Dong
Note and reflections:
Dong-Dong stayed with me once in Chicago: See,
Dong-Dong came to stay with me on last Wednesday, and he just left this morning. Right off the start, he needed about a day to acclimatize to my place and often hid when all noises were heard for the first three days. The usual places for his hide-ins were in my comforter and pillows, so I brought his carrying case up on my bed and covered it with a blanket which he liked this but not as much as under my comforter. He threw up once on the third night of his stay (and the hairball remedy helped him out). Other than this, he was a good boy. He wanted me to pet him (and usually got mad) right after I arrived home. He often went out of my unit to explore outside. After awhile, he becomes more adventurous.
I cleaned his litter box almost everyday and he liked it. :D He is always a clean one and covers his stuff very neatly. He sometimes meowed in the morning waking me up. After he moved back to his home, the room was quite, and I am a little bit missing his meows. I am not sure whether he is missing or not. Hehehe... I guess not.
Photos:
Playful Dong-Dong with a mouse, a present from me.
Angry Dong-Dong
Now, Dong-Dong wants me to pet him.
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Dong-Dong stayed with me once in Chicago: See,
Dong-Dong came to stay with me on last Wednesday, and he just left this morning. Right off the start, he needed about a day to acclimatize to my place and often hid when all noises were heard for the first three days. The usual places for his hide-ins were in my comforter and pillows, so I brought his carrying case up on my bed and covered it with a blanket which he liked this but not as much as under my comforter. He threw up once on the third night of his stay (and the hairball remedy helped him out). Other than this, he was a good boy. He wanted me to pet him (and usually got mad) right after I arrived home. He often went out of my unit to explore outside. After awhile, he becomes more adventurous.
I cleaned his litter box almost everyday and he liked it. :D He is always a clean one and covers his stuff very neatly. He sometimes meowed in the morning waking me up. After he moved back to his home, the room was quite, and I am a little bit missing his meows. I am not sure whether he is missing or not. Hehehe... I guess not.
Photos:
Playful Dong-Dong with a mouse, a present from me.
Angry Dong-Dong
Now, Dong-Dong wants me to pet him.Continue reading the rest...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
HuShih Park Revisited
Activities/Actions:
Stat & Course condition:
Date: 02/10/2009
Start Time: 17:24:00
End Time: 17:54:00
Time Taken: 00:29:28
Route: Hushi Park Revisited
Total Distance: 1.71 mi.
Burned: 144 (kcal)
Pace: 17:13 (avg)
Speed: 3.48 (mi/hr) (avg)
(first route downloaded from Garmin Forerunner)
How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)
Physically 4
Mentally 5
About my nutrition 3
About my sleep 4
How hard did I work? 5
(the 10-point scale)
Note and reflections:
I retraced my previous run on HuShih Park [After Marathon: Recovery Week 1] and used GPS device to record the distance. However, this is the first run for Meng-Shin and she was surprised on the hilly climb. Nonetheless, she was sportive and finished the run and continued on our jogging back to Tai Chi Statue. The temperature and weather were very fine for the run as the sun was moving down behind the ridge. I fell down on my right wrist because of a slippery slope near the temple on the way down from the mountain, but the wrist was fine. I went to Gym after the run to do some stretch and strength training. So, Meng-Shin did a good run this evening about two miles.
The route climbs up ~8-10% after the first kilometer and before the 1.3 kilometer. After that, it descends down ~17% for 0.3 kilometer. The GPS map from Garmin is relatively OK and accurate to certain extant when downloaded to maps.google.
I started to feel pain near the inner side of the right knee since Monday, so I decided to run slowly for this week and to spend most of the time in the Gym more.
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- Ran up HuShih Park with Meng-Shin
- Fell down on the right wrist (but it was OK)
- Strength training and stretch
Stat & Course condition:
Start Time: 17:24:00
End Time: 17:54:00
Time Taken: 00:29:28
Route: Hushi Park Revisited
Total Distance: 1.71 mi.
Burned: 144 (kcal)
Pace: 17:13 (avg)
Speed: 3.48 (mi/hr) (avg)
(first route downloaded from Garmin Forerunner)
How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)
Physically 4
Mentally 5
About my nutrition 3
About my sleep 4
How hard did I work? 5
(the 10-point scale)
Note and reflections:
I retraced my previous run on HuShih Park [After Marathon: Recovery Week 1] and used GPS device to record the distance. However, this is the first run for Meng-Shin and she was surprised on the hilly climb. Nonetheless, she was sportive and finished the run and continued on our jogging back to Tai Chi Statue. The temperature and weather were very fine for the run as the sun was moving down behind the ridge. I fell down on my right wrist because of a slippery slope near the temple on the way down from the mountain, but the wrist was fine. I went to Gym after the run to do some stretch and strength training. So, Meng-Shin did a good run this evening about two miles.
The route climbs up ~8-10% after the first kilometer and before the 1.3 kilometer. After that, it descends down ~17% for 0.3 kilometer. The GPS map from Garmin is relatively OK and accurate to certain extant when downloaded to maps.google.
I started to feel pain near the inner side of the right knee since Monday, so I decided to run slowly for this week and to spend most of the time in the Gym more.
Continue reading the rest...
Monday, February 09, 2009
Dentist Visit - CowParade Taipei 2009
Activities/Actions:
Stat & Course condition:
How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)
Physically 4
Mentally 5
About my nutrition 5
About my sleep 3
How hard did I work? 7
(the 10-point scale)
Note and reflections:
Arrived in lab early this morning to get ready for a ride out at 9:25A to a dentist office at Zhongxiao Xinsheng Junction for a half-year clean up after a flawed visit last time [วิ่งไม่หยุด: Walk and eat]. A cleaning was quick and there was nothing unusual. However, the dentist suggest me to clean gently in some area of the gum. Meng-shin and I had a lunch at Beard Chang Restaurant near the MRT Station before I rode back.
A group of fiberglass colorful cows in front of Fubon Financial Plaza on Ren-Ai Rd. drew my attention to park the bike and snapped photos of them. I recalled Chicago's Cow On Parade in 1999, when a heard of cows visited Downtown that Summer. Although I did not visit that event in person, I read of their visit in a commemorative book (I had a copy of this book somewhere).
Ten artistic imaginary cows are standing around the plaza inviting passersby to take a look at them. I am sure that more of their friends will be scattering around the City to welcome the Year of Ox. I will plan my own parade on bike to follow their hooves caravaning this year CowParade Taipei.
Photos:
眼球先生的異想世界 (Mr. Eyeball's World of Fantasy) has more than two eyes expressing multi-emotional withins in real and fantasy dimensions.
"My t-shirt pattern matches with 哞哞花花 (Moo-Moo-Hua-Hua)'s horns, and I am posting as beautifully as 水水牛 (Beauty Cow) standing behind."
(水水 is used in the Island's 閩南 dialect to describe the beauty, especially of a girl).
The bike parked right by the relaxing 悠悠牛 (Leisurely Cow) during a City's chaotic lunch time when office workers taking their lunch on Ren-Ai Rd.
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- A bike ride to and from dentist office at Zhongxiao Xinsheng.
- Visit Cows on Fubun Financial Plaza on Ren-Ai Rd. (2009 CowParade Taipei)
Stat & Course condition:
Date: 02/09/2009
Start Time: 09:26:00
End Time: 10:06:00
Time Taken: 00:40:00
Route: dentist office to Sinica
Total Distance: 6.89 mi.
Burned: 260 (kcal)
Pace: 05:47 (avg)
Speed: 10.34 (mi/hr) (avg)
Date: 02/09/2009
Start Time: 12:15:00
End Time: 12:41:00
Time Taken: 00:26:00
Route: dentist office
Total Distance: 5.40 mi.
Burned: 195 (kcal)
Pace: 05:32 (avg)
Speed: 10.8 (mi/hr) (avg)
How I felt:
(the 5-point scale)
Physically 4
Mentally 5
About my nutrition 5
About my sleep 3
How hard did I work? 7
(the 10-point scale)
Note and reflections:
Arrived in lab early this morning to get ready for a ride out at 9:25A to a dentist office at Zhongxiao Xinsheng Junction for a half-year clean up after a flawed visit last time [วิ่งไม่หยุด: Walk and eat]. A cleaning was quick and there was nothing unusual. However, the dentist suggest me to clean gently in some area of the gum. Meng-shin and I had a lunch at Beard Chang Restaurant near the MRT Station before I rode back.
A group of fiberglass colorful cows in front of Fubon Financial Plaza on Ren-Ai Rd. drew my attention to park the bike and snapped photos of them. I recalled Chicago's Cow On Parade in 1999, when a heard of cows visited Downtown that Summer. Although I did not visit that event in person, I read of their visit in a commemorative book (I had a copy of this book somewhere).
Ten artistic imaginary cows are standing around the plaza inviting passersby to take a look at them. I am sure that more of their friends will be scattering around the City to welcome the Year of Ox. I will plan my own parade on bike to follow their hooves caravaning this year CowParade Taipei.
Photos:
眼球先生的異想世界 (Mr. Eyeball's World of Fantasy) has more than two eyes expressing multi-emotional withins in real and fantasy dimensions.
"My t-shirt pattern matches with 哞哞花花 (Moo-Moo-Hua-Hua)'s horns, and I am posting as beautifully as 水水牛 (Beauty Cow) standing behind."(水水 is used in the Island's 閩南 dialect to describe the beauty, especially of a girl).
The bike parked right by the relaxing 悠悠牛 (Leisurely Cow) during a City's chaotic lunch time when office workers taking their lunch on Ren-Ai Rd.Continue reading the rest...
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Recovery week 4 ended with 5K Race
Activities/Actions:
Week 4 of Recovery (scheduled)
Monday: 3 mile run with JJ and Yun-Huei (Rest)
Tuesday: 5 mile easy run (5-mile easy run)
Wednesday: 3 mile run; 27:06.9 min (5 mile fast run)
Thursday: 7.46 km; 40 min on a black TM (5-mile easy run)
Friday: 3.3km; 19 min (2 mile jogging)
Saturday: rest (Rest)
Sunday: 5K race on 1-mile TaiChi route (23:05 min) (5K/10K Race)
Stat & Course condition:
TO BE UPDATED.
Note and reflections:
Since I missed a long run last Saturday, I decided to run with JJ and Yun-Huei on Monday followed JJ's call. We ran at a comfortable pace along the usual 3-mile river route. The run was great in a very nice weather. For the rest of the week, I ran alone and followed the schedule except the run on Wednesday that totaled 3 miles when I felt tired and hungry. Thursday and Friday runs were plowing on treadmill.
Fun Race
After a trip to Banciao I decided to do a 5K race set up on the 1 mile TaiChi route on Sunday night. The run was good in a nice weather and I tried my best. The record was good (3.11 miles for 23.05 min; 7:26 min/mile--max pace: 5:33 min/mile).
Eye exam
On Wednesday morning, I went to do a three-month doctor visit for my eyes at TaiDa Hospital. The visit was fine except a difficulty of finding a clinic because of the construction of its old location. The doctor said that the eyes are fine and their ocular pressure was great and asked me to continue the eye drops. I had felt a bit tried around the right eyes for some days of the past three months, but I guess it was due to a restless period.
Photos:
A section of southern wall on the platform level of Nangang Station.
A witch flying on the southern wall of platform level in Nangang Station.
Continue reading the rest...
Week 4 of Recovery (scheduled)
Monday: 3 mile run with JJ and Yun-Huei (Rest)
Tuesday: 5 mile easy run (5-mile easy run)
Wednesday: 3 mile run; 27:06.9 min (5 mile fast run)
Thursday: 7.46 km; 40 min on a black TM (5-mile easy run)
Friday: 3.3km; 19 min (2 mile jogging)
Saturday: rest (Rest)
Sunday: 5K race on 1-mile TaiChi route (23:05 min) (5K/10K Race)
Stat & Course condition:
TO BE UPDATED.
Note and reflections:
Since I missed a long run last Saturday, I decided to run with JJ and Yun-Huei on Monday followed JJ's call. We ran at a comfortable pace along the usual 3-mile river route. The run was great in a very nice weather. For the rest of the week, I ran alone and followed the schedule except the run on Wednesday that totaled 3 miles when I felt tired and hungry. Thursday and Friday runs were plowing on treadmill.
Fun Race
After a trip to Banciao I decided to do a 5K race set up on the 1 mile TaiChi route on Sunday night. The run was good in a nice weather and I tried my best. The record was good (3.11 miles for 23.05 min; 7:26 min/mile--max pace: 5:33 min/mile).
Eye exam
On Wednesday morning, I went to do a three-month doctor visit for my eyes at TaiDa Hospital. The visit was fine except a difficulty of finding a clinic because of the construction of its old location. The doctor said that the eyes are fine and their ocular pressure was great and asked me to continue the eye drops. I had felt a bit tried around the right eyes for some days of the past three months, but I guess it was due to a restless period.
Photos:
A section of southern wall on the platform level of Nangang Station.
A witch flying on the southern wall of platform level in Nangang Station.Continue reading the rest...
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