What would you say it is?
Sat, Mar 13th 2010 11:33a Phil Randolph A recently created piece of art by Katie: I'm thinking it's a squirrel or a groundhog... Nice garden setting. [read] Keywords:
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An Excellent Season
Thu, Mar 11th 2010 11:02a Phil Randolph Just wanted to pop in quick to say how proud I am of my son's hockey team's accomplishments this year. For this being their first year at the Squirt level, and all of them being birth-year 2000 players except for our goalie, I think they did a remarkable job playing in the A2 Squirt Division and compiling a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 3 ties. They were able to beat the previously 'undefeated in the division' team which ended up going 15-1 in the division in a 2-1 decision. They ended up [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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A Treasure Trove of info in The XCast, Episode 2
Wed, Mar 3rd 2010 8:33a Phil Randolph After way too long a time, I finally got around to listening to Episode 2 of the XCast Podcast by Tim Clark and Stephan Wissel while on the way to work on the bus this morning. This episode was a veritable treasure trove of content to get new XPages developers started. The guys linked to many different resources (some of which I've already captured in my XPages Resources post) in the show notes for the episode, and I fully intend to follow each and every link to delve further into the wisdom [read] Keywords: notes
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How could I forget LinkJam?
Wed, Feb 17th 2010 1:05p Phil Randolph Bruce nudged my memory banks the other day and pointed me to the 'XPages' tag result page on LinkJam. So a great way to get more resources on this radar would be to LinkJam them. A couple more resources I've come across recently are: Elguji's Xpages101.net The XPages tag on Steve Castledine's Blog [read] Keywords: xpages archive
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More XPages resources to add to the list
Wed, Feb 10th 2010 10:19p Phil Randolph After posting my assembled list of XPages resources on Tuesday, I got quite a response, both from a readership standpoint (broke my highest ever PL click-through count by over 100, and at one point was on the What's Hot list), and from a comment standpoint. Several of you have given me some more XPages Development resource ideas, so I'll post them here, but will also go back and update my original post. I hope to keep doing this over time as I discover more on my own and you tell me about [read] Keywords: domino
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Past 100, and still going...
Wed, Feb 10th 2010 9:00p Phil Randolph Just wrapping up my 100 push-ups workout for the evening here in my hotel room in Dallas, and I remembered that I hadn't posted on my blog (for those of you that might not follow me on twitter) that I'd passed a personal milestone. I've now gone over 100 days in a row doing 100 push-ups per day. Last time I mentioned it here, I'd just finished a month of the streak, but now it's gone over 3 months! I'm at 104 days now (after the last set of 30 I'll do in a second when I finish this post). [read] Keywords: twitter
Less than a month now...
Fri, Dec 18th 2009 8:53a Phil Randolph Oooooh... I'm so excited. Can this next month go REALLY QUICKLY please? There's less than a month now until the start of Lotusphere 2010 Looking forward to all the great content, presenters (http://twitter.com/Lotusphere/ls10-speakers) and all the networking and socializing that come with our yearly week in Orlando. Just pulled down the first version (0.1) of the Lotusphere 2010 Sessions Database and will begin putting my session attendance schedule together in earnest over the coming days and [read] Keywords: ibm
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Unique Creations
Fri, Dec 4th 2009 8:19a Phil Randolph More excellent artwork by my kids - my own unique creations ;-) Zach's: Katie's: [read] Keywords:
The streak is still going...
Mon, Nov 30th 2009 9:23a Phil Randolph Yesterday's push-ups workout put the streak at 31 days and therefore 3,100 pushups since starting on October 30th. The total since start over a year ago is closing on 23,000! This has been working SOOO much better for me than those long grueling 250+ push-up, 9 set workouts that would stretch up to 40-45 minutes. I can usually kick the 100 out in 10 or 15 minutes, depending on how distracted I get by other stuff or if I am multi-tasking in between the sets. I've only come close to forgetting t [read] Keywords:
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Fall-time artwork
Tue, Nov 24th 2009 9:16a Phil Randolph One of Katie's most recent art projects at school: Great job honey! [read] Keywords:
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It’s already that time again... 4 year Blogiversary
Sat, Nov 21st 2009 8:57a Phil Randolph Can't believe I've had this blog out here for 4 years... Lite on the content and posts lately, surely due to the miriad of other ways to communicate in near real-time with all my world-wide dispersed friends and colleagues. Oh, and of course there is the fact that I'm not posting the daily or near-daily push-up workout recaps any more. (Streak is at 22 days in a row now by the way...) I think I have a few contributions in the queue that I just need to take the time to flesh out, so be watch [read] Keywords: blogging
Changing things up a bit, for the better
Fri, Oct 30th 2009 12:59p Phil Randolph Heading upstairs to finally get back to a push-ups workout after once again putting it off for over a week, I got to thinking... Why do I talk myself into not doing these workouts anymore? Does it take too long? Does it hurt too much? Am I just tired of doing them at this point since I've been doing them for over a year? The answer really is probably little bits of each of these things: I tell myself I won't have enough time to fit it in either at home or in the office. I remember how much [read] Keywords: domino
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Heading back to the ’Sphere
Mon, Oct 26th 2009 12:15p Phil Randolph It took a little while, but I got the official ok from my boss and her bosses late last week, so I am going to be attending Lotusphere 2010! Love the feeling of clicking the 'submit' button on the Lotusphere registration form. The Yacht Club will be home base for me again. It's worked out well there the last 2 years. Can't wait to see all of my 'Spherian friends there in a couple months! [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 2 Take 5 Report
Mon, Oct 19th 2009 11:34p Phil Randolph Kept trying to talk myself OUT of going to workout at the hotel's exercise room tonight, but my sense of continuance won out. 22/22/30/30/24/24/18/18/58 (35, break30sec, 23) Playlist of the evening: One Week - Barenaked Ladies More Than Words - Extreme Daydream Believer - The Monkees Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White Too Old To Rock N' Roll - Jethro Tull December 1963 (Oh What A Night) - Four Seasons Men In Black - Will Smith Here We Go, Let's Rock & Roll - C+C Music Factory In the last s [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 1 Take 5 Report
Fri, Oct 16th 2009 12:10p Phil Randolph Well, Made it to the end of the workout this time, but it was touch-and-go for a little bit there... 22/23/30/30/16/16/14/14/55 (35, break30sec, 20) Was experiencing some excrutiating tightness in my abs at the tail end of the 2nd set of 30, but decided to give the much smaller set of 16 a try to see if I could continue, which thankfully I was able to do. Instead of a playlist today I decided to try to finish out the current Puck Podcast episode for 10/11/09 and nearly made it to the end. P.S. [read] Keywords: podcast
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Idea: Set table cell background color via LotusScript
Wed, Oct 14th 2009 9:52a Phil Randolph So, I was tasked with creating a table in a notification email approximating a dashboard view in an application I've been working on. I'd not done much heavy manipulation of tables via LotusScript before, but after looking around the 'net for a bit, some things I found took me down the right road. I was able to get the table built to the right size and dimensions. I could do the alternating row color thing. I could even get the text I'd be appending to the table to be color-coded programatical [read] Keywords: domino
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 3 Take 4 Report
Tue, Oct 13th 2009 10:33p Phil Randolph Sneaking a quick workout in before heading to bed while Kath watches HGTV. 26/26/33/33 and that's all for me tonight... Too tired now and my arms are still fatigued from the carpet rip-out work yesterday and not yet back to being used to the rigors of these workouts after taking too long off. Yes, of course that's a lot of excuses...and I assume full responsibility for being a slacker for so long... Hopefully next workout will go better. [read] Keywords:
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Fly Away Katie...by Katie
Mon, Oct 12th 2009 8:01p Phil Randolph Katie created this artwork recently, inspired by the illustrations in the book, "Fly Away Katie", by British author/Illustrator, Polly Dunbar. To me it has a very Halloween kind of feel to it, so it's very appropriate for this time of year. Love seeing these original and creative pieces, and sharing them with all of you! [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 2 Take 4 Report
Sun, Oct 11th 2009 9:11p Phil Randolph Well, obviously my previous comeback was very short-lived. I intend to do better this time and let a real groove get going here. Felt good to get down on the mat and start these sets again. A bit of right elbow pain the first couple times as the muscles got used to this punishment again, but all is good now. 22/22/30/30/24/24/18/18/58 (30, break 1min, 28) Playlist for tonight's workout: Ridin' The Storm Out - REO SpeedwagonOnly the Lonely - The MotelsGoodbye to You - Scandal Never - HeartTo [read] Keywords:
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Getting back to their winning ways
Fri, Oct 9th 2009 11:09a Phil Randolph Good to see the Wings finish out a game through the ENTIRE 3rd period instead of collapsing as they did in their two games "across the pond" against the Blues. The Wings won their game against their 'rivals' the Chicago Blackhawks last night 3-2 on goals by Captain Nicklas Lidstrom, Kris Draper, and Johan Franzen, and top-notch goal-tending by First Star of the Game recipient Chris Osgood. Here's a couple of other bloggers' and news outlets' takes on the game: Red Wings grind out 3-2 win over B [read] Keywords:
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Lids gets the Sporting News’ nod for Player of the Decade
Thu, Sep 24th 2009 8:36a Phil Randolph Sporting News' NHL Player of the Decade: Nicklas Lidstrom, D, Red Wings (thanks for the link Kukla's Korner) Lidstrom: 127 goals, 447 assists, plus-232, six Norris trophies, two Stanley Cups Yeah, I think that would do it... Good choice Sporting News! [read] Keywords: php
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Wings win pre-season opener 3-1 over Flyers
Thu, Sep 17th 2009 10:18a Phil Randolph Being pre-season and all (so no televised game), and due to the fact that we were still at church when the game started, and since the Detroit radio station that was supposed to be calling the game was not streaming the audio on it's internet site, I was only able to catch the last 10 minutes or so of the third period of the game on a Philadelphia radio station's stream. Well... any call for the game is better than no call. Oh, and the Wings won 3-1! Here's some links regarding the game: Reca [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 1 Take 4 Report
Tue, Sep 15th 2009 9:46p Phil Randolph Just trying to stay with the routine... Also fun to watch the rest of the family come to the realization that they CAN in fact do more pushups than they thought they could. 22/23/30/30/16/16/14/14/60! = 225 wOOt! Just fitting these sets in at home tonight in the midst of: searching for directions to a location then transposing them to a text email for my parents who only have junosyncing new podcasts to my iPhone, waiting to see if the push notifications in the newly rebranded "EchoFon" app [read] Keywords: email
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Calling a Restart
Mon, Sep 14th 2009 11:23a Phil Randolph As you may have noticed, my push-ups workouts have been few and far between. Once I was getting close to the end of the Couch to 5K program with my running training, I let my push-ups workouts fall by the wayside. Don't want this to linger too long as I'm now past a year of doing this '6 week' program. My son Zach expressed interest in trying to train to do a future 5K with me so he is now joining me on a new run-through of the Couch to 5K program at his pace and we'll see how that goes. Last n [read] Keywords: google
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My First 5K Experience
Mon, Sep 7th 2009 2:58p Phil Randolph It can be done! I made it through my first 5k race this morning! Went over to get registered around 9:45 for the 11am race. Lots of people milling about and stretching and warming up and all that. Kath took some pics after I got my race number, then the family left as I'm sure the kids wouldn't have lasted just waiting around for me to start out, then be gone and then be back about 30 minutes later. They called us forward to the line with about 10 minutes left till the start, a [read] Keywords: iphone
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Couch to 5K - Week 9 Workout 3
Wed, Sep 2nd 2009 9:43p Phil Randolph So... I've made it to the unofficial end of the Couch to 5K program with tonight's run. Covered approx 3.5 miles in 35 minutes via a 5 minute walk and 30 minutes running. I'm planning to get out for at least one more run of about the same time and distance this weekend, because I want to be ready for my first ever 5k outing on Monday. Since I've been keep up pretty steadily with this routine for the past 3 months or so, I definitely want to keep with it and maybe see progress in my distance c [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 9 Workout 2
Mon, Aug 31st 2009 8:38p Phil Randolph Based on a brilliant suggestion by my wife, tonight I decided to go for my run in a completely new area which is a very short drive from the hockey rink Zach practices at. I got him ready and out on the ice, changed in to my running garb, then I drove to my starting point. It's basically just a Cleveland Metroparks road and an adjoining road which I then doubled-back on to reach a distance of 3.37 miles. All this in 35 minutes via a 5 minute brisk (very brisk) walk and 30 minutes of sustain [read] Keywords:
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Nice Job Katie!
Mon, Aug 31st 2009 9:02a Phil Randolph Glad to see our littlest artist is already at it just a few days into the school year and they are uploading the art already. Way to go Art department! Looks like this time they were studying Symmetry and Imagination - Nice work Katie! [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 9 Workout 1
Thu, Aug 27th 2009 9:55p Phil Randolph Here we are at the "last" week of the Couch to 5K program. Longest duration and distance run so far: 30 minutes of running after 5 minute warm up walk, and I covered 3.54 miles. Still feeling ok and I think I'll make it through the 5K on Labor Day without you know...falling over. But wonder what kind of time I'll post, this being my first time and all those other runners out there too making me feel like I need to do a different kind of pace and running style. I don't even know if I HAVE a r [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 2 Take 3 Report
Wed, Aug 26th 2009 9:42p Phil Randolph Was doing quite a bit of multi-tasking tonight, so the breaks in between the sets were quite a bit longer. Still, I'm not going to define that as "cheating" with numbers at the point they are now. 22/22/30/30/24/24/18/18/60! Yup, beat the target of 58 again! Woohoo! Tonight's Playlist: Janie's Got A Gun - AerosmithBuddy Holly - WeezerBlister In The Sun - Violent FemmesThe Sign - Ace Of BaseLost In Your Eyes - Debbie GibsonStuck In A Closet With Vanna White - 'Weird Al' YankovicOnce Bitten Tw [read] Keywords:
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Guess what I just signed up for
Wed, Aug 26th 2009 10:53a Phil Randolph MWLUG? CollabU? UKLUG? No, unfortunately none of those... don't I wish! But I did just register for my first 5K! The Cleveland Labor Day Oktoberfest 5K Bier Run I should just be finishing the entire Couch to 5K program in time for this event. Hope I know what I'm getting myself in to...Wish me luck! [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 8 Workout 3
Tue, Aug 25th 2009 9:42p Phil Randolph Back up on the proverbial horse after a > 1 week layoff, and out running right after the kids went to bed before their first days of 4th and 2nd grade tomorrow. This was the last of the 28 minute run routines, so Thursday will conclude the Couch to 5K regimen with runs of 30 minutes. I was able to match my longest run distance of 3.34 miles over the 33 minutes of today's workout. May be able to get 3.5 miles when I add 2 more minutes of running. [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 1 Take 3 Report
Mon, Aug 24th 2009 11:30a Phil Randolph Well, wasn't really planning on taking that long of a break from push-ups (almost 2 full weeks), but at least I'm back at it again. Arms and legs were quite shaky on the first couple of sets, then I think muscle memory kicked back in and I was able to get through all 220 push-ups in this manner - 22/23/30/30/16/16/14/14/55. Playlist of 80s Favs for workout enjoyment and motivation: Super Freak - Rick JamesWe Didn't Start The Fire - Billy JoelJessie's Girl - Rick SpringfieldFeels Like The First [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 8 Workout 2
Wed, Aug 12th 2009 7:22p Phil Randolph Twas a treadmill day today as I'm in Dallas on business, and 90+ temps weren't going to work for me. The Hotel ZaZa has a great workout room, so doing my running workout on their equipment was a pleasure. At a steady rate of speed and a 1% incline, I was able to do 2.9 miles in 33 minutes, 5w/28r. I've showered and am now ready to meet Karl Martinsson @TexasSwede in the lobby so we can find a place to have our little Dallas Tweetup. [read] Keywords: twitter
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 3 Take 2 Report
Tue, Aug 11th 2009 10:05p Phil Randolph Last workout for at least a week, as I'll be out of town for business tomorrow and Thursday, then we head out for a Washington DC camping excursion on Friday and aren't planning to come back until next Tuesday. 26/26/33/33/26/26/22/22/60 - Nailed the last set on 60 again. Maybe Chris Blatnick is on to something, perhaps I should go for the full 100 in a row at some point in the near future. Totally 80s Playlist: Lover Boy - Billy OceanTalking In Your Sleep - The RomanticsLive To Tell - Mado [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 8 Workout 1
Mon, Aug 10th 2009 9:59p Phil Randolph Man, it was humid as heck out there tonight, and I'm pretty sure it was still near 80F, this at 9:15pm. Did 3.34 miles in 33 minutes, consisting of 5 minute warm-up walk and now 28 minutes of running. I do believe that 3.34 miles surpasses the distance for a 5K! Woohoo! I'll be in Dallas on Wednesday night when it comes up to be time for workout 2 of this week, and looking at the temps being forecast, I'll likely be looking for the workout room at my hotel. [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 2 Report
Sun, Aug 9th 2009 10:32p Phil Randolph Pushed right past the 58 push-up target for the last set of this workout, and made it to 60. 22/22/30/30/24/24/18/18/60 = 248 Was watching/listening to (since my head was down most of the time doing the pushups) the Hall of Fame Game - nice to be back to football season again, it's not Hockey Season, but nothing's perfect! ;-) [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 7 Workout 3
Sat, Aug 8th 2009 10:00p Phil Randolph Wasn't sure it was going to stop raining at all today, but fortunately it did, so I was able to get a run in outside (was dreading 25 minutes of a run on the treadmill indoors) around 9pm. Mapped out another new route on runningahead.com which would take me over several different streets I haven't been on, and made it a bit longer of a run to see if I could push the pace a bit. Was able to cover 2.85 miles in the 5 minutes of warmup and 25 minutes of run. Next workout (probably on Monday) w [read] Keywords:
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Tweetup in Dallas?
Fri, Aug 7th 2009 8:28a Phil Randolph If anyone has available time and are in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area on Wednesday, I'll be flying in mid/late afternoon for business, and thought we could have a little informal tweetup. DM me on Twitter, Message me on Facebook, email me at phil.randolph@gmail.com or leave a comment here. [read] Keywords: email
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100Pushups W6 C3 D1 x2 and C25K - W7 Workout 2
Thu, Aug 6th 2009 10:36p Phil Randolph Since I decided to not do my pushups workout last night, I deemed it necessary to do both types of workouts today... So - this afternoon I did the 2nd time through Week 6 Column 3 of the pushups and was able to meet the final set target of 55 after sets of 22/23/30/30/16/16/14/14 = 220 Playlist for that workout was: Diamonds Are Forever - Essential James BondAqualung - Jethro TullKokomo - The Beach BoysBlaze of Glory - Bon JoviIt's Only A Paper Moon - James DarrenThe Reflex - Duran DuranJust g [read] Keywords: iphone
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Couch to 5K - Week 7 Workout 1
Tue, Aug 4th 2009 9:38p Phil Randolph As I mentioned, this C25K week is the one where it's all 5 minute warm-up walks, and 25 minute runs. Decided to get the first one out of the way tonight, to get back to an 'every-other-day' schedule, regardless of the fact that I did my 100 Pushups workout just this morning. Reversed my most recent route, to change it up a little, then extended it by going farther down a street than normal and back up another one to re-attach to my regular route. Still did 2.56 miles in the 30 minutes of walk [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 3 Report
Tue, Aug 4th 2009 11:13a Phil Randolph BRUTAL! That's about all I can say about this final workout of Week 6 Column 3. Only got to 35 before running out of steam on the 9th and final set, after the 214 pushups leading up to it. Was surprised that I was able to get the other 25 done after the quick breather. 26/26/33/33/26/26/22/22/60 (35, break30sec, 25) Have proven that I can get through this workout though, so that's something, and stuff to build on, as I'm sure I'll spend many many weeks here before going for the full 100, if [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 6 Workout 3
Sun, Aug 2nd 2009 10:08p Phil Randolph Wow, that run would have been much more comfortable if I had waited until the sun was going down as it was likely nearly 80, but at least I got through it. Zach wanted to accompany me on my run, though he'd be on his bike. I showed him the route before we started, and he thought it looked pretty long. I also told him I'd be walking for 5 minutes, then running for a full 25. He still seemed determined. About 22 minutes in, he decided to head straight home from a corner near our house, when [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 6 Workout 2
Thu, Jul 30th 2009 10:06p Phil Randolph These runs keep getting later and later, but glad I got it in tonight as I'm not sure what kind of time I'll be able to carve out over the weekend, or what kind of terrain I may need to work with while we are camping. This run consisted of a 5 minute warm-up walk, followed by two 10 minute runs with a 3 minute walk break in between. Was able to cover over 2.5 miles in that time. Here's a link to my RunningAHEAD log and this day's specific workout. You can also view the map of where I've been [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 2 Report
Wed, Jul 29th 2009 1:10p Phil Randolph No dice today on getting through the final set without stopping, but the higher numbers are no longer threatening as they once were when I was several "weeks" back and looking ahead. Now I know they can be accomplished. 22/22/30/30/24/24/18/18/58(40, break30sec, 18) Playlist: Greased Lightning - Grease SoundtrackNever Say Goodbye - Bon JoviPour Some Sugar On Me - Def LeppardLinger - The CranberriesIn The Mood - Glen MillerLiving In The Past - Jethro TullEvery Little Thing She Does Is Magic - [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 6 Workout 1
Tue, Jul 28th 2009 2:22p Phil Randolph Alright, when I was looking out the windows earlier today it seemed kind of hazy and overcast, so wouldn't you know it, when I get around to heading out for my run it's over 80, nary a cloud in the sky and humid as heck! Argh!!! Oh well, heat endurance practice I guess... Did my 29 minutes of 5w/5r/3w/8r/3w/5r going approx 2.3 miles. Got back to the locker-room in a sweaty mess, but I do clean up well, if I do say so myself. [read] Keywords:
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Would You Like Some More Jam?
Tue, Jul 28th 2009 8:57a Phil Randolph If you are looking for more ways to Jam - Elguji Software, LLC has got you covered! Yesterday they announced "An Innovative Collaborative Question and Answer Community for the Enterprise" called IQJam, which is slated for release in Fall 2009. Here's info from the announcement: Introducing IQJam! IQJam is the perfect solution for organizations looking to capitalize on the knowledge of their employees. The concept is amazingly simple - people ask questions and other people [read] Keywords: community
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 3 Day 1 Report
Mon, Jul 27th 2009 11:32a Phil Randolph It appears that my decision to move advance on to the final column of "Week 6" in the 100 Pushups workout routine was a sound one. The numbers for the first day are close to the same as Week 2 of the previous column, so it wasn't a huge difference. I was able to push all the way through the last set again - 55 after the 165 in the 8 sets before it for a total of 220. The great set of tunes my iPhone picked out for me today didn't hurt matters either: We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy JoelI'd [read] Keywords: iphone
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Couch to 5K - Week 5 Workout 3
Sat, Jul 25th 2009 9:48p Phil Randolph This was the first one of these workouts where I was fairly sure I WOULDN'T be able to run all the way through the time required. What do you know? I did make it! Tonight's run was "simply" a 5 minute warm-up walk followed by 20 full minutes running - without stopping for any walk-breaks. I covered 2.31 miles in that 25 minutes. Looks like next week starts with a workout where there are at least a couple of walking breaks between the runs, but the build-up of run time continues. [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 3 (Take 10) Report
Fri, Jul 24th 2009 10:56a Phil Randolph After doing this same push-ups workout for 10 (more or less) weeks, I feel it's time to move on to the 3rd column of "Week 6" of the 100 Pushups Challenge. That would be the final step before taking the "Final Test" to see if I can indeed do 100 push-ups at one time. BTW - looked at the numbers accumulating in my log and see that I've gone past 16K push-ups across 101 workouts, and that's over the last 10 months. So this may be the last time for this set of numbers - 22/22/30/30/25/25/18/18/5 [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 5 Workout 2
Thu, Jul 23rd 2009 6:47p Phil Randolph Waited until I got home tonight to do my Couch to 5K running workout. It had been raining most of the day, but the sidewalks were dry enough to not cause any problems. The nice thing about the rain earlier was that the temp was down quite a bit and there was still a breeze. Was able to cover 2.32 miles in 26 minutes. This was through a 5 minute warm-up walk, 8 minute run, another 5 minute walk and finishing with a 8 minute run that conveniently put me back in my driveway. While running, I [read] Keywords:
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Multiple Workouts Recap
Tue, Jul 21st 2009 11:34a Phil Randolph Decided to throw the last 3 workouts, between pushups and Couch To 5K runs together into one post. Was able to carve out a little time on Saturday to complete Week 4 of C25K with a run in the Oak Openings Metroparks near Whitehouse, Ohio. It was a really nice, fully shaded run through the woods for a good 26 minutes, and approximately 2 miles. Last night I did my Week 6 Column 2 Day 2 workout for the 10th time...(you'd think I'd want to move on wouldn't you...don't bet on it) doing the followin [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 4 Workout 2
Thu, Jul 16th 2009 1:11p Phil Randolph Beautiful day to run... felt about the same physically, which is good. Gotta hate all the stoplights and slow crosswalk signals in downtown areas though, could have covered a lot more distance than I did in my 28 minutes. Guess I'll need to find a good spot to run while camping over on the east side of the state this weekend. Yay...maybe not even cement sidewalks...that would be a change! [read] Keywords:
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S&TT - Using ComputeWithForm to Refresh documents via a Scheduled Agent
Thu, Jul 16th 2009 8:34a Phil Randolph This may be old hat to some of you, but it was new to me, so I'm posting it even if it's only for my benefit in some future coding endeavor. I have some documents in a view which have a computed "days past due" field which calculates based off another computed/looked-up field and the current day's date. Nothing else on the document is computed or in any way complicated, so I thought I'd just see if I could find a way to re-compute the documents each day. While doing some searching in the 6 an [read] Keywords: agent
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 1 (Take 10) Report
Wed, Jul 15th 2009 11:25a Phil Randolph Ok, I've got to say... Amish Paradise by Weird Al Yankovic has the absolute perfect beat to do a pushups workout to! With Al's help I was able to smash the final set number and go all the way to 60 without a break. Felt awesome to make it that far. 20/20/25/25/13/13/12/12/60! Today's most eclectic playlist: Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday - Boyz II Men A Woman In Love - From Guys and Dolls The Best Is Yet To Come - James Darren Love [read] Keywords:
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Learn from those who’ve gone before you
Wed, Jul 15th 2009 7:25a Phil Randolph Its always good to take some cues and gain experience from those who have learned something and gotten through the trials and errors before you, so you don't have to face the same challenges. Many of us are new to the designing of apps using XPages. Fortunately we have a new resource which tries to pull the experts in this area together. They are also open to ideas of additional areas to covered, your own XPages tips, or any questions you have about XPages development. If you haven't already, pl [read] Keywords: xpages development
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Couch to 5K - Week 4 Workout 1
Tue, Jul 14th 2009 10:47a Phil Randolph Just got back from my workout. This week 4 routine is quite a marked jump from the previous week. Here's the gist: Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then: Jog 3 minutes / Walk 90 seconds / Jog 5 minutes / Walk 2-1/2 minutes / Jog 3 minutes / Walk 90 seconds / Jog 5 minutes Made it approximately 2.3 miles in 28 minutes, or 12:08 minutes/mile. I also found a good/easy way to stretch the route I had been doing here downtown out to take into account the longer times running and (hopefully) covering [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 3 (Take 9) Report
Mon, Jul 13th 2009 12:20p Phil Randolph Back on the mat again... Whew...though my lungs were going to burst trying to get through that last set - 22/22/30/30/25/25/18/18/55 (30, break30sec, 25) A random smattering of my iphone's musical goodness: Naughty Girls Need Love Too - Samantha Fox Mr. Roboto - Styx Theme from The Pink Panther Living On A Prayer - Bon Jovi Reaper Rap - From Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Opposites Attract - Paula Abdul Buddy Holly - Weezer [read] Keywords: iphone
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C25K - W3 Workout 3 and 100Pushups W6 C2 D2 x9
Sat, Jul 11th 2009 12:15p Phil Randolph Within a span of 3 hours this morning I completed both a 26 minute 2 mile (approx) run/walk workout, and my 100 Pushups workout totalling 215 pushups. Wasn't sure how well that would work out, but really it wasn't too bad, although I don't think I had stopped sweating from the first workout before I started the second. Pushup sets were: 20/20/23/23/20/20/18/18/53 (30, break30sec, 23) I'll have to map out my run/walk route since I started from my friend's house and ended up there, but timing-wise [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 3 Workout 2
Thu, Jul 9th 2009 11:18a Phil Randolph Not too much to report today - a little bit warmer out and very little breeze, so was getting a little bit more winded that previously. My shins really started aching and burning on the way up the long hill toward downtown proper during the second 3 minute run section. [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 1 (Take 9) Report
Wed, Jul 8th 2009 11:10a Phil Randolph I felt confident that the lower numbers on the sets today would allow me to go all out on the final set, and that faith was well founded. Was able to surpass the mark of 50 and push through all the way to 55! 20/20/25/25/13/13/12/12/55 Randomized 80s tunes for my workout listening pleasure: Need You Tonight - INXS I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor Take Off - Bob & Doug McKenzie I Only Wanna Be With You - Samantha Fox Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins Bizarre Love Triangle [read] Keywords:
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B’Elanna Jadzia Randolph 5/25/97 - 7/6/09
Tue, Jul 7th 2009 7:49p Phil Randolph I don't think any amount of words can express our family's feelings at this point. We have loved, do love, and always will love you, and remember you pup! We are very sad to not have you with us anymore, but know the decision we made was for the best for you. Rest in total peace B'Elanna. B'Elanna Jadzia Randolph 5/25/1997 - 7/6/2009 [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 3 Workout 1
Tue, Jul 7th 2009 12:10p Phil Randolph Due to things that happened in our life yesterday, (if you are unaware of them, check out my twitter posts from yesterday - 7/6), I quite certainly didn't have a chance to do my pushups. So I'll be starting workouts this week with my running ones. Was able to be back outside today for my run, and started Week 3 of Couch to 5K where the main part of the workout (after the warmup) is equal parts running and walking - a total of 9 minutes of each. I was able to cover the same amount of distance ( [read] Keywords: twitter
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Couch to 5K - Week 2 Workout 3
Sat, Jul 4th 2009 3:46p Phil Randolph Today I did my workout for Couch to 5K on the streets around my parents' house where I grew up in Michigan. Much of the run was on streets I had my first job - a paper route carrying the Daily Tribune (a local newspaper in the North Detroit Suburbs). It was interesting to see the houses and yards from a perspective of 20+ years since I'd been on them for any real amount of time. Still feeling good with these runs, and love the encouragement I'm getting from my social networking "buddies", urgi [read] Keywords: networking
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 3 (Take 8) Report
Fri, Jul 3rd 2009 12:27p Phil Randolph Made it to the end of another week of these things again, this time with the Couch to 5K 'runs' thrown into the mix too. Abs got really tight on me during sets 5 and 6, but it dissipated again until the all-out work in the final set. 22/22/30/30/25/25/18/18/55 (35, break30sec, 20) Thought I'd throw the Michael Jackson (R.I.P.) playlist on shuffle to see what it would give me. You can say what you want about the guy, but it really was some great music... Man In The Mirror You Are Not Alone Smoo [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 2 Workout 2
Thu, Jul 2nd 2009 10:33a Phil Randolph Second workout in a row where I'm relegated to the treadmill due to weather. This time I bumped the elevation up to 2% to give it a bit more of a challenge. Worked out well. I did 2.03 miles over the 30 minutes, a total of at least 9 minutes of which was running. The alternating days back and forth of pushups and running seems to be going good, and not taking to much of a toll on my muscles, which was what I was afraid might happen. Now I need to figure out where and when I'll get a run in arou [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 2 (Take 8) Report
Wed, Jul 1st 2009 10:59a Phil Randolph Felt good today for the most part, however my triceps really flared up near the end...haven't noticed a lot of stuff back there, but this time they really made themselves known... Had a good set of music come my way while just shuffling my "All Time Favorites" playlist: Y.M.C.A. - The Village People Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds California Dreamin' - The Mamas and The Papas I've Got You Under My Skin - James Darren Linus & Lucy - (From Peanuts) Amish Paradise - Wei [read] Keywords: twitter
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Couch to 5K - Week 2 Workout 1
Tue, Jun 30th 2009 10:44a Phil Randolph Well that was...different... Running outside was a no-go today as it has been raining cats and dogs in the Cleveland area this morning since I was on the bus on the way downtown. This meant I was relegated to using a treadmill in the workout room upstairs for my walk/run. I definitely could tell my pace was much more steady both walking and running, but I certainly missed the (mostly) fresh air outside and the scenery. One good thing is that there are multiple fans in the room that can be turn [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 1 (Take 8) Report
Mon, Jun 29th 2009 11:34a Phil Randolph Today begins the era of attempting to intermingle my pushups workouts with my new Couch to 5K running workouts. By the end of the 4th set today I was feeling extremely tight, but the lower rep numbers in sets 5 through 8 helped take the edge off the pressure and I was able to get to 40 before stopping for a brief break on the last set. 20/20/25/25/13/13/12/12/50 (40, break30sec, 10) Genius for today: Casper Cha Cha Slide - DJ Casper Pump Up The Jam - Technotronic Everybody Dance Now - C+C Mus [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 1 Workout 3
Sun, Jun 28th 2009 11:05a Phil Randolph Decided to try out my first run while at home on the weekend for Workout 3 of Week 1. Mapped out a route on RunningAhead.com which would suffice, turned out to be approx 1.92 miles. I showed my son that route and asked if he wanted to get on his bike and follow me/keep coming back to me as I made my way around. He got out a piece of paper and started drawing out the route I had on screen. What he failed to do though, is understand which direction we'd be starting in. So I took off, and was [read] Keywords:
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Couch to 5K - Week 1 Workout 2
Fri, Jun 26th 2009 11:27a Phil Randolph Yeah, I came back to do it for a second day...were you doubting? Not a whole lot to report about today's run. It was a bit more overcast and there was a bit of a breeze when I was down closer to the waterfront and not in between all the downtown buildings, so I think that helped a bit with the heat. This time my route and timing lined up nearly perfectly, so I think I've found my route for a little while, at least before it begins to expand to greater distances. Taking advise from Kathy Brown a [read] Keywords: profile
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Couch to 5K - Week 1 Workout 1
Wed, Jun 24th 2009 11:38a Phil Randolph Just finished with the first workout of the Couch to 5K program Decided to get started with this after several people (you know who you are) requested/urged/asked/challenged me to try it. I figured it can't hurt to diversify how I exercise after doing just about solely the 100 Pushups workout stuff for the last 9+ months. This first workout felt pretty good, and I'm currently not feeling too bad. I'm thinking that might change in the ensuing hours but we will see. Since this was my first time [read] Keywords: interface
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 3 (Take 7) Report
Fri, Jun 19th 2009 11:25a Phil Randolph Ouch! and Ouch over there too... By the 4th set of my pushups workout today (one of the longer ones - 30), I had a large twinge under my left shoulderblade and a smaller but still annoying twinge under my right shoulderblade. They actually hurt more when I stood up and was stretching than when I was doing the actual pushups, so I just kept on going. I thought I was going to make it through the final set all the way to 55, but the sharpness on the left really got to me in that last set...so... 2 [read] Keywords: iphone
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 2 (Take 7) Report
Wed, Jun 17th 2009 11:27a Phil Randolph Not quite as much strength in the arms today, but I made it all the way through... 20/20/23/23/20/20/18/18/53 (30, break30sec, 23) I've been putting it off, and putting it off, but today I bit the bullet and started listening to the Puck Podcast for 6/13/09 on the way in to work today. This is the one they recorded right after game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. Obviously I didn't like the outcome of the series, but not listening to the podcast certainly wasn't going to change anything. So to g [read] Keywords: podcast
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 1 (Take 7) Report
Mon, Jun 15th 2009 1:36p Phil Randolph After a couple days hiatus, I'm back at it again... Pushed all the way through the final set and even tacked on 5 more at the end, felt great...even if I was a sweaty mess for the next 20 minutes or so...sorry there co-workers! 20/20/25/25/13/13/12/15/55! Today's genius findings: Only Wanna Be With You - Hootie & The Blowfish Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel When I Come Around - Green Day Centerfold - J. Geils Band Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police Mrs. Robinson - Simon [read] Keywords:
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End Of School Year Masterpieces
Wed, Jun 10th 2009 3:34p Phil Randolph Here's a quick look at a couple of pieces of artwork done by the kiddos sometime before the end of this school year. They've only got one day left at school after today! Katelyn's 'Rainbow Trout' Zach's 'Full Portrait Third Grade' Great job K and Z! [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 3 (Take 6) Report
Mon, Jun 8th 2009 10:55a Phil Randolph Abs started really flaring up during the second of the two 30 pushups sets midway through the workout. Figured I might was well keep going because most of it was 'downhill' from there until the final set which I tend to end up breaking apart anyway. 22/22/30/30/25/25/18/18/55 (30, break30sec, 25) Today I just went with a random sampling from my 370 song '80s playlist: Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This - Eurythmics Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper Let My Love Open The Door - Pete Townshen [read] Keywords:
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Let’s re-live it again, shall we?
Mon, Jun 8th 2009 8:38a Phil Randolph The 5-0 drubbing the Red Wings put on the Penguins in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals that is... The game was thoroughly enjoyable for me to watch, as I was able to announce throughout the house (as my wife had customers over for an evening Creative Memories crop at our house) "SCORE!", time after time after time! Lets hope the boys can keep up the dominance and momentum into Game 6 in Pittsburgh tomorrow night. Once again George Malik outdoes himself with his conglomeration of multimedia tidbi [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 2 (Take 6) Report
Fri, Jun 5th 2009 12:43p Phil Randolph Been at this "6 week" challenge for over 9 months now... Abdominal muscles started getting extremely tight on the final run up to 53 today, so had to break off at 30 before I completed it. 20/20/23/23/20/20/18/18/53(30, break30sec, 23) Genius today: Rocket - Def Leppard Your Mama Don't Dance - Poison (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer God Gave Rock And Roll To You - KISS Unbelievable - EMF Ain't It Fun - Guns 'N Roses [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 1 (Take 6) Report
Wed, Jun 3rd 2009 11:31a Phil Randolph Mini breakthrough - after several weeks, I've been able to do the full final set number without a break - 50 today. I just closed my eyes after 15 or so and just kept the rhythm going to finish it out strong to the end. YAY! 20/20/25/25/13/13/12/12/50 Playlist from the genius: Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith Talk Dirty To Me - Poison Live and Let Die - Guns 'N Roses Feels Like The First Time - Foreigner Blaze Of Glory - Bon Jovi It's Still Rock & Roll To Me - Billy Joel [read] Keywords:
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Don’t forget - Stanley Cup Finals Game 3 is tonight
Tue, Jun 2nd 2009 8:26a Phil Randolph The Red Wings and Penguins play Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals tonight at 8pm in Pittsburgh. The game will be carried on Versus here in the states, so hopefully your cable provider has Versus in their lineup. The Wings won the first two games of the series with back to back 3-1 decisions on Saturday and Sunday nights. They are getting scoring from the non-star players, but that's just fine with me. I have no problem at all with the previously un-sung role players and AHL call-ups carrying us [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 3 (Take 5) Report
Mon, Jun 1st 2009 12:34p Phil Randolph Never did get to day 3's workout over the weekend, so we'll do a carry-over. My arms are almost too tired to prop on the keyboard shelf to type this, nevertheless... 22/22/30/30/25/25/18/18/55 (35, break30sec, 20) Genius: Notorious - Duran Duran People Are People - Depeche Mode Under the Milky Way - The Church One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx What You Need - INXS Human - The Human League Rapture - Blondie Let's Dance - David Bowie Have now passed 13,000 pushups and the average per day sinc [read] Keywords:
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Stanley Cup Finals Wallpaper
Fri, May 29th 2009 8:04a Phil Randolph They certainly got this one out in a hurry... Stanley Cup Finals 2009 Desktop Wallpaper Finals start Saturday night in Detroit at 8pm on NBC. Go WINGS!!!!!!!!!!! [read] Keywords: desktop
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 2 (Take 5) Report
Thu, May 28th 2009 12:36p Phil Randolph After last night's overtime win for the Wings, I'm sure if I'd have channeled the energy that I expended whooping and hollering and fist-pumping and running around the family room follwing the winning goal, I could have probably come close to the 100 pushups. I didn't do the pushups...duh... 20/20/23/23/20/20/18/18/53 (35, break30sec, 18) Genius: All Star - Smash Mouth Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics Time - Hootie and the Blowfish Roam - B-52s Freeze-Frame - J. Geils Band Everybody Have [read] Keywords:
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Red Wings Advance to Stanley Cup Finals!
Thu, May 28th 2009 9:12a Phil Randolph The Detroit Red Wings have advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals in back-to-back seasons on the 2-1 overtime win over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals -> 1 of many many stories here. They'll be playing a familiar, but different Pittsburgh Penguins team in a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Finals. Schedule as of now: 5/30 GAME 1 @ Detroit 8:00 NBC, CBC, RDS 5/31 GAME 2 @ Detroit TBD NBC, CBC, RDS 6/2 GAME 3 @ Pittsburgh 8:00 Versus, CBC, RDS 6/4 GAME 4 @ [read] Keywords: blogger
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Better late than never - Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 3 Wallpaper
Wed, May 27th 2009 7:49a Phil Randolph Don't know where my head was, and it's getting a little late now, seeing as the Penguins advanced to the Finals last night, and the Wings have the chance to close out their series with the 'Hawks tonight, but didn't want to deprive anyone of the link to the Round 3 Desktop wallpaper. You can expect to see the Finals edition up here in the next few days, and you know who I want to see smack dab in the middle of the last bracket! GO WINGS! [read] Keywords: desktop
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 1 (Take 5) Report
Tue, May 26th 2009 11:42a Phil Randolph A few hours ago I tweeted "Will I or won't I have enough arm strength and endurance this morning to resume my pushup workouts? Only time will tell..." A big reason for my questioning of my current strength was due to the work done with these to end up with this over last weekend. Well, the answer is, yeah, there was enough strength, but just barely... 20/20/25/25/13/13/12/12/50 (30, break30sec, 20) Today, since I'm a day behind, I felt I need to catch up with the hockey goings on beside my bel [read] Keywords: podcast
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 3 (Take 4) Report
Fri, May 15th 2009 12:47p Phil Randolph Finished with another week of workouts, thankfully... Glad it's nearly the weekend! 22/22/30/30/25/25/18/18/55 (40, break30sec, 15) Genius: Brick House - The Commodores I Can't Help Myself - The Four Tops I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye Let's Groove - Earth Wind & Fire You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder Word Up! - Cameo My Perogative - Bobby Brown [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 2 (Take 4) Report
Wed, May 13th 2009 10:34a Phil Randolph Continuing on with 9 set workouts... 20/20/23/23/20/20/18/18/53 (40, break30sec, 13) 70s day here...thought I'd dig into a fairly untouched corner of my music collection today and see what would be waiting for me We Are Family - Sister Sledge Lookin' Out For #1 - Bachman-Turner Overdrive A Song For Jeffrey - Jethro Tull Get Down Tonight - K.C. & The Sunshine Band Maggie May - Rod Stewart That's The Way (I Like It) - K.C. & The Sunshine Band December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) - Four Season [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 1 (Take 4) Report
Tue, May 12th 2009 8:20a Phil Randolph After a well deserved hiatus, I've gotten back started again. Sine I've been getting fed up with the huge numbers in the day 1 regimen, I decided to break it up into a 9 set workout, so going with a 20/20/25/25/13/13/12/12/50+ run. I bested the final item by 5 (55) with the workout I did last night close to 10pm, while Kath and I finally settled down to watch some of a movie. [read] Keywords:
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Inexcusable
Wed, May 6th 2009 9:02a Phil Randolph This pretty much speaks for itself... Glad I didn't stay up till 1AM to see this happen! [read] Keywords: application
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 3 (Take 3) Report
Mon, May 4th 2009 2:47p Phil Randolph Ha Ha! Finally got through a final set without a quick 30 second break midway...55 on the last one today! Just pushed through the pain threshold and rocked it for all I had. 22/22/30/30/25/25/18/18/55 Genius today was all over the place: Buddy Holly - Weezer I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles Orange Crush - R.E.M. Zombie - The Cranberries Epic - Faith No More Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles [read] Keywords:
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100 Pushups - Week 6 Column 2 Day 2 (Take 3) Report
Fri, May 1st 2009 11:29a Phil Randolph Pain. Pain. Pain. - but done... 20/20/23/23/20/20/18/18/53 (40, break30sec, 13) Genius handed me: Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes And She Was - Talking Heads Let's Dance - David Bowie Don't You Want Me - Human League Heart Of Glass - Blondie Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins Drive - The Cars [read] Keywords:
