Again with the breathing

I only have fifteen minutes before I have to shut down my mockputer, so this post is going to likely be a tad Jotty McJottersen.

• I went running yesterday afternoon and had to stop 2/3 of the way back from McCarren Park to the Billyburg bridge because my nostrils hurt. At first I thought this was a function of 76 degree weather, pollen, and the fact that it was around five. "Morning runs!" I thought.
• But then I noticed my nostrils feeling prickly and sensitive this morning, 3/4 of the way towards McCarren Park from the Billyburg. I had to stop again. "Holy crap," I realized. Pollution.

Yup, the building orgasm going on in Billyburg right now is spewing lots of dust and man-made nano-building-materials directly into my lung-holes, and it hurts, and makes it hard to breathe, and that makes me hit the pause button on my workout, which makes me angry about the environment, and makes me wish for congestion pricing.

I'm also thinking about how we as a society, as industrials, what-have-you, optimize our systems for a given equation with certain variables. Then, over time, we realize, "Oh snap. I didn't realize about these variables over here." Such as: nostrils that hurt. (What is this, Ciudad de Mexico?!?) So, 2.0, we tweak the equations (ideally).

This is related to a smoothie I made after my run. I'll post that on Foodums.com.

I like to breathe

Lesson learned from my run this afternoon: NYC air with a lot of particulates in it hurts my nose and makes me hit the "pause workout" button with a quickness.

Yet another data point in support of morning runs.

Garmin, you sad little thing, you

I've been running like a non-calibrated maniac as of late with my iPodplus (I loathe Nike and intend to avoid acknowledging its association with this product as much as possible) but have finally been re-issued a PC raptop at the office.

So, I tried to install the Garmin, since it's supposed to work and all.

The stick can't find my associated watch. Still searching for devices, it says.

Lesson learned: technology devices that are not optimized for Macs are technology devices that ride the short bus.

(I can say that. I used to ride the short bus.)

I've got the runs

I went for a run on Monday afternoon and just cranked a quick one out today. I caved and after seeing a demo of its power went ahead and got the Nike footpod thing for the ippid nanner. So, if you'd like to see for yourself just how stop-and-start-and-stop-and-start I am as a runner, my username is xoxoANP on nikeplus. Not sure how to link directly to my profile and/or if that's even an option, else I'd link directly.

I have more thoughts regarding sprinting vs. marathoning that perhaps I'll crank out later, but for now I am enjoying my new Mac OS interface and trying to figure out what I can delete from my startup disk to make it less full.

My startup disk just threw up a little bit into my recycle bin.

NYSC weekend yoga classes

Rest assured, I have not simply spent the past six weeks fuming about my Garmin. I've gone running a few times over the Billyburg bridge and back, to Union Square and back, etc. I've even tried out the moonlight yoga sequences on a Shiva Rea DVD I purchased while at The Standard-Miami. Also went swimming a couple of Saturdays ago.

But, have been working 12 hour days (blech) so am only down to, on average, one workout a week. Am trying to get in some hot yoga action this weekend. Here's a list of all NYSC weekend yoga classes, filtered to get some pilates and "reservation required" classes out. If you paste into a word .doc with 1" margins at Lucida Grande font 10, this prints out one page.

Saturday 09:00AM 62nd & Broadway Power Yoga Studio 2
Saturday 09:00AM Mercer Street Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 09:00AM 16th & 8th Power Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 09:15AM 34th & Park Club Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 09:15AM 76th & 1st Vinyasa Yoga Studio Annex
Saturday 09:30AM Varick Street Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 10:30AM 51st & Lexington Kundalini Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 10:30AM 14th & 5th - Union Square Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 10:30AM Battery Park City Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 11:30AM 73rd & Central Park West Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 11:30AM 115th & 5th Power Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 11:30AM Irving Place Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 11:30AM 59th & Park Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 11:30AM 36th & Madison Astanga Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 12:00PM 94th & Broadway Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 12:00PM 23rd & 8th Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 12:30PM 36th & Madison Power Yoga Studio 2
Saturday 12:30PM 16th & 8th Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 12:30PM Tribeca at Reade Street Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 01:00PM Mercer Street Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 01:45PM Broadway & Spring - SoHo Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 03:00PM 73rd & Central Park West Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 04:00PM 91st & 3rd Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Saturday 06:00PM 94th & Broadway Club Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 08:00AM 86th & Lexington Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 09:00AM Mercer Street Yoga Sculpt Studio 1
Sunday 09:30AM 16th & 8th Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 09:30AM 14th & 5th - Union Square Hatha Yoga Studio 2
Sunday 09:30AM 73rd & Central Park West Astanga Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 10:00AM 23rd & 8th Power Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 10:00AM Broadway & Spring - SoHo Kundalini Yoga Studio 2
Sunday 10:15AM 23rd & Park Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 10:30AM 14th & 5th - Union Square Pilates-Based Mat Studio 2
Sunday 10:30AM 7th Avenue at 10th Street Hatha Yoga Studio 2
Sunday 11:00AM Mercer Street Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 11:30AM * Irving Place Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 11:30AM 41st & 3rd Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 11:45AM 34th & Park Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 12:00PM 125th Street - Harlem USA Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 12:00PM Tribeca at Reade Street Kundalini Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 12:00PM * 94th & Broadway Pilates-Based Mat Studio 1
Sunday 12:00PM 36th & Madison Power Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 12:15PM 76th & 1st Vinyasa Yoga Studio Annex
Sunday 12:30PM 23rd & 8th Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 12:30PM Mercer Street Pilates-Based Mat Studio 1
Sunday 12:30PM 14th & 5th - Union Square Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 12:30PM 91st & 3rd Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 01:00PM * 76th & Broadway Pilates-Based Mat Studio 1
Sunday 01:30PM 91st & 3rd Meditation Studio 2
Sunday 04:00PM * 80th & Broadway Pilates-Based Mat Studio 2
Sunday 05:00PM 34th & Park Vinyasa Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 05:00PM * 80th & Broadway Hatha Yoga Studio 2
Sunday 05:00PM Tribeca at Reade Street Hatha Yoga Studio 1
Sunday 05:00PM 23rd & Park Pilates-Based Mat Studio 1
Sunday 06:00PM 86th & Lexington Kundalini Yoga Studio 2

==========

Garmin Forerunner 50

I am so worked up right now at my stupid Garmin Forerunner 50, which I just dropped $107 on plus another $125 for the footpod. I've spent the past two stupid hours trying to get this stupid shit connected to my MacBook which, according to their stupid file-way-too-large sitelet is supposed to be stupid easy. Then come to find that I can't even use the stupid connect website since it's not Mac compatible. Which is stupid. What kind of fitness enthusiast uses a damned PC anyway? And who the f--- are these Garmin ignorami who can't make their instruction manual and help files more, gee, I don't know, helpful?

If I pay for a product whose sole purpose it to easily download workout info to my computer, then it better be f---'in easy for me to DOWNLOAD WORKOUT INFO TO MY COMPUTER.

I've been deep in computers for the past TWENTY FIVE YEARS, have ALREADY OWNED A HEART RATE MONITOR FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, and HAVE NEVER MET SOFTWARE I COULD NOT INSTALL CORRECTLY.

F--- you, Garmin.

Oh, I went for a run today. I WOULD TELL YOU MORE ABOUT SAID RUN BUT I CAN'T GET MY F---'ING WATCH TO TALK TO MY MACBOOK.

Recap: this week's workouts

Sunday 3/2:

Walked from my apartment on the Lower East Side over to Soho, around Soho, and then to the Angelika Film Center to watch The Counterfeiters (just okay). 1.2 miles, give or take.

Thursday 3/6:

Basketball game. We had six players and no point guard until about 7 minutes into the first half. I was 0 for 97 from the field. I definitely need to hit an open gym or just practice my outside shot for about seventeen hours straight.

We lost, but by less points than the previous time this team beat us. However, no angry fight with them at the end of the game, and the ref was less egregious than before. So, that's something.

Friday 3/7:

Clubbing. Dancing for a good 2+ hours straight to Benny Benassi. I remember the days when I'd club until 7 a.m. and pack Icy Hot. Ah, to be in one's twenties ...

To do list:

• I'm trying to make my own version of lightly flavored, gently sucre'd post-yoga water in order to put all these plastic bottles roaming around my apartment to use and save on Vitamin Water. Test recipe at Foodums.com.
• Need to upgrade my running system and get new sneaks, decide on whether I am going to run with socks or run barefoot (need to get advice of my former basketball teammate Erica, who is now a manager at Jackrabbit Sports on 14th street), and get the Garmin GPS heart rate monitor Awesome Machine. Why do I feel like triathlons are in my future?
• Prep for yet another Miami trip. This one's a week and I'm staying the weekend. Considering packing my snork gear. (Why not?)

=======

(That is a glow stick.)