70. And I don't feel too bad, either.

I think I set a PR today for the most bored I've ever been. It's been a fairly lonely summer, but I guess I was just used to it and it didn't bother me much. Now that I'm fresh back from a week of actually interacting with people though, I'm really losing it. Today I went out for a second run just because I needed to kill half an hour. I also ( Read more... )

I just realized I haven't taken a day off since July 6, and I'm actually feeling better daily. It's been about five years since I could go more than 10 days without breaking down. I'm really pleased about this.

We just recruited a 52/1:56 guy. That will certainly help!

My life fundamentally makes no sense. On the other hand, various flight dynamics groups at various NASA centers apparently think I'm very smart and I am in, for me at least, very good shape.

Hooray for confusion, altitude training, and spaghetti. And networking, which I suck at.

last four weeks:

50
55
50
60!!!!

Q: What happens when Jake does two runs plus a lift, one of those runs in 100+ degree weather, and then is too tired to eat a real dinner afterwards?

A:  Jake sleeps for 12 hours and can't go to work the next day.

Heat 10, Jake 0

Oh, what I wouldn't do for some trees with my mountains...

All I do these days is sleep, eat, run, and work.  Mostly sleep.  Last night I went to bed at 8:30.
 

Montgomery Blvd - 1
Jake - 1

I made it all the way up to Tramway this time, but man am I paying for it now.

Basically this is a 3.5 mile flat run followed by 5.5 miles straight up with no breaks.  Kinda like Allen Road but four times as long and starting at 1500 meters elevation.  9:00 pace feels like 7:30.  I take the bus home, thankfully. 

My mentor is out of town and I've finished all the work I'm supposed to do except some writeups - so I decided to stay home today and work on my own project, a front-end for Brad's shape-based trajectory guess generator that can be used for any sequence of planets and auto-constructs its own GA chromosome.  The result?  Two hour coding frenzy and ( Read more... )