Could I have been... a construction worker?

Life without your own photos

Derek — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:01:08 +0000

The last two years have been the best yet in my five years in San Francisco. Unfortunately, I’ve done a horrible job at documenting these good times. I have barely used my own camera. The last time I uploaded photos to Flickr was after my road trip with Meagan in Oct. 2009.

Fortunately, a lot of my friends are photo-takers. So a lot of photographs from the last 2 years do exist. Unfortunately, they’re mostly on Facebook. Which is not the easiest place to download, print or store. Fortunately, I don’t see Facebook going anywhere anytime soon, and I’m sure they’ll improve the photo system.

Anyway. While I’m certainly going to make a resolution to take many more photos in 2011, I can’t wait to start until January. I am going to start now. This weekend. Labor Day. Stay tuned. More photos from life coming soon.

Music to hump to > #25

Derek — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:05:35 +0000

Edwin Van Cleef – Tracer

Music to hump to > #24

Derek — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:51:50 +0000

Just a reminder that music to hump to is meant to be music to have fun with on Wednesday – the hump day of the week. Just sayin’. For those of you out there. That might of thought otherwise.

Don Diablo – I Am Not From France
[ Louis La Roche Remix ]

Said a marathon finisher

Derek — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:57:25 +0000

I recently joined the Golden Gate Running Club and while it’s been a little challenging trying to crack into this very close-knit group, I’ve found an unexpected pleasure and perk that wasn’t advertised through the joining process… marathon race reports on the club’s Yahoo! Group. Now that I am officially training for my first marathon, I’ve become obsessed reading the reports of marathon experiences by members right after their race.

Here are some exceptional excerpts from some 2008 and 2009 CIM finishers that I’d like to keep handy throughout my training. (And keep in mind that these are real marathon runners… not the new breed of 6 hour finishers.)

“This was by far the most physically painful race I have ever run.”

“The main goal was to finish well. The only time I lost it was seeing the 26 mile marker and feeling that I just wanted to stop and be done with this and sit in front of a heater.”

“I know many of us understand the feeling of training well and something not going right in a race and trying to finish seems more of a dejection than anything else.”

“I knew during this stretch that 2:40 was gone and I was going through a mental game of up and down.”

“I wouldn’t say I hit the wall after mile 20 but I would say that it became a massive struggle.”

“By mile 18 my right knee was screaming and I could hardly bend it. The only thing that kept me going was knowing that the faster I ran, the sooner it would be done.”

“I have to say that for me this was the hardest race of my life.”

Music to hump to > #23

Derek — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:48:58 +0000

An oldie but a goodie…