Craidio – End of Summer Songz to Drive By
Summer winds down, here were the songs that got me through the creeping heat on the drive and in the park.
10) Yeah Yeah Yeah – New Politics
9) Hannah – Freelance Whales
8 Madder Red – Yeasayer
7) Impossible – Anberlin
6) Undisclosed Desires – Muse
5) Cameras – Matt & Kim
4) Little Lion Man – Mumford & Sons
3) Let Love In – A Cursive Memory
2) Internet Killed the Video Star – The Limousines
1) The Cave – Mumford & Sons
Jon Stewart Show Goes After…Union Hypocrisy??
Jon Stewart, a darling of the hip and left crowd, maintains his popularity because he zings the hypocrisy of the left periodically. I can’t imagine what the kids sitting on their dorm couch with their Macbooks do when he does this, but that’s half as much fun as watching the clip. I’m guessing their heads explode.
The wonderful, for the worker (nothing else, they promise) Unions seem to have trouble answering questions about their own standards when pressed in this ironically laughable clip from The Daily Show. Bonus – the Union target is the evil, greedy Walmart.
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Hydrate Before Your Run With..Mountain Dew??
Thought I’d throw in a few blogs on my mostly unsuccessful try at running this year. Briefly, I half trained for my first 10k in the winter (and successfully finished), took a long break, made it 2 weeks in a row (!!!) this summer, and now trying to get back on the horse before the ever dangerous football and holiday season. We’ll see.
My first post I guess I will discuss the pre-run “meal.” I generally assumed healthy food and lots of water was best for the pre-game. But during a day when I gave up on the run and drank a Mountain Dew after work, I ended up deciding to run from my newfound energy, and …whoa… the best run in 5 months. I ran my normal pace and 25% further.
It is well documented (see here) that people drink coffee before a run, and caffeine has performance benefits, though I didn’t realize it at the time.
I did a second test and decided 12 ounces of sugary liquid goodness may not be ideal, so I went with about 4 ounces before another run. Sure enough, it was about 12% longer than a normal run and the longest since the last Mountain Dew fueled forray.
So was it the Dew? Was it all in my mind? Not sure. I’ll continue to test the pre-run diet and if I come to any amazing conclusions, I’ll be sure to blog about it here. You can explain to me your science and why it’s a bad idea all you want, but I’ll just say “I’ve got your science right here.”
A note – this was 45 minutes drinking regular 12 oz. Mountain Dew before the run or as it is now called “Mtn Dew” and no food or a small granola bar.
Next article: Reviewing iPhone Running Apps
Clemson Tigers Tackle Another Cupcake Schedule?
Perhaps a tad unfair…though they do start out with a laughable first few games and play in the perennially weak ACC…but ESPN seems to think Clemson has the most laughable schedule in college football this year. I tend not to agree, but if ESPN says something bad about Clemson, it’s likely I need to agree. Soon enough they’ll get back to blatantly pulling against the Gamecocks on our ESPN games and fainting when the Tigers brush that stupid rock.
“It would be tempting to say Wisconsin has this year’s phoniest cupcake-enhanced sked, but that distinction goes to Clemson: The Tigers open by hosting North Texas, which is on a 5-31 streak, then the next week host Division I-AA Presbyterian, which finished 0-11 in 2009, including a 34-point defeat by Elon. Here is Clemson’s schedule — that’s the real schedule, not a spoof.”
Read more at ESPN’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback Eats Some Cupcakes
