This weekend was lots of fun.
First off, on Saturday I had my second of two personal training sessions. This time we did legs. If the first session was any indication what was in store over the next few days, I'd struggle to walk by Monday night. hahaha. Funny, but oh so true.
Saturday night it was a night on the town. We had a good time and ended up watching Dallas ruin the Saints' hopes for that perfect season. I loved it.
When I awoke on Sunday morning, my legs hurt but it was only one day later so they true soreness had not set in as of yet. My plan was to use my legs all day to work out the soreness before it set in. How did I plan to do this? Well, by golf and basketball of course!
I joined friends at Lexington Country Club for a round of golf. I had never played there before and was looking forward to it. Rob suggested that we walk it and since that is just what I needed, I agreed. We had such a good time. My score was definitely nothing to write home about, but we enjoyed ourselves. After the round and a little food it was time to head home. Unfortunately, I only had about 15 minutes at home before heading out to play basketball. I play pickup ball on Sunday nights. Well, recently I have. I'm still one of the "new guys" and I've been trying to find my shot. Last night was my best showing yet. Still a little rusty, but I was able to do most of what I wanted to on the court and my teamed fared very well. After 2 hours of ball following the 4 hours of walking the golf course, I was spent. I had achieved my goal of working out my legs, but was now totally beat.
I made it home in time to watch my Vikings get beat up on by a bad Carolina team. Not a good day for my teams. Green Bay and Minnesota both lost. An unfortunate item for me in what was otherwise a great weekend. Now it's off to a short work week before Christmas. Still have presents to wrap and presents to buy. It will be a busy few days!
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Starting Anew
Perhaps you see the title of this post and assume I'm going to be talking about Starting anew after 9 years of marriage. Not the case. This is about something much less significant.
I'm talking about working out. Two years ago we switched gyms to join JCC. Why? Well they do have a pretty decent facility, but the real reason we joined was to get a huge discount on their summer camps for the kids. My joining we received the discount and we also gained a gym, which I fully intended to use. Guess what? I was just like a large majority of those with gym memberships; I hardly used it. In the two years, I bet I used the gym 10-15 times. Ridiculous.
Two items prompted my change. First off, the family membership we had a JCC was no longer right for me. I needed a personal membership somewhere. Secondly, I've been watching the new Gold's Gym go up for the past few months. I had full intentions of checking it out when it opened. Well, I passed by there on Tuesday and saw a "now open" sign so I called to checked it out. As it turns out, they were actually opening on Wednesday morning. Excellent!
Wednesday I had the day off from work to play in a golf tournament. This left the morning open as the perfect opportunity to check out the new facilities. I took the tour and was blown away at how much they had available at that location. It was so much better than what I was used to; many more machines, many more free weights, many more options included 160 classes per week. I think I'm going to check out an ab class first, but I digress. I immediately signed up and got in a quick workout before golf. That turned out to be a bad idea in terms of my golf game, but I couldn't be more happy about the new gym membership.
Now the big question: will I use the membership? You're damn right I will. I'll tell you many reasons why:
(1) the gym is right around the corner from my house so it's much more easily accessible
(2) it's top of the line. I was a member of Columbia Athletic Club a few year back which is close, but they didn't have the availability of weights and machines, so this will be much better.
(3) I already have a decent fitness base with all of the running I've been doing.
(4) I've said for years that if I were a single guy, I'd be a gym rat. Guess what? My current situation has provided me the opportunity to prove that I meant what I said.
(5) after so many years away from real lifting, I've gotten soft! I used to warm up with the weights that I struggle with now and that is very disheartening, and equally motivating.
(6) relating to #4, I have the free time to pursue the fitness that I've wanted for years.
(7) very important - when the kids are with me, they have an awesome facility for them too. Cool movie area, Nintendo Wiis, and actually stuff to do to keep them busy and have fun.
All that being said, I'm totally pumped about my new gym. After so many years of not working out like I should, getting back in it now is like starting anew, and I cant be more excited about it.
I'm talking about working out. Two years ago we switched gyms to join JCC. Why? Well they do have a pretty decent facility, but the real reason we joined was to get a huge discount on their summer camps for the kids. My joining we received the discount and we also gained a gym, which I fully intended to use. Guess what? I was just like a large majority of those with gym memberships; I hardly used it. In the two years, I bet I used the gym 10-15 times. Ridiculous.
Two items prompted my change. First off, the family membership we had a JCC was no longer right for me. I needed a personal membership somewhere. Secondly, I've been watching the new Gold's Gym go up for the past few months. I had full intentions of checking it out when it opened. Well, I passed by there on Tuesday and saw a "now open" sign so I called to checked it out. As it turns out, they were actually opening on Wednesday morning. Excellent!
Wednesday I had the day off from work to play in a golf tournament. This left the morning open as the perfect opportunity to check out the new facilities. I took the tour and was blown away at how much they had available at that location. It was so much better than what I was used to; many more machines, many more free weights, many more options included 160 classes per week. I think I'm going to check out an ab class first, but I digress. I immediately signed up and got in a quick workout before golf. That turned out to be a bad idea in terms of my golf game, but I couldn't be more happy about the new gym membership.
Now the big question: will I use the membership? You're damn right I will. I'll tell you many reasons why:
(1) the gym is right around the corner from my house so it's much more easily accessible
(2) it's top of the line. I was a member of Columbia Athletic Club a few year back which is close, but they didn't have the availability of weights and machines, so this will be much better.
(3) I already have a decent fitness base with all of the running I've been doing.
(4) I've said for years that if I were a single guy, I'd be a gym rat. Guess what? My current situation has provided me the opportunity to prove that I meant what I said.
(5) after so many years away from real lifting, I've gotten soft! I used to warm up with the weights that I struggle with now and that is very disheartening, and equally motivating.
(6) relating to #4, I have the free time to pursue the fitness that I've wanted for years.
(7) very important - when the kids are with me, they have an awesome facility for them too. Cool movie area, Nintendo Wiis, and actually stuff to do to keep them busy and have fun.
All that being said, I'm totally pumped about my new gym. After so many years of not working out like I should, getting back in it now is like starting anew, and I cant be more excited about it.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Motivation or Lack Thereof
I am a motivated person... however, that motivation changes day to day. Lately, I have been totally unmotivated to blog. Hence, this lackluster post. So what motivates me these days? Well, to be honest I am really focusing on two things right now: (1) trying to get better at golf! and (2) making my transition to my new job. Despite the promotion happening weeks ago, I'm still in the transition period. Maybe 4-6 more weeks of training Renee to be my replacement, then on to a new world for me? Perhaps. Then again, it may take longer. Until then, I'll focus on my other motivation - golf. Today was not what I would call a stellar performance. In fact, I struggled awfully. Hopefully next time will be better.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
23 days
That is how long it's been. 23 days since my last post. Why? I have no idea for what reason I've lost my inspiration to share, but I just don't feel inspired to elaborate on any one subject. So, for tonight I'll make a few short comments on a number of subjects (10 to be exact):
(1) My boys
I can't believe Jackson is nearly done with first grade... and Alex is nearly finished with daycare. Wow, how time flies. They're getting so big and they're a strangely independent duo for a 5 and 6 year old.
(2) Family
I'll finally have family in town and I'm very excited about that. My brother Matthew and sister-in-law Laura are moving to Columbia and I couldn't be more pumped about it. They won't be living next door or even down the street or anything like that, but having bought a house near Sandhill they will not be too far away. Not to mention, there is always a reason to head out to Sandhill. Now we'll have one more.
(3) American Idol
I think that this season, America has been choosing well. My two favorites are still in, and nearly everyone has been voted off in an order I approve of. There is a good five left. I'm still not a fan of Kris, and I hope he goes this week but even he has done well. Danny Gokey deserves to be runner up, and if Adam Lambert doesn't win it will be a total farce and as big of a shock as it was to see Daughtry voted off early a few seasons back.
(4) Stock Market
I've recently opened an eTrade account. I am enjoying learning the market and doing a little investing. It is really amazing how volatile the market is and it's crazy that something like the swine flu even has an impact on financial stocks... go figure. Anyway, I'm learning and I like it.
(5) First hundred days
There has been much press for Obama's first hundred days. I guess we'll here more tomorrow during the address, but my take so far is that I'm impressed with what he is getting done for the most part. I'm also impressed the he is getting congress to pass the spending he wants. I am, however, not impressed that congress has yet to buy in to his revenue building or cost cutting ideas. There are two sides to that coin. If you're gonna spend more, you'd better bring in more too....
(6) filibuster-proof?
Arlen Specter pulled the old switcheroo today. After serving 5 terms as a Republican Senator, he decides to head to the other side of the isle due to his "moderate philosophies" being more in line with the Democratic party.... or more importantly, he didn't think he could win a sixth term as a Republican. Either way, with his becoming the 59th Democrat, when/if Al Franken takes that crazy Minnesota seat... well, do the math. With a united front, those numbers are Filibuster-proof.
(7) Golf
I had an awesome golf weekend a few weeks ago. Three fun rounds, 16 guys, 3 beautiful days in Myrtle Beach. It was awesome. Although I didn't play fantastically, I definitely have the bug. This weekend I'm playing in a Captain's Choice tournament with some friends. 2 of the 3 of my teammates were also in Myrtle so we should be well-practiced, and the fourth can hit the ball a mile so I think we really have an opportunity to score well. We will see.
(8) Travel
Stacy is traveling again. I lose track sometimes. She goes through long periods without leaving Columbia, but when the travel starts it seems to happen quite a bit. Last Monday through Wednesday it was Pensacola. This Monday through Thursday it's El Paso (which happens to be where I was born). Next Monday through Wednesday she is on the road again... I forget where. When she is on the road I think I play the single dad role well. It's tiring but also fun. I tell you what though, it's always great to see Stacy return home. Anyway, at times it is a lot of travel and I think she enjoys it. I wish I could work in a little travel too (in addition to my golf outings!)
(9) Work
It's amazing how much work I get done without actually accomplishing any goals. On Friday afternoons when I look back at the week I typically feel like I spend so much time working on the small things that pop up, that I rarely actually accomplish what it was that had intended to knock out on Monday morning.
(10) Running
Stacy has signed up for her first Marathon. It's the Marine Corp Marathon in Washington, DC. I have to say that I'm impressed and a little jealous. We have both jumped into running road races over the last year, which we are both really enjoying. So far, we only have 5Ks and 10Ks under our belts. I fully intend to run a Marathon...one day. I have a short term goal of a half marathon before the year's end and I feel like that goal is plenty for me. Stacy on the other hand is taking it to the next level. She has already worked her mileage up quite a bit. Before long her Saturday runs will be over 10 miles! All I can say is... wow.
So after 23 days, those are my 10 subjects. I hope you enjoyed.
(1) My boys
I can't believe Jackson is nearly done with first grade... and Alex is nearly finished with daycare. Wow, how time flies. They're getting so big and they're a strangely independent duo for a 5 and 6 year old.
(2) Family
I'll finally have family in town and I'm very excited about that. My brother Matthew and sister-in-law Laura are moving to Columbia and I couldn't be more pumped about it. They won't be living next door or even down the street or anything like that, but having bought a house near Sandhill they will not be too far away. Not to mention, there is always a reason to head out to Sandhill. Now we'll have one more.
(3) American Idol
I think that this season, America has been choosing well. My two favorites are still in, and nearly everyone has been voted off in an order I approve of. There is a good five left. I'm still not a fan of Kris, and I hope he goes this week but even he has done well. Danny Gokey deserves to be runner up, and if Adam Lambert doesn't win it will be a total farce and as big of a shock as it was to see Daughtry voted off early a few seasons back.
(4) Stock Market
I've recently opened an eTrade account. I am enjoying learning the market and doing a little investing. It is really amazing how volatile the market is and it's crazy that something like the swine flu even has an impact on financial stocks... go figure. Anyway, I'm learning and I like it.
(5) First hundred days
There has been much press for Obama's first hundred days. I guess we'll here more tomorrow during the address, but my take so far is that I'm impressed with what he is getting done for the most part. I'm also impressed the he is getting congress to pass the spending he wants. I am, however, not impressed that congress has yet to buy in to his revenue building or cost cutting ideas. There are two sides to that coin. If you're gonna spend more, you'd better bring in more too....
(6) filibuster-proof?
Arlen Specter pulled the old switcheroo today. After serving 5 terms as a Republican Senator, he decides to head to the other side of the isle due to his "moderate philosophies" being more in line with the Democratic party.... or more importantly, he didn't think he could win a sixth term as a Republican. Either way, with his becoming the 59th Democrat, when/if Al Franken takes that crazy Minnesota seat... well, do the math. With a united front, those numbers are Filibuster-proof.
(7) Golf
I had an awesome golf weekend a few weeks ago. Three fun rounds, 16 guys, 3 beautiful days in Myrtle Beach. It was awesome. Although I didn't play fantastically, I definitely have the bug. This weekend I'm playing in a Captain's Choice tournament with some friends. 2 of the 3 of my teammates were also in Myrtle so we should be well-practiced, and the fourth can hit the ball a mile so I think we really have an opportunity to score well. We will see.
(8) Travel
Stacy is traveling again. I lose track sometimes. She goes through long periods without leaving Columbia, but when the travel starts it seems to happen quite a bit. Last Monday through Wednesday it was Pensacola. This Monday through Thursday it's El Paso (which happens to be where I was born). Next Monday through Wednesday she is on the road again... I forget where. When she is on the road I think I play the single dad role well. It's tiring but also fun. I tell you what though, it's always great to see Stacy return home. Anyway, at times it is a lot of travel and I think she enjoys it. I wish I could work in a little travel too (in addition to my golf outings!)
(9) Work
It's amazing how much work I get done without actually accomplishing any goals. On Friday afternoons when I look back at the week I typically feel like I spend so much time working on the small things that pop up, that I rarely actually accomplish what it was that had intended to knock out on Monday morning.
(10) Running
Stacy has signed up for her first Marathon. It's the Marine Corp Marathon in Washington, DC. I have to say that I'm impressed and a little jealous. We have both jumped into running road races over the last year, which we are both really enjoying. So far, we only have 5Ks and 10Ks under our belts. I fully intend to run a Marathon...one day. I have a short term goal of a half marathon before the year's end and I feel like that goal is plenty for me. Stacy on the other hand is taking it to the next level. She has already worked her mileage up quite a bit. Before long her Saturday runs will be over 10 miles! All I can say is... wow.
So after 23 days, those are my 10 subjects. I hope you enjoyed.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Mancation
Every once in a while it's nice to have a mancation. Also known as a guy's weekend; a variation of guy's night out. Anyway, I had just such a weekend this weekend. Actually, it was a golf weekend. Santee trip number 2.
We stayed 2 nights at Wyboo golf course, played both Wyboo and Wyboo TPC. Of course that was not enough, so I opted to work a half day off of work on Friday so that I could get in one more round at Santee National. It was a really good time and my scores have gotten progressively better. I tend to shoot somewhere around 100...give or take a few strokes. This weekend I may not have put up my best score ever (90), but I did play what I would consider the best golf that I've ever played. I put up scores of 97, 93, and 94 this weekend, while adding in a 45 for a 9 hole replay on Saturday. I was very happy with my play and cant wait to hit the course again.
Also, we played cards both nights which I thoroughly enjoyed. I love to hang out and play cards, watch football, and basically just have a good time....and that is what we did. The best game we watched was Vandy/Auburn. Go VANDY!
After 2 nights away on mancation, I was ready to come home and see the family. The boys were very excited to see me and we've had fun all afternoon since I've returned. Also, Stacy was very ready for a much needed break! Thanks to Stacy for playing single mom while I was gone. I appreciate it and it gave me a much needed long weekend of fun!
We stayed 2 nights at Wyboo golf course, played both Wyboo and Wyboo TPC. Of course that was not enough, so I opted to work a half day off of work on Friday so that I could get in one more round at Santee National. It was a really good time and my scores have gotten progressively better. I tend to shoot somewhere around 100...give or take a few strokes. This weekend I may not have put up my best score ever (90), but I did play what I would consider the best golf that I've ever played. I put up scores of 97, 93, and 94 this weekend, while adding in a 45 for a 9 hole replay on Saturday. I was very happy with my play and cant wait to hit the course again.
Also, we played cards both nights which I thoroughly enjoyed. I love to hang out and play cards, watch football, and basically just have a good time....and that is what we did. The best game we watched was Vandy/Auburn. Go VANDY!
After 2 nights away on mancation, I was ready to come home and see the family. The boys were very excited to see me and we've had fun all afternoon since I've returned. Also, Stacy was very ready for a much needed break! Thanks to Stacy for playing single mom while I was gone. I appreciate it and it gave me a much needed long weekend of fun!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Fun at Santee
Some of the good, bad or funny moments:
(1) me hitting into the other fairway…only to follow it up by nearly hitting Arthur, hitting his cart, then on the next swing, hitting a tree and bouncing it back at Arthur again….and he wasn’t even in my foursome. Luckily he was with our group.
(2) on the captain's choice round...12 tee shots...none hitting the green. We are awesome.
(3) leaving my putter cover on the course on Saturday.
(4) Ken 3 putting 9 greens yesterday.
(5) Me nearly chipping in twice yesterday...unfortunately failing to do so both times.
(6) Us being worried about rain, yet it being amazingly hot and dry the entire time.
(7) My trucking now reeking of sweaty golfer.
(8) Cards seeing Ken get dealt pocket kings at the same time Tien got tired and pushed all in with ace nine, only to see the board hit 2,3,4,5. LOL
(9) Watching James hit 3 into the water on a single hole on Saturday.
(10) Me doing the same dang thing on Sunday.
(1) me hitting into the other fairway…only to follow it up by nearly hitting Arthur, hitting his cart, then on the next swing, hitting a tree and bouncing it back at Arthur again….and he wasn’t even in my foursome. Luckily he was with our group.
(2) on the captain's choice round...12 tee shots...none hitting the green. We are awesome.
(3) leaving my putter cover on the course on Saturday.
(4) Ken 3 putting 9 greens yesterday.
(5) Me nearly chipping in twice yesterday...unfortunately failing to do so both times.
(6) Us being worried about rain, yet it being amazingly hot and dry the entire time.
(7) My trucking now reeking of sweaty golfer.
(8) Cards seeing Ken get dealt pocket kings at the same time Tien got tired and pushed all in with ace nine, only to see the board hit 2,3,4,5. LOL
(9) Watching James hit 3 into the water on a single hole on Saturday.
(10) Me doing the same dang thing on Sunday.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Back from Santee
Santee - been there, done that...again.
We had a blast. 18 holes at Santee National on Saturday. Then the entire mass of us (all 12 players) paid for a replay of 9 holes and did a 6-man team captains choice until the sun went down. Of course this was only made possible because we were the only ones on the course. That was so much fun.
Sunday, 18 holes at Lake Marion. Both days were fun. I did not play very well, but did not care at all. I had enough good holes to hold me over.
Night entertainment - cards. We've been going to the same golf villas for years and playing some cards at night. This time was different. When we arrived early Saturday, they were cleaning up our rooms and they told us that if we wanted it the hospitality suite was available...first come, first serve. We asked what it was and she told us that it is a poker room, just for the golfers. One peek in and we were pumped. 3 tables, felt tops, chips and a tv. After golf, we went straight there and spent the night playing cards and watching Florida whoop some Miami butt. Awesome. I cant wait to go back....but I'm glad to be home.
We had a blast. 18 holes at Santee National on Saturday. Then the entire mass of us (all 12 players) paid for a replay of 9 holes and did a 6-man team captains choice until the sun went down. Of course this was only made possible because we were the only ones on the course. That was so much fun.
Sunday, 18 holes at Lake Marion. Both days were fun. I did not play very well, but did not care at all. I had enough good holes to hold me over.
Night entertainment - cards. We've been going to the same golf villas for years and playing some cards at night. This time was different. When we arrived early Saturday, they were cleaning up our rooms and they told us that if we wanted it the hospitality suite was available...first come, first serve. We asked what it was and she told us that it is a poker room, just for the golfers. One peek in and we were pumped. 3 tables, felt tops, chips and a tv. After golf, we went straight there and spent the night playing cards and watching Florida whoop some Miami butt. Awesome. I cant wait to go back....but I'm glad to be home.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Santee Golf Trip
I may have already mentioned this before, but this coming weekend is our annual Santee golf trip. I'm pretty excited. Assuming Hanna doesn't swoop in and ruin the weekend for us, it should be an awesome weekend. On the agenda are 2 rounds. The first is on Saturday at noon on Santee National. Following that round we tend to do a replay of 9 or 18 holes, depending on time. Either way that is a fun day. The following day is another 18 holes at Lake Marion and the trek home.
I've played a few more rounds than usual leading up to this weekend. I'm good by no means, but love to play. I played twice last weekend and shot a 100 and a 96. If it is at all possible, I was unhappy with the 100 and every happy with the 96, which was only 4 strokes better.... figure that one out? Anyway, I'd love to continue to improve this weekend, but we'll see.
12 of us are making the trip. I'd guess that most are within my same scoring ability, which makes it more fun. I love to compete. Whether it's at a high or low level, to compete with someone of similar ability to myself makes it fun.
I cant wait!
I've played a few more rounds than usual leading up to this weekend. I'm good by no means, but love to play. I played twice last weekend and shot a 100 and a 96. If it is at all possible, I was unhappy with the 100 and every happy with the 96, which was only 4 strokes better.... figure that one out? Anyway, I'd love to continue to improve this weekend, but we'll see.
12 of us are making the trip. I'd guess that most are within my same scoring ability, which makes it more fun. I love to compete. Whether it's at a high or low level, to compete with someone of similar ability to myself makes it fun.
I cant wait!
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