The Bloody Toe http://bloodytoe.com Bloody, since 2009 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:12:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New truck http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/new-truck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-truck http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/new-truck/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 06:12:09 +0000 Nathan Nelson http://bloodytoe.nelsonshack.com/?p=7747 Bought this little truck, today. It was sad to see Chico go in the trade.

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]]> http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/new-truck/feed/ 0 Weigh-in http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/weigh-in-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weigh-in-3 http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/weigh-in-3/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:32:02 +0000 Nathan Nelson http://bloodytoe.nelsonshack.com/?p=7744 This morning, I hopped on the scale to see how things were going, gravity-wise. 193.5. Looking good.

Yesterday, after work, I ran 3 miles at an 8:35 pace. Not too shabby.

]]> http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/weigh-in-3/feed/ 0 Post breakfast headaches http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/post-breakfast-headaches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=post-breakfast-headaches http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/post-breakfast-headaches/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 16:51:44 +0000 Nathan Nelson http://bloodytoe.nelsonshack.com/?p=7740 Man, I was hoping I was done with this, but my headache just came back.  Didn’t have one yesterday, so I was optimistic.  Took some Ibuprofen and trying again…

]]> http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/post-breakfast-headaches/feed/ 0 Turning the ship around http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/turning-the-ship-around/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turning-the-ship-around http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/turning-the-ship-around/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 Nathan Nelson http://bloodytoe.nelsonshack.com/?p=7729 Continue reading →]]> This weekend, I had the opportunity to spend time with my family in Saint George, Utah. It’s a great place to visit and possibly better place to live.  It has warm temperatures (ok, it can get brutally hot) and winters aren’t so frostbitey (please add this word to your dictionary if it’s not jiving with your compter’s spellcheck- it’s awesome.)

Coincidentally, the inaugural Ironman half distance was on Saturday.  As soon as I found out, I was immediately jealous.  Jealous of the participant’s new shirts, bragging rights- pain, even.  When you love to race (or at least “complete”) physical endurance races, sometimes, if you’re like me, you feel like you should be in all of them.

Throughout the day, as my family drove around St. George, we noticed people struggling on bikes and running on foot, in the heat of the day.  A few times I told Wendy, I’m glad I’m not doing that, which actually means “I sooooo wish I was doing that”.  She knows this, by now.

At the end of the day, we managed to find a table at Outback Steakhouse, among all of the hardbodied and chiseled athletes.  I kept thinking, “Hey, I do what you do, but you look guys look TOTALLY different”.

Then I realized:

“You will never look like, feel like, have as much success as these people, because you aren’t sacrificing the same things they are.”

BAM.  There it is.  It’s time for action.  Here are some of the thoughts that I’ve had, since that moment in Outback, as I gorged on a 12 oz steak while accepting several refills of Dr. Pepper:

1.  It’s been a while since I’ve been able to lift my knee to my chest (or at least be able to tie my shoes by lifting my leg, rather than crouching down to it.

2.  I can’t sprint (or at least run an 8 MPM) for one mile, anymore.

3.  I drink at LEAST 6 12 oz cans of DP a day (some days, many more.)

4.  My teeth are going to fall out.

5.  I weigh 30 pounds too much.

6.  Races are much more enjoyable when you can actually compete with yourself.  When you are just completing them, it’s not nearly as satisfying as shattering a PR.  (Note to Brett C:  A PR is a “personal record”.

7.  When I sing, I need to breathe more (gasping, maybe?)

8.  I can’t talk while I run, anymore.

9.  At this rate diabetes is probably making its way into my future.

10.  I don’t look like a runner.  I miss looking like a runner.

11.  Nowadays, I subconsciously walk around with my stomach partially pulled in.  That means I think I’m fat.

So it’s time.  It begins…

now.

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]]> http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/4-miles-eastward-on-the-provo-river-trail/feed/ 0 Lakes we passed on the way to Saint George http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/lakes-we-passed-on-the-way-to-saint-george/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lakes-we-passed-on-the-way-to-saint-george http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/lakes-we-passed-on-the-way-to-saint-george/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 05:56:54 +0000 Nathan Nelson http://bloodytoe.nelsonshack.com/?p=7725 Lets tea search the following lakes and their tributaries. As passed, on I-15, on the way to Saint George.

Utah Lake
Mona Reservior
Chicken Creek
Yuba Lake

]]> http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/lakes-we-passed-on-the-way-to-saint-george/feed/ 0 2013 NHL Playoffs: San Jose vs Vancouver, game 2 http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/san-jose-vs-vancouver/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=san-jose-vs-vancouver http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/san-jose-vs-vancouver/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 05:53:32 +0000 Nathan Nelson http://bloodytoe.nelsonshack.com/?p=7723 Continue reading →]]> Watched this game in Saint George. This game had me on edge. Sharks evened it out to 2-2 with about 50 seconds left in the third.

Torres with the overtime sudden-death goal.

That makes the Sharks 2-0 in this first playoffs series.

Had Wing Nutz Chipoltle Lime wings, with spicy buffalo chips over this game. Awesome.

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North bridge phase 3

]]> http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/washington-city-water-park/feed/ 0 Water heater’s going out http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/water-heaters-going-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-heaters-going-out http://bloodytoe.com/2013/05/water-heaters-going-out/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 07:10:28 +0000 Nathan Nelson http://bloodytoe.nelsonshack.com/?p=7717 Continue reading →]]> Water, dripping at an alarming rate.  Just took a quick shower.  Making Wendy get ready for her day, too, at 1 am.  She’s not happy about this.  Time to replace this thing.  Will shut off the water to it, tonight, then replace tomorrow (today).

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