Sunday, April 20, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Fun Quote
My 8th graders are reading The Call of the Wild, by Jack London.
Here's a quote to think about.
"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of live, and beyond which life cannot
rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive,
and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this
forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a
sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad on a stricken field and refusing
quarter; and it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf cry, straining
after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the
moonlight. He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature
that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time. He was mastered by the
sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate
muscle, joint, and sinew and that it was everything that was not death, that it was
aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars
and over the face of dead matter that did not move."
Here's a quote to think about.
"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of live, and beyond which life cannot
rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive,
and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. This ecstasy, this
forgetfulness of living, comes to the artist, caught up and out of himself in a
sheet of flame; it comes to the soldier, war-mad on a stricken field and refusing
quarter; and it came to Buck, leading the pack, sounding the old wolf cry, straining
after the food that was alive and that fled swiftly before him through the
moonlight. He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature
that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time. He was mastered by the
sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate
muscle, joint, and sinew and that it was everything that was not death, that it was
aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars
and over the face of dead matter that did not move."
Saturday, February 2, 2008
2k Race Plan
Please take a few minutes to share a 2k race plan that either worked very well or not very well at all.
My personal favorite is what I did today. 10-15 hard strokes, then nail goal split until 1000m. At 500m in, there should be absolutely no problems. It should actually be more difficult to slow down to your goal split than anything else. 500m-1000m is still fairly easy. Coming into the half way point I like to be very close to my target split. As long as I know I'm in the ball game at the half way point, I know I'll be fine. Around 1200m in, I start to let the rate creep up a bit as I try to drop the split by a second. 1500m the rate is still climbing and I take another move to drop the split. Sprinting all depends on what is left. If I did the rest of the race correctly, there won't be much of a sprint. A sprint usually indicates too much energy left over and not enough time to use it. Don't worry about the sprint. My wife says if your last 500m is any part of your race plan that you might as well start over. Plan the body of your race and the last 500 will take care of itself.
Any other suggestions or non-suggestions?
My personal favorite is what I did today. 10-15 hard strokes, then nail goal split until 1000m. At 500m in, there should be absolutely no problems. It should actually be more difficult to slow down to your goal split than anything else. 500m-1000m is still fairly easy. Coming into the half way point I like to be very close to my target split. As long as I know I'm in the ball game at the half way point, I know I'll be fine. Around 1200m in, I start to let the rate creep up a bit as I try to drop the split by a second. 1500m the rate is still climbing and I take another move to drop the split. Sprinting all depends on what is left. If I did the rest of the race correctly, there won't be much of a sprint. A sprint usually indicates too much energy left over and not enough time to use it. Don't worry about the sprint. My wife says if your last 500m is any part of your race plan that you might as well start over. Plan the body of your race and the last 500 will take care of itself.
Any other suggestions or non-suggestions?
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