Video Sunday

Workout Notes 5K swim PR: 1:36:49 (5500 yards). 4250 split (ironman distance) of 1:14:32.

Now for those who want to see “typical” 5K swim times, check out the Big Shoulders 5K swim website or the results page. The top females swam 1:05 or so, and the top males swam 58 minutes, and mind you that year (2006) saw 2-3 foot waves! So please understand that I know exactly how slow I am.

Still, this was almost a 3 minute PR for me, though my open water PR is 1:43 (Big Shoulders, 2001).

500 yard splits: 9:08, 8:49, 8:41, 8:42, 8:38, 8:38, 8:43, 8:46, 8:50, 8:53, 8:56.
You can see where I got warmed up and when I tired out. Note: no flip turns allowed.

I saw Steve Foster; he managed about 1000 yards or so.

Politics

I’ve decided to post some videos of some good Presidential candidates; the Obama, Clinton and Edwards videos came from their campaign’s youtube page. Note how the candidates chose to focus on different things; Clinton’s was very professional and polished, Edwards was a “man of the common person” theme and Obama was a “cool rock star” theme.

I also posted a speech of Bill Richardson; this guy has simply got to get his name out there.

Hillary Clinton discusses the Walter Reed fiasco and other problems facing our war veterans.

John Edwards takes on health care in Iowa.

Barack Obama in Cleveland; he discusses racial equality here.

Barack Obama in Austin (at one of my hang-outs; there is a running trail here)

Bill Richardson at a candidates forum. This guy has got to be seen more.