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Running Inspirational Quotes from “Ultra Marathon Man: Confessions of an all-night runner”

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San Francisco Half Marathon 2009 Completed - Personal Best so far!

I ran San Francisco Half Marathon 2009 yesterday and here are the results:



I'm excited about the results because improved my timing by almost 3 minutes. And running on Golden Gate Bridge is always a great experience. As always, the race was very well organized starting from expo to bib/tee-shirt distribution, well marked course, water and medical stations, local community support, buses from half marathon finish line to start line and every thing else. A few possible improvements are listed below.

I saw Dean Karnazes (50/50/50 marathon man) and met Bart Yasso (Yasso 800 man) in the Expo. There is certainly a wealth of knowledge to pick up from these elite runners.

1. Really, really, really qualify runners in Wave 1. Ask them for a qualifying time from a previous race or something. Walkers and 10-minute milers are NOT Wave 1.
2. Separate the course going on/off the Golden Gate Bridge, not just with orange cones, but with an additional rope. Otherwise slower runners spill over on the other side and almost bumping into the faster runners.
3. The expo hall had a wonderful set of exhibitors but it became really crowded as the day progressed. Either an alternate location or back to Market/Embaracdero next year is a better option.

1. Run a half-marathon with 7ish pace
2. Qualify for Boston - probably next year

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Running Streak in Q2 2009 - 378.5 miles, 77/91 days of running

Continued from Q1 2009 running streak, here is a summary of Q2 (Apr 1 - Jun 30) 2009 running:

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Running Streak in Q1 2009

Here is a summary of my running streak in Q1 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2009:

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LOTD #17: Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Administration and Deployment Course - SAS 4455

Interested in learning how to configure, administer, and deploy web applications, EJB applications, and Web services on GlassFish ? This 4-day instructor-led workshop (with numerous hands-on labs) introduces you to various Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server (GlassFish) concepts and functions ranging from introductory to advanced and provides you with hands-on experience via remote labs. You also learn to enable various advanced GlassFish features, such as in-memory replication, high availability database (HADB), load balancing, monitoring and logging, clustering, and security.

• Install, upgrade, migrate, and uninstall GlassFish
• Configure GlassFish
• Create a clustered GlassFish environment
• Deploy applications in GlassFish
• Perform logging and monitoring in GlassFish
• Install and configure the load balancer plug-in
• Configure and use in-memory replication
• Configure and use HADB for high availability
• Configure advanced features of GlassFish
• Configure the security features of GlassFish
• Configure and work with databases
• Work with Sun Java System Message Queue (Message Queue) Clustered Application Server

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GlassFish Metro Web Services Training Course

Interested in understanding the nitty gritty details of how Metro in GlassFish provides Secure, Reliable, Transactional and .NET 3.0 interoperable Web services ? You can certainly read all about it in Metro Users Guide, post questions to Metro Forum, subscribe to Metro Blogs or The Aquarium.

But now there is a new 5 hours Web-based course, WTMB-SAS-1500, from Sun Training. The course content is organized in 5 different modules: WMT-SAS-1543:Adding Quality of Service and .NET Interoperability to Web Services WMT-SAS-2544: Creating Reliable and Secure Interoperable Web Services WMT-SAS-2545: Creating Transactional Web Services WMT-SAS-2546: Working With the Web Services Policy WMT-SAS-2547: Brokered Trust Each module explains What/Why/How of each technology and then shows a complete demo using NetBeans on how to use that feature. The course can be taken within 365 days after the purchase. Read more details here.

• WMT-SAS-1536: GlassFish Application Server Introduction
• WMTB-SAS-1600: GlassFish Application Server Administration Bundle

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New Java Web Services Instructor-led Training Courses

New Instructor-led classroom training sessions on Java EE 5 Web Services are now available.

• Creating Web Services Using Java Technology (course #DWS-3111-EE5)
• Designing Java Web Services (course #DWS-4112-EE5)
• Developing Secure Java Web Services (course #DWS-4120-EE5)

These courses teach how to design, implement, deploy and maintain Web services using Java EE 5 platform. NetBeans 5.5 IDE and Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0 (GlassFish v1) are used to perform the lab sessions. If the existing schedule does not meet your request, then click on "Request A Class" button.

Stay tuned, new courses based on GlassFish v2 are being developed and will be released soon. In the meanwhile, enjoy screencast #ws7 that shows how to create, deploy and invoke a Secure and Reliable Web service using NetBeans 6 and GlassFish v2.

View the entire Java Web Services learning path.

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Running Gospels from "Saint Ralph"

I watched Saint Ralph recently, an absolutely wonderful movie. The movie is set in 1954 and about how 14-year old Ralph Walker believes winning Boston Marathon will be a miracle and bring his mother out of coma. If you are a runner, this is a really good one to watch. Here are some of the quotes from the movie

• "Unlike other events in running, the marathon is ultimate test of fortitude. Therefore, once the decision to run has been made dedication is paramount."
• "Especially when your legs ache from training, putting in the miles is essential to self-improvement."
• "In running, you can never recover. You can redline all you want but never go past the breaking point until the final sprint."
• "As the race approaches it is paramount that all distractions disappear. It's equally important that all doubts be cast aside. Remember, the marathon is not without adversity, not without pain."
• "The more pain I can take, the better runner I'll be."

And some simple lessons:

• Stay on pace.
• Don't get caught up into surges.
• Don't go into oxygen debt, breathe.
• Use your arms, relax your arms.
• More tension makes your steps shorter.

And the best one I liked:

• "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield" from Ulysses

Watch a trailer of the movie

Another one of my favorite is Chariots of Fire.

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GlassFish Channel

One more venue to ask questions on GlassFish is Chat rooms. I configured using Gaim 2.0.0 beta6 and now there. The complete archive of the chat session is available here. You need to click on << and >> (top of the page) to scroll through the dates. Alternatively, you can search the entire archive by entering a keyword.

Other that this, you can send a message to users-AT-glassfish.dev.java-DOT-net (archive subscribe) or post a question in the GlassFish forum. If interested, you can buy paid support for Sun Java System Application Server here.

You can get yourself more familiar with GlassFish or JavaEE in general using a mix of free and paid training material.

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Polar F11 and Marathon Training

I've started uploading my running log using Polar F11 to their website.

A monthly view provides a summary for the entire month and shows the days on which any kind of physical activity was recorded by F11.

A weekly view provides more detail in terms of finish times, high and low limit of heart rate and total time spent in the week so far.

A daily view allows you to specify the different types of Activity ("Running" below). It shows the timing to the exact second. If I wear the heart rate monitor during the activity, then it calculates the calories burned, fat consumption, maximum heart rate (HRmax) and average heart rate (HRavg, aka resting heart rate).

I'm planning to use this for tracking my marathon training this year. 

I wish, and hope, Polar define a Web service so that users can access their data programmatically or at least allow the data to be exported in a usable format.

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Running Training Tips

Great running training tips.

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Marathon Training, here I come!

Last pre-training week with a total of 26 miles.

Mon: 7 miles
Tue: Rest
Wed: 7 miles
Thu: 5 miles
Fri: None
Sat: 7 miles
Sun: Rest

So marathon training, here I come tomorrow. Check out some good articles in the meanwhile:

• The Runners Six Pack - How to get ready for a peak running performance
• Get Strong Legs - How to get a strong lower body
• Run Through The Cold - Training through the cold winter months

Miles to go ...

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Silicon Valley Marathon 2006 Training Calendar

I'm recovering well after the marathon. My complete training calendar is below. I'll be happy to take any advise on altering my schedule to accommodate a faster pace for the next race.

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20 miler over the weekend

4 loops of 5 miles gave me my second long run over the weekend of the total planned 4. All the training (both physical and mental) is now getting used. Here are the statistics for the run:

2 hr and 56 minutes
8:50/mile pace
2779 calories

With non-stop running for 3 hours, there is a lot of time to think about setting the marathon goal. Here is my refined goal:

1. Finish within less than 4 hours
2. No walk breaks (I've not taken any so far)

I plan to finish the first 20 miles in less than 3 hours and keep the last hour for remaining 6.2 miles. Here is my training calendar so far:

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Final push for marathon training

With an 18.5 miles run yesterday morning, this is the start of long runs for the upcoming marathon. It took 2hr and 43 minutes, burning 2460 calories, giving a 8:49/mile pace. Now on to longer runs for the weekends to come ... 20, 22 and hopefully 24.

After almost 5 months of training, the goal is to finish the complete marathon in less than 4 hours.

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