Yesterday Judy got a new engagement ring! When I first proposed I had got the ring she wanted but it didn't have a matching band. We had to get a plain band (that didn't match the band style of the engagement ring) and then because the engagement ring sat so low had to have it notched out so it would sit flush. It didn't look very good. I decided to get Judy a new ring because she is going to wear it FOREVER and I wanted to make sure she was happy with it and that it looked good. Also the new ring is not an emerald cut so it sparkles more (more cuts). it is a square in the middle outlined with little diamonds. The band has diamonds half way around. It looks really cool. Now we just have to find a band matching band, which should be a lot easier.

Yesterday I ran 5 miles. Tiger Woods congratualted me for running my fastest mile. The day before I ran 2.5 and ran my fastest mile too. I calibrated my Nike+iPod on Sunday so now it is recording more accurate numbers. I've been just under 10min/mi pace the last two runs. I created a Running Log which is easier to track my runs with. You can sort the columns which makes it easy to see certain things.

Last night Judy and I had taco's for dinner. We had no idea we were out of "Smack my sweet ass and call me sally" sauce so I ran to Tijuana Flats real quick and got 2 bottles. I got home and when I walked in Judy said "Did you know there is a hole in that bag?" and right at that moment one of the bottles dropped and shattered everywhere. The sticky sauce was all over the floor. I guess the paper bag had got wet when the lady gave it to me and couldn't handle the 3 minute ride home. So now we have one bottle.

Using the tool eakxpa posted the link for I found out that the trail I like to run on is called "Cady Way Bike Path", probably because Cady Way Elementary school is in the middle of it. The trail goes a little further in both directions that I had thought. It is just over 9 miles long. I mapped it a little longer so that the trail ends at a church across the street from the real end. That way I can get water. It seems like the markers on this map match up with the markers that are along side the path. Pretty neat stuff!

Today I ran 4 miles. I have timed this run in my car and it is exactly 2.0 miles to the turn around spot. At the beginning of my runs now I pull off to a nice culdesac to stretch. This adds .1 to maybe .2 mi to my runs. Today's run was probably 4.1 or 4.2 miles. What does my Nike+iPod say it was? 3.79 miles! I ran it in 42 min 22 sec so that makes my pace 11 min 9 sec. I used a calculator online to see what it should have been with 4.1 miles and the pace came out to 10 min 20 sec. That is more like what I feel I am running at right now. I really need to calibrate this thing. It was raining when I came home today but stopped after 45 minutes so I started running at 7:30. It was nice and cool. Maybe I should go running at 7:30 more often!

Thanks kevni

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

This morning I was up early and went for a run at 6:30. At least I think that was the time I left. It wasn't early enough though because once the sun came up it was hot. Sunday's are my long run and today I had planed for 6 miles. I ran over to Goldenrod Park which is 1.2 miles away. I got some water and streched. When we lived in the apartments this is where I would run to before turning around on my 3 mile course. If you remember there is a pathway for runners and bikers that goes for a few miles. I followed that until I hit 3 miles and then turned around. The good thing about the path is that it has a few water fountains. The bad thing is that it starts off directly in line with the sun so either your back or your face is directly being hit by it. It makes a 90 degree turn but I didn't run far enough to hit that point. In two weeks when I run 8 miles I will get that far but I am hoping to leave a little earlier to avoid the sun. Along the pathway they must have put new markers. There is one just past Goldenrod Park marked at 6 1/4 mi. After that you have to cross the street (changes from Orange to Seminole county) and the trail continues but there aren't any more water fountains and I don't know if the trail is still marked. I don't know how far it goes into Seminole County either. The Orange county side of the trail ends about where our rehersal dinner will be.

This was the hardest one because it is tied for the longest song this year (3:42) and because it also has vocals that I time events to. It took a while to set those up but after that the sequencing went fast because of the effects I was doing. I think it came out pretty cool and will look different than the other songs.

http://lifehacker.com/396714/best-us-cities-to-live-work-and-play

Here are some spy pics.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4502

Also the LOR sale begins today. woohoo!

Firefox 3 came out yesterday. It has significant speed improvements. I can't believe how fast some web pages are loading now. Make sure you download it!

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/