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If you enjoy science or a skeptical viewpoint you might be interested in the following (this is a brain child of Brian Dunning, who runs the Skeptoid Podcast)…

Friends – Here is a note from the director of the new TV pilot THE SKEPTOLOGISTS, starring Michael Shermer, Phil Plait, Steven Novella, Yau-Man Chan, Kirsten Sanford, and Mark Edward. We are shortly going to be out pitching it to the networks and are seeking as much email support as we can get.

Please consider posting this announcement, or any variation of it including the email address, to any blogs, podcasts, email lists or other resources you may have. Let’s get this show on the air!!!

Raise your voice! Let it be known that it’s time for a TV series that focuses on the real, the intelligent and important advances in science, critical thinking and skepticism. The Skeptologists will be pitched to major networks soon, and we want to give the programming executives a sense of what kind of support they can received if they invest in a TV series of this kind.

We have started an email campaign to have fans of the show write-in in support of this show idea and let us know why you would watch a show about critical thinking, science and skepticism! We will compile the emails and present to the executives along with our all-star cast, entertaining pilot program and solid production background to seal a great TV deal to give the Skeptics of the world a show they can stand behind, and be proud of!

Take a moment, and send a brief email to skeptologists@newrule.com. You email will be collected and will help support the show.

Mon: 2 Wildwood laps with Nate and Mark. Progressively picked up the pace after the 4th mile and felt really smooth for the first time in quite a while.

Tues: Biked at LA Fitness and lifted

Wed: 9 miles with Jon around Camp hill. While we were generally running pretty slow, my HR was the lowest I’ve seen it in a while. I think my some of my fitness is returning.

Thu: Was planning on either biking or doing 1 Wildwood loop. Ended up joining Ryan and Mark for 2 loops. Coming down with a cold, I hope it breaks soon.

Fri: Worked on presentation from after dinner Thurs night until 1:30 AM. Woke up at 5:00 AM to drive to 4 hours to Pittsburgh. Met with customer until just before 5:00 PM. Drive home took about 4 hours. Totally exhausted.

Sat: Ran 12 miles with Ryan on the Conewago trail in about 1:43:30 (8:48 pace). Garmin called it a bit short due to the tunnel right before the turnaround at 6 miles. Weather was a bit warm. Might need to start long runs earlier in the morning when it is cooler.

Sun: Woke up really early and watched some of London Marathon streaming video.  After watching some awesome racing I was tempted to run, but don’t want to push it after my long run yesterday. My wife and I were going to leave for NYC around 9:00 to see “Legally Blond” on Broadway (which was pretty good), so I ended up doing a quick bike warm-up and lifting routine at LA Fitness.  I felt kind of hard-core being one of about 6-8 people waiting for LA Fitness to unlock the doors at 8am.

Plans for next week: Keep slowly adding mileage. Will only do a mini-taper for LVHM since it is no longer an “A” race.

Check out Jim Laurent’s blog entry that covers tips from the Sun mac user’s mailing list.

I saw an article in the NY Times “The Flutter Over Heart Rate” that talks about some people’s obsession with measuring heart rates. I’ve always been (probably a bit too much) interested in measuring my heart rate since I was in a 7th grade science class and we were discussing pulse rates. I can remember measuring mine at 60 and thinking it was neat that my heart was beating almost exactly once a second.

I started getting really interested in measuring my HR  again about two years ago when I started getting back on the exercise bandwagon.  I like checking the stats from my Garmin 305 and seeing the pace per mile versus HR to get a feel of my level of running fitness.  I often measure my pulse in the morning to detect if I have residual fatigue from workouts or races.  If my pulse is elevated by more than 3-4 beats a minute, I’ll either cancel or substantially reduce any planned workout I have for the day.

More reviews of the Dash GPS have come in.  The newer reviews tend to be a lot more balanced (since they aren’t all from people involved in the beta program or Dash shills).  I still really want one of the units, but given then price tag, I’ll  wait a while and see how the device works once they push out a software update.

This week went fairly-well exercise wise.  I can still feel my hamstring sometimes during workouts, but it hasn’t actually hurt in the past week.  I’m hoping the strengthening exercises and stretching are helping.

Mon: rode stationary bike @ LA Fitness.

Tue: ran 2 laps with Mark and Ryan around Wildwood Lake.

Wed: Off

Thu: ran 2 laps by myself at Wildwood Lake.  Picked up the pace on the 2nd lap and felt good.

Fri: rode stationary bike @ LA Fitness + lifting

Sat: ran 11 miles with Jon, Nate, and Eric at the Newville rail trail.  This was the first day I noticed many birds out.  Made it feel like spring is really arriving.

Sun: rode stationary bike @ LA Fitness and lifted weights in the morning.  Wasn’t planning on running at all but read a bunch of running forums and got the urge, so went out and jogged 2 miles around the ‘hood before dinner.