Ad:Tech is over, a good show had by all, some spectacular food, drink, and the like. Good friends, one ridiculously hard early-morning workout… And in general, a good time. Exhausted, I sit in the SFO President’s Club, waiting on my CO flight back home. Me and Charles Ruderman, showing the rest of the party what it REALLY means to drop and give them 20. Headed home now, Passover tomorrow and Sunday, then off to Denver on Monday morning for media interviews with Disaboom. The first half of two very long weeks draws to a close.

You never know what’s going to wind up on VLOG somewhere. I magically appear about 30 seconds in. :)

As opposed to “This… Is… SPARTA!!” I got introduced to Crossfit this morning by someone else at Ad:Tech. You know how you can tell I did? I’m the guy at Ad:Tech who can’t walk. 6am at Golden Gate Park. It was… Well, it was hellish. And it was painful. And it was… more addictive than what I assume a first hit of Crystal Meth would be. I’m so totally, completely, and utterly hooked. For serious. The second I get back to NYC, I’m signing up. It’s that simple. I think this might be what I need to help push me to that 3:45 marathon this coming November. Some idea of what I was doing this morning can be found below. [...]

God, Winter sucks – You sit there, it’s too cold to work out, it’s kind of your “off-season” from running and training. What happens? You do your first few jumps in the spring, and realize that your skydiving has become more like “burning through the atmosphere like Skylab plummeting back to earth.” So you do a coach jump, and feel a little bit better. And VOW to lose some weight. Remember: The camera is in my helmet – the person I’m filming is the coach – not me. I’m the one who shouts after the parachute opens.

Stupid pedal clips. They make you go faster. Except when there’s a red light. Then they occasionally become difficult to get out of. At which point, inertia goes away, gravity kicks in, and the result is shown here. Ow.