Maitta! Always - Daily Amazing Confusions -

6min/km pace run: Last night 3km, this morning 4km. My jogging this morning was a bit over pace, 22min for 4km. I learn distances of every section and adjust my pace by counting steps, but looks like I sometime fail to count.

I'm thinking that this December will be the month for me to focus on cleaning my room, instead of learning something new, just as I was learning web programing and Photoshop in this summer.

I had been worried before meeting with comrades, but finally I enjoyed conversation with them. I was so excited that I'm not sure I sleep well tonight.

Before VIA Christmas Blend is sold out, I got a new package. The stock on the shelf has been already few, although there are still almost a month before Christmas.

I'm thinking of purchasing PS4 by next spring. I want to play new Atelier Series games in recent years. On Saturday I found an used one on sale, more reasonable than I had expected, but I thought twice. I'm thinking that I would buy after my saving reaches a certain amount. By the way, I have found out one problem with the sound of PS4. After I returned home on that day, I looked up further about PS4, video and audio output. I learned that video and audio output is typically integrated into HDMI interface, and PS4 doesn't have analog audio output, so if I connect my PS4 with my TV, I have no choice but use the speaker of my TV, unless I don't separate audio output. Then I looked up further. Looks like I can also use USB audio and digital audio output. Thinking of using USB audio, on Sunday, I bid for a USB DAC but I lost. I'm now thinking I can also try digital (optical) audio output. Well I have at least 3 months before I buy my PS4, so I don't have t...

I swam 50 meter backstroke within 1 minute today for the first time. I'm not good at backstroke. Last year my best time was 1'08 for 50 meter. I had already been able to swim in 1 minutes in breaststroke, let alone freestyle and butterfly. In recent 2 years, I have been to able to swim the back stroke slow and long, but didn't know how to swim fast. In this weekend I practiced the kick and my time was getting shorter and shorter. Today's swim Warm up: 500m freestyle 50m Freestyle: 47 seconds 50m Backstroke: 58 seconds. 50m Breaststroke: 56seconds (I have been almost hurt my hip, due to hardworking).

Today the notification that my disability certificate will be extended. I'm greatly relieved, because it would be going to expire on the end of November if the notification didn't arrive, and I would be unable to use the benefit that I can use city indoor swimming pool for free next Saturday. As for this Saturday, I went swimming as usual, after I came home from two clinic visits. I had started 8:30 p.m. and the time I returned was 2:00 p.m. I started for swimming at 3:20 p.m. At first I felt a bit tired, but I managed to swim 1km anyway. Then I dashed in breaststroke and backstroke 50m each, and much faster than last week. Breaststroke: 55s/50m Backstroke: 1'02s/50m Also I intensively practiced the kick of four strokes. I didn't freestyle and butterfly so seriously, but swam at slower and more comfortable pace.

Today is Labor Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday in Japan. I suffered headache almost all the day. Probably I have been tired, a bit overwhelmed by tasks, including editing images. This week and the next week, I have lots of tasks at work, so I was even thinking that the holiday could be a stumbling block.

I'm already making plans to participate in road races in next spring. Some races held in March and April have already accepting entries. Also, as for Sendai International Half Marathon, its registration will begin in the beginning of December. In the previous race, the registration began in the middle of January, so it's more than one month earlier than usual. A popular race as it is, registration will be closed in less than an hour from the time it begins, reaching the limit.

Yesterday I jogged 8.6km in 1 hour 10 minutes. Today I plan to run 3km with the pace 6 minutes per kilometer. Preparation is almost the same as yesterday, but I have to finish by 7:30 p.m. today.

If I want to LSD (Long Slow Distance) jogging after supper, that is, jogging slowly after supper and return before 8:30 p.m. I have to prepare before supper, changing clothes almost ready to run, preparing my jacket, cap, and gloves at my reach, without wasting time after supper.

What would I tell about Abylimpics to my colleagues, if I only had an hour to prepare my presentation handout? I would tell that it is a vocational skill contests for people with disabilities. Competitions are done in about 20 disciplines, including building cleaning, waiter/waitress, office assistance, data entry, database, and web page creating (homepage). Next I would roughly explain that I usually participate in the homepage contest, and what is important to win the race in the prefectural competition and the national competition.

The swimming pool I go on Sundays will be closed from next January until the end of March due to repair of water purification tanks. I need to go to another pool if want to swim in that period. Today I visited another pool which is the second nearest from home. With 15 minutes from the nearest station, the location is relatively convenient to me, but I have to walk through a city cemetery to get there. Although I don't believe in horrors, the path doesn't seem to have lights along it so it's not good idea to walk there after dark. Besides, in winter time, when snow falls, I'm not sure if snow is removed from the path.

I went swimming in the afternoon. It took 3 weeks before I get back my Saturday routine swimming, busy with abilympics in the beginning of November and 10km road race last Sunday. First I swam 1 kilometer slowly, checking my form and the touch of water. Then I measured my time of 50 meters in different styles. Butterfly: 52 seconds Breast Stroke: 57 seconds Backstroke: 1m08s And I swam 200 meter in freestyle in 3m57s My next goal is swimming 200m individual medley in 3m40s, and I'm thinking it takes time to learn how to swim faster. First keeping on swimming long regularly.

The first half of November has already passed. I'm surprised how fast time flies, somehow coping with my occasional low spirit and bad temper.

13 stair flights up and down taking advantage of intermissions during work. My legs hasn't been full recovered, but at least I don't have to worry about taking stairs down.

10 days passed since Abilympics, and I have been released from pressure and tension, but I don't have enough sleep. These days I go to sleep later than 10 p.m. which is a bit later than I think the best time. Sleeping earlier I think is the key to recover from kind of burnout.

Today, after 2 days after the 10km road race, I walked even more slower than yesterday. I'm disappointed that my leg are so slow to recover, but maybe in a day or two, I would be able to walk at a normal pace. I feel pain in my leg from tiredness, but I'm not thinking that they are really hurt.

The next day of 10km road race. I walk half the speed as I usually do. Especially I have hard time with taking stairs down, rather than up.

I replaced my goggle lens. I have ordered a third party spare lens for my Oakley A-Frame 1.0. This was a good choice for me, because the current lens was already damaged, and my budget was quite limited. I hadn't cared much about the color of the lens as long as it meet my purpose, but as a result, the color of the item that has just arrived (right) was almost exactly the same as my old damaged one (left). I eager to see how my new lens works when I'm actually skiing.

Tomorrow I attend a 10 kilometer road race. My legs have been already tired because today on Saturday I washed my ski wear with my feet.

Next goal after abylimpics. Reviewing the results, in technical parts is a little bit tough now. It take some time to reap the fruits, the knowledge I obtained through the preparation of the competition.

The train bound for home is the last barrier, when I managed to finish my work of the day, but energy has already been running out.

I restarted playing Final Fantasy 7. The last play was a half year ago.

Tomorrow I'll come back to regular work. Today I'm taking 1-day off after the competition travel. I went to the pool and swam for the first time in 2 week. Right after I finished I was really tired, and I spontaneously smiled. I couldn't really smile during the competition travel, in spite of the fact that it was a really rare opportunity to go to Okinawa, southernmost part of Japan, from my Tohoku area, namely north east of Japan.

Abylinpics in Okinawa: I couldn't bring any prize home. I wish I could. My lack of strategies, efficiency, design sense, and real commitment seem to the problems. Certainly did I do my best, but I doubt all my efforts were focused on winning the race.

The competition is over. I burnt out, and my work wasn’t very good. I should have made more maintainable codes and file components. This is from my lack of competence, efficiency of coding and other parts of my daily work.

The test page worked on the environment of the competition. I was greatly relieved, but the real competition comes tomorrow.

Abilympics, vocational skills contests for people with disabilities, being held in Naha, Okinawa. Today the opening ceremony was held. Tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow there will be competitions of more than 20 discipline. I will participate in the homepage contest. My turn will be the day after tomorrow, and tomorrow afternoon I will go to the venue and set up the the PC I use on the day of the competition.

Now I finally got to Okinawa. At least I’m going to set myself to the start line.