Tag Archive for 'Running'
Actually going to start up running again now that my back is 100% again. Stephanie and I both have decided to make an effort to start eating more healthy. We had been doing this but lately have slipped into some bad eating habits. And there's nothing like winter to help pack on the extra pounds!
While this is a bit OT, Arlington Foodie and and her Significant Other (as he likes to be called) are signed up to run a 10 (yes I said ten) mile run at the beginning of October. Running for me is a way to insure I don't end up looking like a fat cow while eating all the goodies listed elsewhere on this page but I can insure you I don't eat enough to warrant a TEN mile run!!! But never the less off we go!I found a great article in a running magazine tonight (compliments of the Arlington Public Library and Jason's keen selecting) that outlines on a day by day basis what we needed to be doing to get our behinds off the couch and to the finish line. The plan is for 10 weeks and we really only have nine weeks to go so we'll have to be quite dedicated!!Other than our entire weekend of eating out next weekend in Hershey, PA I plan on trying to eat super healthy to give us every much needed advantage on our road to victory. You can track our running progress through our Nike+ stats on both my page and Jason's page (brdweb.com). A few more updates to come!
Well not really, but it will be running for the farthest distance that I've ever done. The Army Ten Miler is an annual ten mile race here in DC. It is open to the general public although the military is a big chunk of the field. I have decided that I'm going to attempt to run this thing even though I've never run 10 miles at once in my life. I just figure that I need an excuse to get in really good shape this year apart from my twice-annual PT test. That is only a two mile run and so requires speed more than pure endurance.
This will also give me more excuses to use my Nike+ kit for my iPod. It's a neat $30 add-on for an iPod nano that works like a fancy pedometer, uploading stats to a neat website. I've started linking some stats on the right so that anybody can keep track of how I'm doing. I'll update my progress as I go along and we'll see how I do.
