We look like shit.
Somewhere between mile 12 and 15.
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30 Day Challenge
Ever since Lauren completed her Bikram 30-Day Challenge, she’s been planning her next one. Not necessarily Bikram, but a 30-day challenge to push herself and make her a better, healthier person. She settled on a combination of things and this time, I’ll be taking part as well. Time to get …
Back to School, Jack’s Birthday and a Severe Lack in Training
A Lack in blogging as well, but that doesn’t bother me. In fact, be prepared to see fewer updates, because its (almost) September. I started the fall semester on Tuesday. I’m not sure what to think of it yet. I originally signed up for a class in modeling and simulation, …
Ch ch ch Chia!
Before last Sunday’s long run, I tried something new for a pre-run snack. In Born to Run, McDougall encounters chia seeds in the form of iskiate. He described it as a slime that looked unappetizing, but when he tried it, he was surprised at the sweet citrus taste. More so, …
Quick Recap of Week 7
Tuesday Went out at lunch for a little over 4 miles. Nothing fancy. Wednesday Went to Hanson’s for the Brooks Cavalcade of Curiosities Tour. I bought myself a new pair of shoes, Brooks’ PureCadence. Thursday Took my new shoes for a test run on the treadmill during lunch break. I …
A Weak Week 6 in the Books
The back was still hurting after last Sunday’s incident, so I managed to run TWICE for the week. So not much running-wise to recap, however plenty of other things happened… Mond…. Forget it, lets just skip to the weekend… Friday Didn’t have work, so I was able to run in …
Week 5 Recap – I had a lot of pizza.
I actually wrote during the week, so the recap is short…er. Tuesday Used the treadmill at lunch. Whenever I’m on the treadmill, I only have so long until I’m bored out of my mind, so I try to be efficient. Ran the first 5k in 26:15. I tried using the …
Lost in the Woods, Stranded on the Road
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both” -Robert Frost I went to bed Wednesday night with the ambition of running in the morning. As per the usual case on workdays, I didn’t. Instead, I packed up my gear and went off to work. …
Week 4 Recap
Aside from the weekend, it was a fairly uneventful week to recap. Once again I failed to go 3 for 3 on my midweek runs. There’s always week 5. Lets skip to Wednesday. Wednesday So I packed my running gear to take with me to work. On a whim, I …
Week 3 Recap
Well I had a goal of ramping up the mileage a bit this week. Then the weather reached or came close to record highs with heat indices consistently reaching 100°. I never have a consistent format for these recaps, but lets try a new one today… Monday ( I just …
Week 2 Recap
Technically there is one more day to my week, but tomorrow is either a quickie or cross-training. Weekday workouts can be so hard to fit in between work and family. Wednesday’s run was hashed out before work. One of the better pre-work runs I’ve had in a while. Thursday’s run …
Weekend Recap
Weekends never last long enough. First things first: ran 8 miles on Saturday morning. It took a lot out of me, but it also felt great. The calves felt much better. There were tons of people out along Lake St. Clair, except for when I snapped this shot, 5 miles …
My Training Plan (yawn)
So day 2 came and I already started jumbling workouts. After Tuesdays 3.5 miles of running with calves that would not loosen, on Wednesday I was constantly digging into my muscle, trying to get out the knots. Had a small chat with fellow father and Dailymiler, Brian about training plans. …
Week #1 is Going to Be Hot.
Literally hot; not Paris Hilton “That’s hot” hot. Its forecasts like these that remind me I really need a nice handheld waterbottle.
Happy Father’s Day
To all the Dad’s out there, I hope you are having a great Father’s Day. Jack’s gift to me is sleeping in, apparently. Grandma and Grandpa had him all day yesterday while Lauren and I went to a wedding. So, he’s pooped. Which gave me time for a run. …