About a year ago- specifically on December 13th, a Friday, I started running. Every day. I am still going. Running has kept me going- when work gets a bit rough, I know I am running. When things slow down, I know I am running. I haven’t lost any weight, but by running through Katie’s third […]
My goal is to qualify for Boston- or run a marathon in about three hours. Based on my Rock N Roll Raleigh marathon time, I was 40 minutes closer to that goal last spring at my first marathon than this year at my third. Hell, my marathon time at the Beach2Battleship Ironman was 10 minutes […]
Monday I jogged my 567th mile this year, a few days shy of the end of June. 567 miles (technically 567.00195 miles) jogged over the course of six months is equivalent to running a 5k every day since January 1. At the start of the year I pegged my 2013 running goal to run 1,000 […]
The goal: lose 50 lbs in 52 weeks. Easy! Just burn 175,000 calories in a year. Not even a pound a week! The internet lays it out in just two steps! After twelve years of yo-yo dieting, I consider myself something of an expert: Fall 2001, Halfway through college: 200 lbs. Bojangles and inactivity were the […]
January 2012. When I looked in the mirror, me- 32 years old & 235 lbs. When I turned around, I’d frequently see my 2 kids and 1 great wife. I needed to change- for me, and for them. Process: During 2011, I exercised approximately three times: According to my Garmin, three bike rides and zero […]