I’m working really hard and hoping that I’m learning something. I’m on an ambitious workout schedule and I’m seriously watching my diet; in fact, I’m also testing my sugars before and after meals as I try to figure out what will raise my sugars and what won’t. I usually run four days a week now: […]

Using Google Maps while I find a reasonable way to measure my running distances and speeds, here’s some of my current routes: This is the three mile out and back route that my running partner (who I guess will be known here as Twitterless E) do two times a week (supposed to be three times […]

Several of my Twitter friends ran in the Honolulu Marathon this past Sunday. I was not one of them; having done the 2008 marathon (horribly injured and not well trained) I’m not thinking runs of that length are really for me. That said, it was inspiring to see how well some of them did. Two […]

I’d like to do more. I’m starting over with some of my training and cutting back on my overall effort to keep my heart rate down. I’m doing what’s called building a base of aerobic fitness, and while it’s necessary, it almost feels like I’m slacking off. I feel like I can go harder, but […]

I’ve had a few heart rate monitors over the years; unfortunately they’ve tended to die on me after a year or so of use. I just got a new one from Nashbar for pretty cheap, so I’m using it to help in my training again. What is a heart rate monitor? Simply, it’s a way […]

I was excited not just for myself, but for my buddies. It was great to place in my age/gender group at the SAM’s 5K, but seeing my pace was much more exciting, and seeing how well my buddies did in the same run was even more exciting. Seeing how fast John was–and hearing how he’s […]

The SAM’s 5K is the first 5K I’ve entered, and like in my other runs, I was lifted by my Team Twitter buddies, this time @alohajohn, @tadasauce, @bevclemente, @janck, and @shmerin. 5K isn’t very far; according to Google it’s 3.10685596 miles, meaning it’s about the same distance I’ve been running a few mornings a week. […]

I’ve got the doldrums, but I’m shaking them off. One of the things it’s too easy to do when it comes to my morning workouts is to roll the other way and hit the snooze button until it’s too late to actually work out. Having some peer pressure is helping me do that, as well […]

My training has been sporadic at best. Some things have been great–running in the morning has really helped me get in workouts that I had otherwise been missing, and I get to do it with a friend too. Others, like this lingering cough that wakes me up some nights, have been less than great. That […]

I’m still coughing. This cold has lingered a long longer than I hoped it would. In fact, I spent almost the entire time I was off from work from Thanksgiving through the Sunday after recovering from my cold and sleeping way longer hours than usual–in fact, I had already been sleeping earlier, sometimes before 8 […]