I still hate running, but I’m doing it anyway. The peer pressure of having someone to meet up with has definitely worked, I’m doing a couple of relatively hard runs during the work week in the morning and showering at work (one of the side benefits–I love showering). I have entries for a 5K, an […]

I’m regaining lost ground. My weight which had gone over 190 is now back in the high 180s and I’m hoping back to my baseline 185 soon. Part of that is hard work–getting those 7:15 am runs in last week, as well as making sure I continued on the bike. Part of that was also […]

One of the social workers I work with who is usually stationed at another clinic will be temporarily assigned to the same building and shift I do for a few weeks. She’s close to my age and she’s been trying to get her workouts kick started too. So tomorrow, we’re going to meet at 7:15 […]

I had planned for this post to run on Monday the 9th of November, 2009, but for some reason it ended up buried in my draft pile. My apologies for my tardiness. I ran this morning, a pretty short two miles, before my aborted attempt to attend Sunday service at Kane’ohe Higashi Hongwanji (to give […]

My next organized event will be a 5K run in December, the week before the marathon, which I won’t be doing. In American distance, that’s 3.107 miles (or so). It’s not a long run. But that said, since I’ve been only running two or three times a week and very short (2-4 mile) distances, I […]

I’m lazy. It’s been two weeks since the century and aside from lifting weights, a couple of runs, and one night of swimming I haven’t done anything in terms of exercise. It’s time to start up again. I don’t have as large a goal as the century in my near term future, but I do […]

Since the century is now done (and my bike is without a functional rear tube, albeit temporarily), I’m going to switch my workout emphasis from cycling to running for a bit. Why, especially considering how much I hate running? I have a running event in December (a 5k) and another in February (the Great Aloha […]

I’m recovered–but my bike hasn’t. It’s more than a week after the century ride finished and I still haven’t changed the tube on the rear tire of my Bianchi. It’s flat as a pancake. I flatted around mile 78, changed the tube, but probably pinched the replacement when I did and could only inflate it […]

As the century approaches, I’m considering revamping my workout schedule. My thirteen workout a week target is rarely met and even when it is, it seems like I’m not really getting fitter. I have mixed feelings on how to change things up. I have to figure out what my athletic goals for the last parts […]

I’ve been talking for awhile about triple workout Thursday–my attempts on Thursdays to get in a cycling, swimming, and some other (sometimes running, sometimes weights) workout. This week I decided to change things up a bit on the weekend, going for quadruple workout Saturday. Two hours on the bike; one hour in the pool; a […]