Sorry that I havent been around I have been traveling like a madman and got Valley Fever in Arizona and damnit well everything! haha
Been doing good on the weight loss but not running for a marathon anymore I think. I have dropped about 20lbs so far and looking to drop another 20. Been back on the mountain bike more than running, I enjoy riding a lot more than running. I have been on the treadmill at the little gym at my apt community though. What I do is a 30 minute working. I walk for a couple minutes then alternate running and walking and jogging speeds. Turns out to be about 4-5 miles and around 500 calories burned so not bad.
Got the Garmin Edge 305 today for my bike and rode with it today. Was really nice being able to see elevation gains, decents, calories, heart rate, cadence, true distance, time, etc... I will have to figure out how to link my online results into this blog!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Back from Vegas
Well, sorry that I havent been writing much I was on a trip to Vegas for work covering the CES Show. Pretty cool show I wish I could have spent more than one day there though. Its just too much good stuff to see. Apple is coming out with the new iPhone through Cingular this June and let me say I must have one. Steve Jobs introduced it at the show and its incredible. If you havent seen it... http://www.apple.com/iphone/
I didnt do much exercise while I was gone other than walk the show. The show is a good 10 miles of walking so I think I did my exercise for the day yesterday. Today I finished up moving out of my garage and tomorrow I am going to get back on track with running/biking. I am in the process of setting up a home studio in my garage so thats why I cleared it out so I could paint and set it up. Oh, Im a photographer and journalist for those that didnt know.
Hope you all are having a good start to your week. I am off to Texas on thursday for an offroad event to cover then back sunday. So, I hope I will be able to sqeek in some gym time (if there is one in the tiny ass hotel i am in) while I am there.
I didnt do much exercise while I was gone other than walk the show. The show is a good 10 miles of walking so I think I did my exercise for the day yesterday. Today I finished up moving out of my garage and tomorrow I am going to get back on track with running/biking. I am in the process of setting up a home studio in my garage so thats why I cleared it out so I could paint and set it up. Oh, Im a photographer and journalist for those that didnt know.
Hope you all are having a good start to your week. I am off to Texas on thursday for an offroad event to cover then back sunday. So, I hope I will be able to sqeek in some gym time (if there is one in the tiny ass hotel i am in) while I am there.
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Ouch!
Yesterday was my rest day so I didn't even post anything :)
Today after I got done with work I headed back out for some running. I did my normal warm up walking mile and let me tell you how much pain I was in. The arch on the left foot and the ankle on my right were both hurting pretty bad. They started hurting the other day after my run but not too bad. Today they were both really sore and killed most of my running for the day. So, since I ended up walking most of the circle today I beat myself up on the bike instead. Let me just say im pooped!
Weight: 235
Walk: 1.0 mile
Run: .5 mile
Walk: 2.5 mile
Mtn Bike: 26.2 mile
Music on Ipod: Powerman 5000 and Slipknot
The good news is that I am losing some weight! The bad news is that I am hoping tomorrow my feet will feel a bit better. I think its mostly just my body freaking out because its performing a new exercise that it's not used to. After a few weeks I assume it'll do better. I went through similiar aches and pains when I got back into mtn bike riding and now that seems to be pain free unless I really push myself haha.
Hope everyone is having a good week so far, could this short week be going by any slower?
Today after I got done with work I headed back out for some running. I did my normal warm up walking mile and let me tell you how much pain I was in. The arch on the left foot and the ankle on my right were both hurting pretty bad. They started hurting the other day after my run but not too bad. Today they were both really sore and killed most of my running for the day. So, since I ended up walking most of the circle today I beat myself up on the bike instead. Let me just say im pooped!
Weight: 235
Walk: 1.0 mile
Run: .5 mile
Walk: 2.5 mile
Mtn Bike: 26.2 mile
Music on Ipod: Powerman 5000 and Slipknot
The good news is that I am losing some weight! The bad news is that I am hoping tomorrow my feet will feel a bit better. I think its mostly just my body freaking out because its performing a new exercise that it's not used to. After a few weeks I assume it'll do better. I went through similiar aches and pains when I got back into mtn bike riding and now that seems to be pain free unless I really push myself haha.
Hope everyone is having a good week so far, could this short week be going by any slower?
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Day Two
I was more than a bit sore today starting off with my run/walk. The outside of my left foot was hurting a bit but after walking for a little while it seemed to get a little better. Just working out the newbie aches and pains I bet.
Well let's see what did I do today...
Weight: 238
Walk: 1.0 mile
Run 2.1 mile
Walk .7 mile
Mtn Bike 9.8 mile
Music on Ipod: Offspring
Did the same loop today running and walking and although I was a bit sore it felt pretty good. I definitely need to work on some good running playlists on the Ipod. Music definitely helps motivate me and keep me going when I get in a rut. Decided to bike a little farther today because I felt like I could and knew it would be a good cool down once again. All in all I am feeling pretty good but damn hungry. I can already tell that all this working out is going to be increasing my metabolism and hunger like it did when I got heavy into mtn biking. I was pretty good today so far had a bowl of Special K cereal with FF milk for breakfast, brought my lunch to work with me consisting of a turkey sammie with light mayo on wheat bread and an apple. I had a Oatmeal Raisin Clif Bar in the afternoon for a snack and now I am about to make some dinner. Probably a chicken breast and some corn. Trying to stomach down a gallon of water each day is a challenge in itself but I am doing my best. I also put down 1 of the Gatorade Propel sports drinks mixed berry flavor. They taste better to me than original Gatorade and have a lot less calories and sugar.
Off to eat...
Well let's see what did I do today...
Weight: 238
Walk: 1.0 mile
Run 2.1 mile
Walk .7 mile
Mtn Bike 9.8 mile
Music on Ipod: Offspring
Did the same loop today running and walking and although I was a bit sore it felt pretty good. I definitely need to work on some good running playlists on the Ipod. Music definitely helps motivate me and keep me going when I get in a rut. Decided to bike a little farther today because I felt like I could and knew it would be a good cool down once again. All in all I am feeling pretty good but damn hungry. I can already tell that all this working out is going to be increasing my metabolism and hunger like it did when I got heavy into mtn biking. I was pretty good today so far had a bowl of Special K cereal with FF milk for breakfast, brought my lunch to work with me consisting of a turkey sammie with light mayo on wheat bread and an apple. I had a Oatmeal Raisin Clif Bar in the afternoon for a snack and now I am about to make some dinner. Probably a chicken breast and some corn. Trying to stomach down a gallon of water each day is a challenge in itself but I am doing my best. I also put down 1 of the Gatorade Propel sports drinks mixed berry flavor. They taste better to me than original Gatorade and have a lot less calories and sugar.
Off to eat...
Work weight loss contest
So, today I come back into work from being out for the Holiday and it turns out a few people here want to put together a weight loss contest. The contest starts today and the rules are the first person to lose 20lbs and keep it off for 4 weeks wins the pot. Right now the pot is at $225! I don't know if anyone else had plans on training like I am starting but I am going to win this contest! I weight in at work today at 243 but this morning at home I weighed 238, so I dont know whos scale is right haha. Can't wait to get home today and get the shoes on and get back to the streets and see what I can do. Weight loss money here I come!
Monday, January 1, 2007
Happy New Year!
Well, the first workout is in the books. Woke up this morning and had two packets of instant Oatmeal and a tall glass of milk and headed out with the new shoes to give them their virgin run. I haven't bought any sort of GPS or Tracking device yet so what I did was ride where I ran/walked today on the mountain bike afterwards. Good cool down exercise! Here is how today went.
Weight: 240 (damn heavier than I thought)
Walk: 1.1 mile
Run 1.3 mile
Walk 1.4 mile
Mtn Bike: 3.8 mile
Music on the Ipod: Rise Against
Not bad actually I did better than I thought I would do. I didn't think I would get through a hole mile of running first time out. So thats 3.8 miles today run/walk and the same on the bike for a total of 7.6 miles. Doesn't seem like much considering my normal mtn bike ride is about 25 miles but I will get there! Off to make some chicken on the George Foreman grill. Hope everyone is having a safe and fun new years!
Weight: 240 (damn heavier than I thought)
Walk: 1.1 mile
Run 1.3 mile
Walk 1.4 mile
Mtn Bike: 3.8 mile
Music on the Ipod: Rise Against
Not bad actually I did better than I thought I would do. I didn't think I would get through a hole mile of running first time out. So thats 3.8 miles today run/walk and the same on the bike for a total of 7.6 miles. Doesn't seem like much considering my normal mtn bike ride is about 25 miles but I will get there! Off to make some chicken on the George Foreman grill. Hope everyone is having a safe and fun new years!
Saturday, December 30, 2006
New Kicks!
So, I headed over to A Snails Pace today in Laguna Hills, CA for some shoe advice and got all that I needed. Ended up test running in about 8 pairs with one of their staff members watching me closely. Turns out I run with the outside of my foot hitting the ground first which means I needed a shoe that gave me some additional inside support to level my platform. Glad I didn't buy another cheap-o brand shoe this time around.
Ended up buying the Mizuno Wave Inspire 2. I tried on some other shoes by New Balance, Nike, Asics and Saucony and these felt the best to me. I usually wear between a 11.5 and 12 depending on the shoe and he suggested the bigger of the two because of how much your feet swell while running. Can't wait to break them in and give them a good run tomorrow. Wearing them now around the house to help break them in a bit!
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