I've been running a little, lately. I use my Nike + i-Pod to keep me company and to keep up with my mileage. The Nike Plus website links to GoogleEarth, so you can map out your run. Cool, huh? This is, more or less, the route that I ran. I had to guess a little on the trail across Ivanhoe, but the mileage is about right.
Just over five miles. The pace was slow (okay, I walked the last quarter mile. Hey, it still counts), but I burned more than 800 calories. Great! Now I can have pie! Wait. I've got this bet with my brother. Let's check his
blog to see how much he ran. Aha! 4.7 miles. Shoot, I got him beat! Wait. Waddya mean 47 miles... Now I'm depressed. I think I'll go eat some pie.
I've been running a little, lately. I use my Nike + i-Pod to keep me company and to keep up with my mileage. The Nike Plus website links to GoogleEarth, so you can map out your run. Cool, huh? This is, more or less, the route that I ran. I had to guess a little on the trail across Ivanhoe, but the mileage is about right.
Just over five miles. The pace was slow (okay, I walked the last quarter mile. Hey, it still counts), but I burned more than 800 calories. Great! Now I can have pie! Wait. I've got this bet with my brother. Let's check his blog to see how much he ran. Aha! 4.7 miles. Shoot, I got him beat! Wait. Waddya mean 47 miles... Now I'm depressed. I think I'll go eat some pie.
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SuperD, hey, you didn't have the company I had! I had, A2, Dr. Frank, Dan the Man, June Bug, Gentleman Jim, Crazy Mo, and Chris Farley's older tranny brother (well, he/she didn't run with us, but she/he was inspiration!)
If I hada had that company, it wouldn't've been for long, that's for sure. You guys (and gals) would've left in in the dust after the first hunnerd yards. Y'all totally rock!
Mmmm, Pie!
Hey, SD, you dun great, keep it up .. before long, that 5 miles turns into 7, then 10, then 15 ... seriously, keep at it, add a mile or two to your long run each weekend, your body will adapt.
I've been otl (out of the loop) for a few days, loved the fish tank story, the wife, "Saralee," had a cichlid and a fish tank, he ate everything she put in there, including pulling a scum eater snail out of its shell and eating it ... very aggressive, does not play well with others.
and buy the reduced fat peanut butter.
Thanks, Chase (but the only time I have low-fat is when I'm eating on the ground).
Running 47 miles isn't good for you. You'd be better off smoking a ciggie...cough.
I've mentioned to Andy before that the amount of running he does is unhealthy. He says that's true; but that it's a lot healthier than what he'd be doing if he weren't running. Ciggies, John? Dad smoked 2 and 1/2 packs of Pall Malls until the day he died (at age 47). You maybe got the genes for it; I prolly don't.
Run Forrest RUN!!!
Run. Waddle. Whatever. I'm on my way.
Smoking one ciggie is better for you than running 47 miles.
It's all about extremes.
You are correct, Sir. But knowing Andy, I endorse his addiction. It's not good for his body, but it's good for his soul (and he does stay fit, even if it's not good for him). I'd like to try the ultra thing once, just to do it, but I doubt I'd get addicted. 'Course, you got to devote a LOT of time and work to do an ultra, and I've still got months to go before I even get fit enough to complete a marathon.
Like I said in this town many times before, it's about adding life to your years not years to your life.
Yes, I often hobble like an old timer, and my clothes often smell worse than if I were smoking, but no one ever died from second hand running!
True, dat.
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