In January of 2008 I joined the YWCA, worked with a personal trainer, joined boot camp classes and after almost a year of whining and crying a lot I had lost about 20 pounds and was starting to look pretty good. I even felt different. Better. I barely admitted it out loud but all those [...]
Archive for January, 2010
The Voice(s) of Experience
Posted in basic mediocrity on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Day 1- I can totally do this
Posted in basic mediocrity on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
And by “This” I mean walk/run for 35 minutes. Sustaining that over 13.1 miles is a completely different story. Today’s training goal: 35 minutes run/walk Today’s training results: 38 minutes (added in the 3 minute warm-up). 2.51 miles. The first mile I ran one minute then walked one minute. The second mile I sucked wind [...]
The Contract
Posted in basic mediocrity on January 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The contract includes: The Race (Grandma’s Half Marathon) date is 6/19/2010.Participants will enter the lottery for race entry together between 2/17 and 3/1. If we don’t make the lottery for that race then we will enter the Sour Grapes Half & Half, June 12, 2010. Because we’d have to. Training schedule is 19 weeks long. Once [...]
