First run on 6 mile course

Wow, today was a tough one. I ran my full 6 mile course today and it was the first time i realized that the longest leg (peachtree dunwoody road) is uphill all the way! That made for a brutal last 2 miles. It was a good run though and i will keep it as my Wednesday run to see if i can get it to under 45 mins which is a 7.5 mph pace all the way through.


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Evening catch up

I was up late working on a final exam Sunday night, so i overslept this morning. Made it up with a nice 3.6m run this evening. I weighed in at 199 this weekend, so actually 2 pounds up from last week. This was pretty predictable - usually the first week or two i drop quiet a few pounds and then pick a few back up as the muscle rebuilds. I'll likely plato for another week or two at most and then the pounds should start dropping off.... that's my excuse and i'm stickin to it ;-)


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Nice 5k with Monika

We both slept in a bit this morning and just took a casual 5k run together today. Was overcast and nice outside.

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Must've been that left turn at Albuquerque

Or should i say lack there of! Today was supposed to be my first 4 mile run, but due to me missing a turn i ended up with a 5 mile run! I like this course, though next time i'll do a better job of reading the map before i start out!

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Good Start to the Week and a Fox!

This morning was a great run! To start the week off, i lost 3 pounds last week, so i'm down to 197! Though we are still early in August, this morning was a nice cool run... looking forward to fall this year.

As an added bonus, i finally saw our neighborhood Fox. As i was rounding the final leg, he darted across the street about 100 yards ahead of me, right under a street light, so i got a nice view of him as he darted across the street!

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Week of August 3, 2008

Ok, here goes my first week. I will just post progress at the end of the week.
This week was the first week with my new GPS so i can track my route. This new GPS is amazing - i just set it to a higher resolution today (will take affect next run), but even with today's run, you can actually see which side of the road i'm running on!

Anyway - total for this week is 5.9 miles. Today's route is my new "5k butt kicker" - very hilly!

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A new blog to put on some peer pressure :-)

Ok, I now have a new blog set up to track my exercise and..... weight loss! 10 Years of work, school, and travel have left me needing some exercise and weight loss - that's about as PC as I can put it :-)

So here we go! I've already lost 20 pounds over the past 18 months, now its time to drop the last 15 to get me back in shape.

So here it is world - i'm at 200 right now and my goal is 185!

Wish me luck and off we go!