So, even though it was below freezing at lunch today we went up to Kirkwood Middle School and ran around the track! This was the first real exposure the Garmin Forerunner 305 has had to a real GPS run. If it is accurate the track at KMS is 1/5th of a mile. ran one mile and walked 1.2 miles, though not all at the same time!
We then headed to Tropical Smoothie Cafe (my FAVORITE restaurant) it was excellent as usual. I eat there 4-5 times a week, sometimes more....
Well it's 12:38AM on Superbowl Sunday. In less than 10 hours I'm supposed to be running a makeshift 5k. Why am I not in bed? I can't sleep! I went to bed around 9pm, I think I slept for 30 minutes, and have been up since then!
The first annual www.runwithlynn.com Superbowl 5k was held this morning. Of course I used my Garmin Forerunner 305, and it returned some great results! I've uploaded the results to Motionbased.com, and you can check out all the information here:
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/4902982
I'm really not sure how it knows the Windspeed! I'll have to figure that out.
Well, after last week's poor performance running (only ran 3 days) Natalie and I went to the YMCA tonight. I ran/walked 2.6 miles this evening, my heart rate peaking at 182 when I was sprinting around the track trying to catch up to Natalie.
Tuesday run/walk, 1.9miles. I had some cramping issues, probably related to drinking a soda after I got home from work. My mistake!
Who's got High Blood Pressure? Not me! I went to the doctor this morning for a checkup and has my blood pressure taken, 3 times. 112/80, 112/80, 108/80
No high blood pressure here!
After that Natalie and I went out to breakfast and then I went and picked up the Z06. The window tint looks great, and the Hoosier tires that showed up today are HUGE! :)
Tonight at the YMCA I ran/walked 3.3 miles. I did run 2 miles, which means I walked 1.3, though it was spaced apart.
Went to the YMCA tonight, ran further than I have previously, also ran my fastest mile, probably ever in my life, in roughly 9:10.
Total for the evening I went 3.4 miles. When I got home I weighed myself and weighed in at my 2008 low of 254lbs.
I went down to the park today to rollerblade some.
I went 1/2 mile then turned around! It was DAMN cold out. 55 degrees apparently, but I swear that 20mph wind made it feel like it was below freezing, and considering I was in a long sleeve t-shirt and shorts it was too darn cold for...
Tuesday is always a good day. I was born on a Tuesday. I went to the YMCA this evening after work, I ran/walked for 40 minutes, and covered 3.3 miles in about 40 minutes. I think I'm going to have to start extending my exercise a bit more, I started doing 30 minutes, and am up to 40 minutes, perhaps I'll go for 45 minutes tomorrow night.
I also weighed myself while I was at the Y and weighed in at 252.5 lbs! Another pound and a half in the next two days and I'll be down 10lbs for the month (1/14-2/14). So we'll see how that goes.
For lunch today I went to Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Des Peres. I always go there, I easily eat there 3-4 times a week, sometimes more. It's a fairly new place, only been open a few months now, but we love it at the office. I eat a King Ceaser wrap without tomatoes everytime I go, along with a selection of smoothies that I will also have. If you're looking for a smoothie in Des Peres Missouri be sure to check it out! It's right by Trader Joes. I eat there enough I've though of asking Terry, the owner, if he'd like to sponsor a race car. Terry, if you read this, I'm looking for a sponsor! www.corvettez06.org
So for lunch today we headed to KMS to run some laps around the track. I ran for 33:14 with a distance of 2.65 miles. You can see some of the data in Motionbased.
Somehow not running Thursday and Friday of last week has turned into not running for a full week? Hopefully I'll be able to motivate myself to go to the gym tomorrow night after loading the car on the trailer. Doubtful though, so I'll be sure to make myself take my shoes and Forerunner to Georgia with me so I can run while I'm in a warm climate!
So, typing in my running numbers earlier today I really started thinking I need to get some sort of tracking device for my new found activity. I've found quite a few options.
1. Nike+ I'm not going there, I will NOT buy an IPod
2. Garmin Forerunner 50, this might actually work! Best Buy carries it, but I need to figure out if one of the GPS watches might work with a foot pod as well. I would like the GPS functionality in a watch for when the weather does start to get better.
3. Garmin has a few other products, mainly the Garmin Forerunner 305 and the Foot Pod for the 305, I think option 3 is the one I will go with. With my Amazon Prime account i can get it all shipped here overnight for less than most of the retails stores carry just the watch...
So I finally got my lazy ass back out and exercising again! I also got up to 20.8mph!
Unfortunately that wasn't running, I was on my inline skates (K2 Radical 100s). I've had some problems with my Radical 100s which has caused me to not skate on them but I tried to come up with a fix for the issue today. The issue is the way the right boot strap presses against my ankle bone, it's one of the most excruciating pains ever, but other than that I love the skates!
So when I got up this morning I was disappointed to find that it hadn't snowed much over night. Lucky for me I stayed home though, by 4pm this afternoon we had 10+ inches on the ground! I spent about 45 minutes outside shoveling the driveway. I didn't do it all, but enough that I think I can get both cars in and out, and made room if the neighbors need to park at the end of the driveway.