April 15th, 2005
Choosing A Marathon
(NOTE: This post describes events that occurred between March 28th and March 31st)
I’ve written briefly about this in an earlier post, but I thought I’d spend a little more time on it here.
When I decided to run a marathon, at first, it was a little nebulous. Ok, I’ll run one someday. Well, when is someday? We’ve been wrestling with some potential major changes (currently under wraps) at home lately, and so I was kind of putting of selecting a particular race based on the conclusion of those issues. As it became clearer that there weren’t necessarily going to be hard answers anytime soon, I decided to choose a race now. I’ll just figure it out later if anything complicates my choice. The time to choose was now.
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April 14th, 2005
More Re-Design Tweaks
O.K. I’m experimenting with a wider version of the layout to see if I like it. My gut says the narrower one was better, but this may grow on me.
For those that are curious about such things, with the new banner image being three panes wide, and with 37 images to choose from, there are now 7770 possible combinations of photos and 46620 possible unique banners.
Choosing A Running Shoe
(NOTE: This post describes events that occurred between March 21st and March 31st) The Pride of the Yankees rip The Violent Kind divx
Once I’d chosen a marathon training program, I started walking. The first two weeks of the training program were all walking. I was walking in a pair of very dated and heavily worn Nike running shoes from a few years ago. Needless to say, these weren’t going to be adequate once I started really running. Additionally, these shoes had been purchased without any attention paid to whether or not they were a good fit for my foot and gait. With that in mind, I set out to find some better shoes.
I’d heard a lot of good things about a local running supply store, Fairhaven Runners Channels dvdrip . One of the nice people there observed me while I ran up and down the sidewalk outside, evaluating my gait. Like many people, I overpronate. I tried on four or five different pairs of shoes from at least three different manufacturers. In the end it came down to the Brooks Addiction download Hans Christian Andersen dvd
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vs. the Asics Gel-Kayano
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Along with the shoes (approx. $135), I bought some 0% cotton socks (can’t remember what they’re made of) and they made a huge difference as well. They feel a little funny at first, but my feet don’t blister anymore. Eventually, I’ll add some shirts and shorts made from more runner-friendly materials, but I figure those can be rewards for training milestones.
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April 9th, 2005
Choosing A Marathon Training Program
(NOTE: This post describes events that occurred between March 9th and March 21st)
Having never actually run more than a mile or two in my life, I knew that running a marathon wasn’t something you just wake up and do one day. Or, at least it’s not something I could just wake up and do one day…without hurting myself terribly and, quite possible, irreversibly. So, considering my total lack of experience with long distance running, I knew that I was going to need some help defining and planning my training. Not being the type naturally inclined to join a group for this sort of thing, I hit up my old friends Google and Amazon for a little help. I found lots of options both places, but in the end I selected this book: The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer. read more…
April 7th, 2005
So You Want To Run A Marathon
Yes, a marathon. More specifically, the Portland Marathon
on October 9th. It’s close to home and, although I have little hope of qualifying, the course is certified as a qualifying course for the Boston Marathon. I guess that lent it some legitimacy in my mind. It’s also close enough to home that I can drive there. My grandparents live just south of Portland, so I’ve got a place to stay that weekend. Hopefully, I’ll be able to drag a decent sized cheering section to the race with me.
In addition to all of the walking/jogging/running that I’ll do to train, I’m also going to be doing some strength-training to improve my body composition and my metabolism.
Many people like to keep logbooks of their workouts in order to track progress. Most people do this in paper notebook of somekind. I figured I’d save the cash by skipping the paper version and post it here instead. That way, other people, if they’re interested, can track my progress as well. I’m a little behind with posting already as I’ve already started the pre-training regimen. I’ll catch up soon. Once I’m caught up, I hope to post daily or close to daily. At least weekly.
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Facing The Fat
I’m fat. That much is certain. On the morning of January 10th, 2005 I weighed two hundred seventy-two pounds. Now, that would be a fine if I were, say, 7′ 4″. Unfortunately, I’m only 6′ 2″. That gives me a Body Mass Index
(BMI) of 34.9 on January 10th. Ideally, a person’s BMI should not exceed 25. While I realize that this measure isn’t perfect (weightlifters have high BMIs, but are not really “obese”), and is simply one of many indicators of increased health risk, it is nonetheless clear that I’m way out of shape. Fortunately, since January, I’ve managed to lose approximately 20 lbs, leaving me with a current BMI of 32.5. Beyond the health issues, I’m just sick of being physically this overweight from a practical perspective. I run out of energy much too quickly and most of the time, it just feels gross. It’s time for a change.
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April 6th, 2005
Re-Design Comments
Hey, I completely changed the look of the site and nobody said anything. Is it better? Worse. Equally as crappy?
Other than bugs that I don’t know about, this redesign is complete. I hope to add some new images to the banner rotation, but other than that, I think I’m happy with this (and hope to be for a long, long time).
UPDATE: Apparently WordPress doesn’t deal well with un-escaped question marks in the title, so this post wouldn’t accept comments. I’ve now fixed it.
UPDATE: There are now 34 different images in the banner rotation (2 images used to generate the banner), so there are 561 possible image combinations, but there are actually twice as many different possible banner images that can be generated (as the same two images can be displayed in two different orders). More photos coming all the time.
