And now for something completely new!!!!

Good evening world!

Had a Stress test a couple weeks ago and am ready to go.  I've been involved in athletics all my life, but have typically loathed running just to run.  Played a mid-fielder in soccer when I was young and spent hours doing wind sprints and chasing a little ball around so I know running is in me, but ... I may be a little too much on the fast twitch side of things.  That's okay though.  we'll see how this goes.  I would like to keep a decent (for me) squat since deep squatting helps my knees and hips to feel good.  I should rename the blog, "Heavy and Slow" to reflect my long-distance running sensibilities.  lol.

I'll only check my weight once a week.  I don't want to obsess over it ... this is about health to me.  Ultimately I'd like to get down to 195 lbs.  I'd like running to be a part of accomplishing this goal.

09/14/10 Edit:  I'd like to keep track of my food intake, but being diabetic ... instead of "calories", I may just keep track of grams of carbohydrate ... this is something I already do.  I usually can lose weight with ~225 grams of carbohydrates a day within a balanced diet of protein and fat intake (and normal activity).  With running ... I'll have to see how my body responds (I.e., insulin requirements).

Recently moved to South Jordan from Davis County ... trying to figure out the nice trails around here to run on.  Too busy to run tomorrow, so will try to find a trail nearby to run on on Thursday.

EDIT:  Hmmm.... I'm off by one calendar day (Doh!) ... I'll post tomorrow and be back on track.  I didn't have time to run today anyway ... had tons of meetings until late in the day and didn't make home in time to go for a late run.  Time to get those 7 hours sleep time I've already said I'd get. ;)

No activity today.  Late home from work and stomach unsettled.

Did scope out one of the canals that Davy Crockett mentions on his web page ( http://www.crockettclan.org/blog/ ).  Not too far from my home.  I noticed with a lot of the new development that there are a few signs posted here and there to not trespass on the service road along the canal.  Some locations have no signs posted.  Has Davy Crockett run this recently?  I'll have to ask.  Looks pretty convenient for me and it would be off the pavement.  We'll check it out.

Finally got out for a nice run this evening.  Checked out along one of the canals near my new home and ran out along it for a ways ... made a loop back to my house on some walking paths.  Surprising how easy it felt considering this is only the second time I've run this month.

Will be checking my weight every Monday morning.  It may appear that I've lost ~12 pounds last week ... totally bogus.  I put in 232 last week just to get going as an estimate.  That was the weight I was at a couple of weeks ago, mid-afternoon (after lunch), and fully clothed.

I'll use the 220.5 as the baseline going forward.  Good thing is ... 10 less pounds to mentally lose.  This puts me at 25 - 30 lbs to go.

Played some tennis, then ran with my wife tonight.  She rips up the tennis courts and likes to do 100 meter interval training.  I joined her on several intervals, but my legs were a little drained still from Saturday.  Fun to do some all out sprints though.  Guess this old man still has a little kick left in him.  My wife still kicked my butt though!!!

Still a little smoke in the air here in Daybreak from the nearby Herriman fire.  My lungs were burning a little toward the end of my run tonight.

I was deeply saddened as I watched the fire driven down the mountainside by the wind last night from my house.  Not sure how many homes were lost ... I'll need to check the news.

No running today.  Resting a little.  I really don't feel like I have the mileage base to run every single day.  I think different body parts would start to rebel.  3-4 times a week will be my goal for now.

Edit:  Not as much sleep as I would have liked.

Good evening!

The cool weather helped push me past 5 miles tonight.  Quiet, contemplative, mild pace.  My right hamstring is a little tight from the intervals the other day, but feels good after tonight's run.

Discovered that site Map My Run to help with the distances.  Looks like I may have been underestimating some of my distances.  Last Saturday's run was spot on my guess.  I'm sure there's some variation depending on my mouse clicks, but as long as I have a relative value I don't really care too much.

Good night everyone!!!

Fall is in the air.  Sort of.

Chased after a little yellow ball on a tennis court tonight in place of running.  Was thinking about running later in the evening, but got some dinner with my wife and watched foreign film.

The film was a romance film called Kinamand (Danish) or Chinaman (English) starring Bjarne Henriksen and Vivian Wu.  Anyone seen it?  Both my wife and I enjoyed it.

Possible spoiler alert ....

There is a quote at the end before the credits ...

"I thought that love could wait too late too late too late" credited to Omi

Would anyone happen to have any info on this poem?  One of my interests is Japanese literature ... this could be Japanese, Chinese, ????  I have no idea.

Too sleepy to ru .... zzzzz ZZZZ zzzzz .... .

Nice run tonight. Felt strong.

Woke up from a nap ... felt tired, blood glucose levels were a little elevated.  Didn't feel motivated.  Once I got out the door and about a mile down the road, I felt like I could go forever.

My shoes are starting to feel a little overdue.  I'll probably find a new pair this week sometime and start logging miles in them on this site.

Gained a pound over last week.

Privileged to play a little tennis with my wife.

The days are getting shorter and we weren't able to play for long.  In the dwindling light my wife performed her agility and quickness exercises.  I joined her for some ladders.  I'm feeling it now!!!  After sprints last week and now some ladders, I'm a little sore where I haven't been sore for a long time.  Don't think it will affect my distance running ... tomorrow.

Along this road

Goes no one;

This autumn evening.

-- Matsuo Basho (trans. R.H. Blyth)