Tag: run

  • Personal Gym

    Over the past month or so, Justin and I have worked to build up our own personal mini-gym.  While it’s not much, it’s enough to get us in a schedule to improve ourselves and our health. We now have a basic weight bench with 80 lbs of weight, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 lb dumbbells,…

  • 1,000 Miles

    Yesterday I passed a milestone in my running which I hadn’t originally thought I’d get to.  I ran a weird-distance to run my 1,000th mile!

  • Running Is Hard

    As I continue on my medication for my acne treatment, I am finding running to be harder for various reasons but I’m still going strong. Today was Spring Fling at Purdue which is an afternoon of activities in appreciation of staff and faculty. After lunch with some coworkers I had a French tutoring session with…

  • 2011 Purdue 5K Challenge

    Today was the Purdue 5K Challenge benefiting the Purdue Cancer Center. I’ll post more pictures and information later, however I was able to do better this year than last with a time of 22:36 placing 16th among my age bracket and 58th among all men.  Until the final results list is released later today I…

  • Running is now work

    Today was the first time in two weeks that I have actually ran at all.  I ran one mile tonight on the treadmill that my parents brought down last weekend (thanks Mom & Dad!) While I only ran one mile and (including a slow one minute warmup) it took about nine minutes to run, I couldn’t…