Tag Archives: run

Happy Birthday to me

Well, I’m a week late on my birthday post, but whatever.  Last Wednesday (June 9), was my 26th birthday. Justin and I celebrated pretty simply – we went to dinner at Red Lobster and then went home.  Sounds like a … Continue reading

Posted in Family, Personal, health | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Another Day, Another Run

Well, I just finished another run around the subdivision. This one was seven miles long. I was able to keep my average pace for the entire run under eight minutes but didn’t beat my best mile yet. Tough to get … Continue reading

Posted in Personal, health | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Purdue 5K Challenge

Today was the day of the event, the Purdue 5k run/walk, which was my first “real” 5k. Although I have run over 400 miles before I even started I was nervous. We all got up at 6am and left the … Continue reading

Posted in Personal, health | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

First Half-Marathon

So, today was a big day for me.  I ran my first half-marathon.  For you laymen, that’s 13.1 miles or 21.1 kilometers. I’ve been on a coaching program from Nike+ which is an intermediate-level 5k program.  Today was the peak run of … Continue reading

Posted in Personal, health | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Purdue 5k

Well, guess I shouldn’t make statements on when I’ll post next.  Obviously I don’t follow through on them.  Moving on, much has happened since my last post. I moved to a much nicer place.  I used to live in a … Continue reading

Posted in Personal | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Running from the weight

As I posted a few weeks ago, I have been actively using Nike+ and have seen real results from sticking with that program.  Well, here are those results.  The chart to the left is my progress.  Every Sunday morning I … Continue reading

Posted in Personal | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Real results with Nike+

Many months ago I started working out. Needless to say, it didn’t really work out that good.  I had originally tried working out by doing all the weights and using the treadmill and biking machines.  It was nice for a … Continue reading

Posted in Personal | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment