Archive for March, 2010
Week 11 – Scale Day!
March 23rd, 2010 | 
Author: The weekly project summaries have slipped the past couple of weeks. I’ll own that particular foible and delay. Still, the weather is turning, and it grows difficult to stay chained to the laptop when a bright day beckons.
Some quick updates, because I’m already late for my (Tuesday Morning) workout…
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My Wife Is a Faster Runner
Today I went for a one-mile run with my wife. Now, to be fair (to her) she’s been running for over 5 months and has turned into an honest-to-goodness true-blue runner. I, on the other hand, haven’t been a runner since about 1992. And oh yeah, I weigh about 100 pounds more than then, too.
In any case, I struggled along like a manatee on life support. She power-walked next to me. They may take my man-card at the next guy-meeting.
She told me she’s proud of me for getting out there. If she weren’t so serious, I’d suspect patronization.
Next week, maybe I can get her to break into something approaching a jog.
Day 70 of 361 – Scale Day!
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all cost of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
– Arnold Bennett
Day 63 of 361 – Scale Day!
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
– Henry Ford
For a captain of industry, Henry Ford was remarkably pithy. This week’s comment makes a lot of sense to me though. Goals are critical to our success – without them, our entire day can seem like an obstacle. With them, though, each day that passes is a step closer to reaching that goal. Read the rest of this entry »
First Run – Absolutely Worth It
This post is somewhat late, since “The Run” actually occurred on Monday or Tuesday this past week. As many of you know, my wife started running about 5 months ago, and she’s been churning up the miles.
As part of this grand 10×10 in 2010 project, two exercises per morning simply won’t be sufficient to maintain a 2lb-per-week pace. Years ago (18 of them, gah) I used to run a fair amount (6 miles 2-3 times a week), but then … I stopped.
So, I decided to give it a shot, got dressed, stretched out, headed out the door, and… Read the rest of this entry »