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First Run – Absolutely Worth It
March 5th, 2010 | 
Author: 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 »
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Highway Pinball
Guard Rail: 1, Civic: 0
It started with a snow storm. Nothing out of the ordinary for February in Michigan, but it was coming down pretty good. Traffic on I-75 was moving along about 40 mph, and I was in the *center* lane.
A Bucket List for the Living – Fun Things to Do Post-Weight-Loss
In the movie “The Bucket List”, actors Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson portray two men on a quest to accomplish things that they’d always wanted to do, before they died. I’ve been thinking about this for a few weeks now as the 10×10 in 2010 project gets under way; why wait until you’re on death’s doorstep to start planning out those amazing experiences? Instead, think of the things you used to enjoy, and those amazing experiences you can look forward to once your own journey is behind you.
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The world is a huge place, and being unhealthy really starts to limit how much of it you can get out to experience. (I mean, there’s no way I’m hiking up a huge mountain pushing 330.) As a way to keep motivated, put together a list of those things that, when you’re healthy, you get to do (or do again!)
If a (before I kick the) Bucket List is for those on the outbound train, what would you name a list for people getting their lives back? Post a comment below with your ideas!
Gerret’s Starter List of Fun Things to Do Post-Weight-Loss
This is my list – you should go start your own, then post it somewhere visible (like the front of the refrigerator…)
- Go downhill skiing
There are few things to compare with flying down a mountain with the wind screaming by. - Take off Shirt at Beach
(at least, without the threat of Greenpeace trying to slide me back into the water to save me…) - Shopping for clothes
(whole new wardrobe, in normal sizes) - Run a 5k. And a 10k. And a Half-Marathon. On the same day.
(Yes, I’ve read Born to Run, and I can. not. wait. to lose more weight and start RUNNING again.) - Paddle a Kayak without rolling it
(Heather, Dan, Kathy, I’m looking at you…) - Play Racquetball
Really miss racquetball!
The Site’s Up!
The new website is up! If you’re reading this, it’s clear evidence that the gmpiv.com site (all of it) has been successfully migrated away from its old host. The site is now living comfortably at its new home with Rolling Waters Internet Services. Full disclosure: Rolling Waters is my Internet consultancy, still very much in its infancy, even though it has paying clients already.
If you’re one of those rarest of people, the “repeat visitor”, you’ve no doubt noticed that the entire site looks different, and at the moment doesn’t include all of the old content. Well, it won’t. The Internet may be forever, but life moves on, and some of the old projects have been deleted to make way for brash new endeavors. Some things will be sticking around though, like the humor archive and the character survey, both of which are very popular attractions. The viking axe project will probably stick around too, although I haven’t played medieval since shortly after the birth of JP, and he’s 4 now.