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How a 250+ Pound Couch Potato Got Healthy

Monday, March 30, 2009

Today's Tweets

00:04 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:04 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:04 New po.. tinyurl.com/d64x7x #

04:47 Wt: 178.2, RHR: 45, BF: 17.9, DWD: 4 #

07:59 WOW, what a Monday morning. It's going terrible, but at least I have Twitter. ;) #

08:03 Hey everyone, check out @rachelbaker's new avatarrrrr! #

11:10 Time to go get the car smogged. Yippee! #

12:21 Smog check guy's yelling obscenities at the phone. It didn't ring until he started working on my car. #

14:52 I WANNA SEE A NEW LOST EPISODE! #

17:28 Off we go, into the Diet Dew yonder... #

22:20 WTH?!?! Brannon Braga named a character RICK BERMAN on 24? The jerk! #

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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Today's Tweets

00:04 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:04 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:05 New po.. tinyurl.com/dz2hk8 #

02:04 New video uploaded: Running Vlog #6: 18-mile Long Run 3-28-09: Longest run I've done to d.. tinyurl.com/c9z5ld #

09:05 New Flickr upload: 3-28-2009 Splits: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/cdszmy #

09:05 New Flickr upload: 18-mile Long Run: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/c3ua8v #

09:34 New post on my blog: 18 Mile Long Run + Running Vlog!: It's the farthest I've ever run, and .. tinyurl.com/c37ztp #

11:38 @cyberpenuin There's a new video ;) #

11:42 In church... tweeting. #

15:50 3yo's joke: Knock knock, who's there, banana, banana who, banana poo poo head! #

16:18 Just walked into @REI_CoOp, using my 20% coupon & dividend for some new boots. Woo! #

17:00 Got my boots, picked 'em due to the ankle support. $180 boots - 20%, minus $53 dividend. Now to Barnes & Noble. #

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18 Mile Long Run + Running Vlog!

It's the farthest I've ever run, and I decided to just take it easy and not stress about it. I did much better during the course of the run in staying fresh, but it sort of fell apart in the end. While I was trying to keep myself fueled up, I think I failed there as well, because I was starving at the end, and was having trouble running. Add to that the headache that kicked in around mile 14, and running out of water at mile 15, and it wasn't the greatest run I ever did. I did a lot of walking at the end.

A couple of times I stopped for a restroom break. I almost peed my pants at Mile 5 and had to stop at McDonald's. Another time I stopped to use the restroom again because I knew it'd be inconvenient if I didn't, and ended up going more than I anticipated.

Either way, I got my miles in. It was fun. Towards the end of the run, I ran by two Sheriffs. One said to me, "Keep going, only another 20 to go!" I said, "I'm at Mile 18 now," to which he responded, "That's... IN... SANE."

It's on.





Splits
Mile 1: 10:03.88
Mile 2: 10:02.27
Mile 3: 10:19.27
Mile 4: 10:37.69
Mile 5: 11:19.64
Mile 6: 10:03.09
Mile 7: 10:27.21
Mile 8: 10:34.16
Mile 9: 10:10.69
Mile 10: 10:08.66
Mile 11: 10:15.11
Mile 12: 11:42.16
Mile 13: 11:05.86
Mile 14: 10:57.89
Mile 15: 11:31.20
Mile 16: 15:54.27
Mile 17: 19:18.97
Mile 18: 17:13.41

18 miles, 3:38:14 (minus stopped time), 2326 calories burned





As a reward, I'm not running again until Tuesday. Yesterday afternoon was Gregory's Pinewood Derby race, I'm editing a video and will post about it later. We had a lot of fun!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Today's Tweets

00:04 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:05 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 00:05 New po.. tinyurl.com/d2ysbn #

05:50 Wt: 177.0, RHR: 57, BF: 17.9, DWD: 3 #

06:03 Good morning, everyone. 6am, eating breakfast, getting ready to run. 54 degrees outside! #

06:17 Oatmeal w/blueberries and a banana for breakfast. #

06:33 Did I say 54 degrees? I meant 46. Hah, silly me. :) Actually, Vista's weather app just hadn't updated. #

06:59 Alright time to get my butt off Twitter and onto the road. See you in a while. #

09:02 9 miles in. Picking up water. Big fun. tinyurl.com/cfju5t #

09:02 I'm at my water cache now ~9 miles. It's obvious voice tweeting on the run isn't going to work. Oh well, back to it. #

09:40 Paused on a Twitter break. :) I'm at 11.6 mi, 2:01 nothing earth shattering there, but I feel good. #

09:41 Lots of ppl out today enjoying the spring weather. #

09:43 I have to say right now that running 2 hours beats the heck out of sitting on a chair at DMV for 2 hours! #

10:17 Stopped. Again. Had to make a deposit, if you know what I mean. :) #

13:59 Pinewood Derby is in full gear! #

16:08 Mapped 03/28/2009 Route (18.79 mi.) #

16:09 Completed Long Run. 2,326 (kcal) Distance 18.79 mi. Duration 03:38:14 #

20:52 Look at what I saw in the store tonight: tinyurl.com/cgccwq #

22:24 alright, I gotta go to bed #

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