My new tracking calendar.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

First, I would like to let everyone know that my cold is finally going away. I was able to run a bit over 6 miles last evening, stopping only twice to cough. And it was not a doubled over hacking cough.



I get a lot of calendars every year from various charities I either contribute to, or once may have contributed to. Most of them are thrown away. This year, in line with my resolutions, I am keeping my Nature Conservancy in my office and marking dates with the following letters: A, C, M and S. Some of these may be easy to guess but here is the code:

A is for alcohol-free days. At least 1 per week.

C is for Chinese Buffet trips. I would like to go once a week for lunch but that will keep my weight too high. I am surprised (slightly) that there is no Emoticon for the Chinese flag or any Chinese food symbol, perhaps chopsticks. This tea is not even in the proper cup.

M is for muffins and since Spark says a muffin is a cupcake with its hat removed, this will do. I resolved to eat fewer muffins in 2013. 3 a week would be fewer but I'm shooting for maybe 1 a week.

S is for Strength training. Twice a week. So far, so good.

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The unfortunate irony of my last blog post.

Sunday, January 06, 2013

The Ray referred to in the article was Ray Graham, a running back for the University of Pittsburgh who was scheduled to play in his last game as a Panther yesterday.


Unfortunately for that Ray, he has an injured hamstring and was not able to play. Unfortunately for this Ray, I am suffering from what might be the worst cold of my life. So the running back Ray didn't run at all yesterday and the runner Ray barely made it through 1.5 miles with frequent stops, doubled over with a hacking cough.


But the year is young. There are sunny days ahead, both figuratively and literally, and we will have our day!

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It was in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette so the word is out!

Friday, January 04, 2013

I saw this on the first sports page of yesterday's paper:



They may not have been referring to IPA Ray, but I'm claiming it!

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Resolutions and goals for 2013.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

I have 5 resolutions which are fairly simple and obtainable. And 5 goals which aren't all as easy.

RESOLUTIONS:

1. Take a multi-vitamin daily. So simple but I hate taking pills and this is like taking a pill.
2. Don't forget to floss. Those extra seconds in the morning can be found!
3. Eat fewer muffins. I eat too many. They don't seem to be hurting my cholesterol (175 when I donated blood last month) but can't be helping my weight loss effort.
4. Appreciate rest. I always plan a rest day a week but don't always take one.
5. Donate more to charity.

GOALS:


1. Press my body weight. I'm at 74%. This will help me strength train and also lose weight. The more weight I lose, the easier this goal becomes.


2. Bike 1,200+ miles. Last year's total was 800.5. Not much, but the most in years.


3. Run 1,500 miles. Last year's total was 1,252.3. This is 125 a month and since I WILL be injured less this year, I should be able to do this.


4. Run a trail 100K. Meeting goal #3 will help this. The idea is to run 62 miles at age 62 although I am now wondering why my goal isns't to run 62K at age 62. I've done over that distance a few times, although not recently.


5. Stay alive and well. I had 2 good friends die in 2012. Both about 10 years younger than me. I'd like my goal to be to have no friends die in 2013 but that is further outside my control.

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Mileage totals for 2012.

Monday, December 31, 2012

800.5 miles biking.


475 miles walking.


1252.3 running.

I don't believe that I set mileage goals for 2012 but will use these to set goals for 2013. I'm considering running 2 miles this afternoon to give me 125 for December. I'm also considering being satisfied with 123 for the month. That will make it a tad easier to do better in December, 2013.


For good measure,

I went to 5 yoga classes.


Did strength training an estimated 75 times. I plan to track this in 2013.


Swam laps a woeful 4 times. I can't believe I did yoga more often than I swam. This will be an easy area for improvement.

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