I don't like running outside. I'd much, MUCH rather run inside, with air conditioning, on a treadmill, watching television. Time running seems to go by so much faster when you're watching the news.
Of course, you don't have the added motivation of having to run back home from wherever you've run to, either. It's nice to be able to stop when you want, not when you get home.
Hey Scott, I just visited your site for the first time in awhile. The photo is hilarious. Don't you wish you could send it to that lady? Anyway, are you strictly running outdoors or are you a member of a gym? I've been thinking about getting into a work out routine, but I need to do this in the morning when I'm fresh. I don't like working out at night because there's too much else to do. -K
I do wish I could send that picture to her.
I'm not a member of a gym right now. It never works out when I join. Well, I never work out.
So I primarily run outdoors all year unless there's too much ice and snow on the road for it to be safe. Then I'll run on the treadmill in the house (which I hate).
Ok Scott...I was reminded today of your image above (ironic one of the lady on her cell phone). I was crossing the intersection and I noticed a huge white Ford Expedition. You know the ones they discontinued because they were so wasteful. Well anyway on the side there was a simple logo in a box with type that said Environmental Services...I thought that was pretty funny...
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Today marks two weeks of my getting into shape efforts.
Laundry is becoming an issue, as expected. I dropped a few hundred at Dick's Sporting Goods last night on shirts, shorts, and socks. I looked like nicky-new-guy on a first day of school this morning.
I'm happy to report that I've kept up my initial ambitious regimen, running 6 miles for each of 2-3 days in a row with one day rest in between. This week I ran Sunday evening, Monday am, Tuesday am, rested Wed, and early this morning (to beat the heat). That's a total of 24 miles so far this week.
Going to try to squeeze one more in tomorrow morning before starting a bachelor party weekend on Friday noon and then a week of vacation on Martha's Vineyard starting Sunday night where there will be plenty of opportunity to get some running in. Looking forward to some seaside runs.
Goals I set my initial goal at 165. With the weight swings that comes along with the frequent workouts it is difficult to nail down my weight. A six mile run is good for an immediate loss of 2-3 lbs. So while it's fun to step on the scale after a run (173 this morning), my real weight is probably somewhere around 176, for a loss of about 3 lbs.
Plus, I'd hope that some of the weight has shifted over to new muscle. In any case, I'm pretty happy with the results so far.
Come to think of it, a weight goal is probably the wrong approach. I don't really care what the scale says. What's more important is being happy about how I look and feel. Or something a little more measurable, like getting comfortably into pair of pants with a 30" waist (got a couple inches to go there). Some heavier muscle elsewhere doesn't affect that one.
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