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80 weeks later – I LOST 106 POUNDS!
4 weeks after hitting the hundred pounds lost mark, i’ve lost 6 more pounds which means, through the magic of math, i’ve lost 106 pounds! according to the BMI calculators, at 189 pounds i have a body mass index of 23 which puts me in the the 23rd weight percentile for my 6’4″ frame and [...]
visualizing running 2,422 miles
View San Diego to Jacksonville, 1 Fuel Stop in a larger map i get asked every day how i lost lost 100 pounds and the shortest answer i give is that i ran a lot and a little less. at the time i hit the 100# mark i had run 2,357 miles ( as of [...]
76 weeks later – I LOST 100 POUNDS!
i almost can’t believe it, but 76 weeks after starting running again after a 7 year hiatus, i’ve logged 2,357 miles and finally hit my goal of losing 100 pounds! it’s been just a year since i committed to running another marathon and i’ve kept losing weight since meeting my original goal of losing 70 [...]
the lies we tell ourselves while running with a chest cold.
“oh, a -5°F wind chill isn’t really that cold. and it’s only 4 miles. i mean, the cold will agitate my chest in a good way and help, you know, clear the gunk out.” uh, huh. the icicle’s hanging from my eyelashes produced from my breath venting out the face mask are messing with the [...]
YOU GUYS, I DID IT! I LOST 90 POUNDS BY THE NEW YEAR!
i really didn’t think i was going to do be able to do it over the holidays, but thanks in part to burning over 2,000 calories on a new year’s eve 13 miler with a new toy i weighed in this morning and have lost 15 pounds since my big fitness milestone ( and 12 [...]
a new year’s eve 13 miler with a new toy!
due to the snowdeal holiday travel schedule santa arrived at the snowdeal household on the eve of new years eve ( much to odin’s chagrin ). and i was very surprised to get a nifty timex ironman watch from kris and odin! no more jostling with my phone to check my pace with runkeeper ( [...]
going for a leisure run in a blizzard. and a sign from the thrash metal gods.
the first really good storm of the season hit southwest wisconsin with predictions of up to 18 inches of snow, sustained 25-30mph winds with gusts of up to 40mph and wind chills in the low teens. perfect running weather! just me and deserted streets, conveniently emptied so that i could run right down the middle [...]
the definition of perseverance. or insanity?
not sure if it’s the definition of perseverance, or insanity, to run 10 miles the day after running 11 miles. in 28°F temps. with 20mph wind gusts. in the first snowstorm of the season. on the upside, i’ve now lost 80 pounds which is 5 more than the the recent fitness milestone and means i’m [...]
is too much running bad for your health?
everyone and their brother is asking me if i have seen the wsj article “One Running Shoe in the Grave” with the eye-catching quote from an editorial to be published next month in the british journal heart, “Running too fast, too far and for too many years may speed one’s progress toward the finish line [...]
the qualia of running, red wine and the sugercubes
there is a specific qualia to running 3 miles at night after(?!) 3 glasses of wine while listening to “mama” which is not displeasing, and makes me want to drink more wine and run longer while listening to more sugercubes.
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