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Procrastination got the best of me and I missed last week's post. At least I stayed on top of my workouts.

Weight
168lbs/76kg.  

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
4/5/2008	Running		5
4/6/2008	Walking		3.5
4/8/2008	Running (Incline)		2	488
4/9/2008	Walking (Incline)	~35:00	2
	Running	42:22	4.22
4/12/2008	Running (Hills)	1:10:00	7.03
4/15/2008	Running	45:13	4	599
4/18/2008	Running (Hills)	49:00	5.13

The cold officially kicked my ass this week.  I should be back on schedule by the next post though.

Weight
170lbs/77kg.  

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
3/26/2008	Walking		1
3/27/2008	Walking		1

First of all, happy birthday Heidi!  Also, congratulations are in order because she weighed in five pounds lighter this week. Courtesy and a healthy sense of self preservation prevent me from ever posting her actual weight here. At any rate, great work!

Let me just say that I don't know where the hell this week has gone. Every time I put up a new BFF post, it shocks me that it's time already. That being said, I'd like to see some of the rest of you join in. You'd be twelve weeks in already if you'd started at the beginning!

Now then, on with the stats. You'll notice that I only ran three days this week. Today would have made it four. Unfortunately, I'm afraid I'm coming down with Heidi's cold--a cold which the doctor today diagnosed as a viral bronchitis. I tried running with a cold once. I'll never do it again.

Weight
170lbs/77kg. You know, it occurs to me that I'd be a lot happier with this if I just stuck with metric. 

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
3/16/2008	Running/Incline	1:10:56	6	907
3/18/2008	Running	40:15	3.5	519
3/19/2008	Running/Hills	25:46	2	297

Sorry for pushing this late, but here goes. Looks like I'm not back to full strength yet, but I definitely did better this week.

Weight
167lbs/76kg. Whoa. Did you see that? CRAZY!

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
3/8/2008	Running	28:31	2.77	-
3/10/2008	Running/Incline	55:16	5	751
3/11/2008	Running	25:46	2	297
3/12/2008	Walking	--	.5	-
3/12/2008	Running	32:41	3.01	450
3/12/2008	Running	49:05	4.25	636

Crap. Crap, crap, crap, crap, craaaaap. This has been a very rough week. And I was doing so well. Actual pain recovery wasn't quite equal to my state of denial, so I took a few days off to recover.

Weight
173lbs/78.5kg. Grrr.

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
3/2/2008	Running	1:25:25	7	1057
3/3/2008	Running	17:23	1.26	182
3/4/2008	Running	34:39	3	452

What's new this week? Running outside, that's what! And it seems to make all the difference in the world. I seem to be a lot faster off the treadmill, and I'm certainly less bored.

Weight
173lbs/78.5kg. Slowly but surely.

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
2/23/2008	Running	1:04:00	6.04	900
2/25/2008	Running	46:12	4	600
2/26/2008	Running	1:00	5	800
2/27/2008	Running	45:26	4	599
2/28/2008	Running	59:47	6.13	910

Last week I skipped Friday because I was lazy. This week, I'm skipping it because I'm in pain. I'm starting to wonder if the intermediate plan isn't a little too much for me.

Wow, two months already! The runs are getting longer, but I'm sure as  hell not getting any skinnier. Not that I expected to this fast. Nope, if this has any chance of working at all, I'm going to have to stay with it for the long haul.

Even training for the marathon, I didn't really lose any weight. I did trim up pretty well though. Even though the race I'm training for is much shorter than a marathon, I'm training a lot harder. Hopefully it pays off.


Weight
174lbs/79kg.

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
2/16/2008	Running	1:09:38	6	902
2/18/2008	Running	45:42	4	598
2/19/2008	Running	59:35	5	753
2/20/2008	Running	43:46	4	597
2/21/2008	Running	57:06	5	749

And now for confession time. I was supposed to run four miles today, but I got home late and was tired. I had a beer and played a video game instead. How's that for dedication?

Ok, I know today isn't Friday, but Heidi and I went to a comedy club last night with some friends, so I didn't  have time to post. I worked hard this week though.

Weight
174lbs/79kg. Positive progress! Hooray!

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
2/9/2008	Running	59:36	5	754
2/11/2008	Running	35:16	3	451
2/12/2008	Running	44:55	4	598
2/13/2008	Running	34:05	3	449
2/14/2008	Shoveling Snow	2:00:00		??
2//15/2008	Running	33:54	3	449

I may start weights again tomorrow, but for now I'm just happy to have put in this many miles.

Much better this week.

Weight
176lbs/80kg. Oops. I'm going to call that a one pound increase in muscle mass.

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
2/4/2008	Running	32:52	3	448
2/5/2008	Running	49:32	4	605
	Weights
2/6/2008	Running	33:51	3	449
2/7/2008	Running	46:57	4	602
2//8/2008	Running	36:05	3	453

Two notes for this week. First, you'll notice that I only did weights once. Or maybe you won't notice. Or maybe you will now that I said you won't. At any rate, my shoulder feels like it's right on the edge of an injury, so I''m going to let it heal before I put any more stress on it. I got a little carried away on the butterflies Tuesday.

Second, the new picture a week is proving a little inconvenient for my lazy arse, so I'm downgrading to occasional photos when I feel like it. Besides, I'm sure it's going to be months before there's any visible change. I may as well make it dramatic.

Much better this week.

Weight
175lbs/79kg. Still.

Workouts

Date	Workout	Time	Distance (Miles)	Calories
1/25/2008	Running	1:03:04	5	757
1/26/2008	Walking (incline)	36:29	1.51	204
1/27/2008	Running	34:12	3	450
1/29/2008	Weights
1/30/2008	Running	47:31	4	601
1/31/2008	Weights

Next week I start my official Ragnar training. That means I'll be running every day. I'll also be 38. I'm not sure what scares me worse.