Sunday, February 24, 2013

Welcome to a new area code!

Manitoba/Saskatchewan Border (75 mile mark)
Date & Distance Ran
Feb. 20 - 3.74 miles
Feb. 21 - 3.60 miles
Feb. 22 - 3.24 miles
Feb. 23 - 4.11 miles
Feb. 24 - 4.20 miles

Week 4: 18.89 miles

Total: 77.41 miles
Completed: 9.5%


Week 4 Measurements:

Weight: 203.8 lbs (-0.8lbs, -4.4lbs total)
Body Fat: 23.6% (-0.4%, -1.5% total)


I kept up my pace for the last week and am pleased again with the overall result. I finally crossed the MB/SK border too! (seems like it took FOREVER, but it's a pretty good chunk of distance that I've covered at the same time.) 


This week I switched my music choice up. I am now rockin' the Skrillex, Dark Oscillators, Knife Party, and a few other similar artists (If anyone is interested in the exact playlist for any reason, let me know!). Having the deep bass and quick beats makes the run go by that much quicker. 


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Now onto choosing the music for my next playlist... I'm thinking metal... 









Monday, February 18, 2013

Back on track for week 3

47 mile mark in Virden. I'll have a double double please!
Date & Distance Ran
Feb. 11 - 3.42 miles
Feb. 12 - 3.90 miles
Feb. 13 - 3.94 miles
Feb. 15 - 4.01 miles
Feb. 16 - 3.41 miles
Feb. 17 - 4.04 miles

Week 3: 22.72 miles
Total: 58.52 miles
Completed: 7.2%

Week 3 Measurements:
Weight: 204.6 lbs (+.6lbs, -3.6lbs total)
Body Fat: 24.0% (+0%, -1.1% total)


Week 3 begun and I stepped it up closer to the standard I set on week one.
On Friday, I was finally able to break the 4 mile mark (not by much, but was a psychological mindset).
On Saturday, Britt and I went for a run at the BU Healthy Living Center. The track was a much different feeling than the treadmill, the air was very dry and I did not have water while I ran (usually drink ~1L when running on the treadmill) so it was a little difficult to make that transition.

As for my weight, I am not really concerned with the numbers at this point. I know I have not been eating the greatest lately (well, I'm eating better, just eating TOO MUCH of the better), so once I get my body in the regular routine of running and used to it I will start cutting back the food (I always seem to be hungry right now).
B. Current Location

Monday, February 11, 2013

Week 2

Oak Lake at mile 32
Date & Distance Ran:
Feb. 5 - 3.72 miles
Feb. 7 - 3.92 miles
Feb. 8 - 2.72 miles

Week 2: 10.36 miles
Total: 35.8 miles
Completed: 4.4%

Week 2 Measurements:
Weight: 204.0 lbs (+.2lbs, -4.2lbs total)
Body Fat: 24.0% (+.1%, -1.1% total)

So this week was a little bit of a disappointment for me when I looked at my totals. I did not run as much as I wanted to, but it had a direct correlation with if I went to bed in decent time or not. Life was happening and did not allow for that to happen, and the result is pretty clear.
I took the weekend off as I went skiing all day Saturday and needed Sunday to recover/refresh/whine about how sore I was after a big day on the hill (literally on the hill from falling so much). I will be much more focused as week 3 begins and am looking forward to pumping out a more respectable number from it.

PS. I did calculate calories burned for my skiing as I was feeling bad about not running more than I did. We were at the hill for 7.5 hours. Even if it worked out to be 3.75 hours total time skiing (take out lunch time, riding the lift, etc) I still would have burned around 2000 calories. To put it in perspective, one morning run would be approximately 570 calories burned, so I think taking the weekend off was worth it.

Not much of a change from week 1, but stuff happens.
B. Current Location

Thursday, February 7, 2013

What do YOU think the story is about?

So a little off topic, but in Teaching Reading, Thinking and Study Skills class today, we created stories with 5 made up words of our choice. Miss L(@MissLwbt on Twitter) made the following story for me:


Once upon a time, Steve decided it was time for a parachange. He set his mind to a plan and decided to run to Lake Louise, a quite dismantic location. His first week was difficult but Britt told him "There is no reason to get all rebollucked about this, man up!" Steve immediately went outside to begin his run but became frightened when he realized the trifeedlings were in heat. Realizing this was dangerous, Steve called the instoragement officers to apprehend the dangerous beasts.


My question for you now... What do You think each of the 5 words mean?

Leave a comment and follow me to find out the definitions Kirsten had given each of the words. I will be posting those sometime in the future.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

One week down, 47 to go

And off I go... Goodbye home!

Going under the Kemnay bridge at the 8.1 mile mark
Here's the recap for week 1. After fixing the math and realizing it was only 16.9 miles per week, it gave me a boost in confidence and I am ready to tackle this head on.

Starting measurements (Jan. 26th):
Weight: 208.2 lbs
Body Fat: 25.1%

Date & Distance Run:
Jan. 26 - 2.19 miles
Jan. 27 - 2.39 miles
Jan. 28 - 3.58 miles
Alexander corner at the 16.3 mile mark
Jan. 29 - 3.61 miles
Jan. 31 - 3.58 miles
Feb. 1 - 3.72 miles
Feb. 2 - 3.75 miles
Feb. 3 - 2.62 miles

Week 1: 25.44 miles
Total: 25.44 miles
Completed: 3.1%

Week 1 Measurements:
Weight: 203.8 lbs (-4.4 lbs)
Body Fat: 23.9% (-1.2%)





For those that are paying attention to the dates (and for those that aren't, you will be now!), January 26th and 27th were my "jump start"(aka cheat) days because I was worried about making it.



A. Brandon, MB        B. My current location        C. Chateau Lake Louise

I am extremely happy how this adventure has started and I look forward to the next 47 weeks as much as a I do the 1 that is done already (and time absolutely flew!). I feel like I have made a good dent in the distance, although when I look at the map above, it sure doesn't seem like much.