Friday, January 16, 2009

Back in the Saddle

I've been trying to get back in the saddle this week after a month of sporadic workouts, excessive eating and drinking and high blood sugars. It has been tough but I'm getting there.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!

9:00 am New Years Day. Last night Erica and I threw a New Years Party/Wedding Party for our friends and family in Michigan. It seems (from what I could tell) like a great time was had by all. My wife Erica ran in college. Her crazy teamates have started a tradition after weddings and large parties to run a 5K (approximately) the morning after. They have named it the "Glory Days" Run, hoping to relive what was. So back to this morning. Everyone met including many party guests who wanted to/were talked in to it at 9:00am. All participants had hydrated properly the night before with their adult beverage of choice and got the 3-5 hours of sleep that most experts recommend before a big race. At such "Glory Days" events, costumes are encouraged and clothes from the night before are worn with pride. All in all it was good fun and surely the best cure for a hangover. I set a PR of around 15 to 20 minutes for roughly 1 and a half to 2 miles...but who was counting.