Race officially over; with thanks

It's a good thing I started my streak when I did. It's thanksgiving time now, and based on the way I've been eating, I don't think I would have the gumption to start now.

But I have started, and have kept it going. Today will be day 13 and I'm glad I started and continued. One mile a day isn't too much, and I'm enjoying all of my runs a lot more this cycle. I finally had my massage after the cape cod marathon and a half, so I finally "closed out" that race, and can start to enjoy training for something new.

I don't know what that will be yet... Maybe a race each month in 2013? But first, I'd like to get my wife through her first ultra in January. She backed me wonderfully through cape cod, now it's time to back her.

A day off? Didn't seem like it

A good day today. But really really busy for a day off. Got in my run, then an event at my son's school, running around for Cub Scouts, dealing with report card issues, then the actual scout meeting and now I'm at a charity dodgeball tournament. I get more rest at work!

The worst part was when I read an article about people who have to take on 2 roles at their companies when someone else resigns. There was an example of a Chief of operations who had to assume the CFO duties In addition to his own. He complained about having to be at work at 7 and working until 7 or 8 at night, including
some weekends. For me, that's almost every day already, and I'm not on a C-level job. Makes me wonder what hours they work when they have just one job.

Day 4 (but only Blog 2)

Today started well - I woke at 5:00 and was rewarded with a beautiful view of the night sky as I ran my daily mile.  It's an 'off' day for me, but I'm trying to keep a streak, so each day needs to start with a run.  I really do find that any exercise in the morning gives a real boost to the rest of the day, and I find that my stress levels are much lower all day.

The downside of the day happened a few minutes later. as I did my P90X workout, or rather, my half workout.  I haven't done "real" weight exercises in a while, and this workout of chest and back left me in the dust.  Even the pushup sections, which I normally really like, didn't work out so well today.  I'm not getting discouraged, though - I'm on a recovery track after a few months of limited workouts and higher-than-normal stress, and while the path may be painful, I have been where I am going, and I know it's a better place. 

I'm getting ready for yet another busy weekend - with Cub Scout activities on Friday and Saturday, but possibly some time to rest on Sunday, and catch up with my reading (I am WAY behind).  I have to say, I'm looking forward to March, when my Cub Scouts move to Boy Scouts, and I move from leader to just Dad.  I love what I do with Scouts, but after six years of being a leader, I wouldn't mind a break for a few months.

Streaking

So I've started a new project - streaking.  No, not the bit where you run across a football field with (hopfully) just your underwear on.  Streaking as in trying to do something every day, preferably something that 's good for you.  For me, that's running.  I'm going to try to run at least one mile every day for the next 60 days, or at least until New Year's day, which would be 50 days. 

I started yesterday, when I woke up with quite a bit of energy (which was odd given my weekend events), and decided to go for a short run in a dark and foggy morning.  I also have some motivation - in the past few months, I've put on more than a couple of pounds, while training for a marathon and a half that I ran in October.  It's time for that weight to come back off, so I'm also using these 60 days to shed 5-8 pounds.  

At the same time, I've loaded my blog to my mobile, so I'm going to try to do a bit more there as well.  My commitment to my blog has been less than stellar in the past, but we'll see what type of magic I can make happen.

Two days down; 58 to go.