Archive for February 6th, 2009

An update on my running challenge:

So far, I am doing a good job of sticking to the goal.  Today will be my 9th consecutive day of running.  

I was asked what my definition of ‘running’ was for this.  Good question.

I set my own standard that I have to run at least 1 mile, and not in a lazy manner.  I prefer to measure my running in distance, rather than in duration, because distance is a constant.  1 mile to me is still 1 mile to everybody else.  30 minutes of running to me is 3.5 miles, but can be anywhere from 1 mile to 6.5 miles (for the crazy people), depending on your speed.

I feel like this makes the challenge somewhat simple for me, because even if I just really do not feel like running on a certain day, all I have to do is put on my running shoes, walk the 15 feet to our gym, spend 10 minutes in there and be done.  I have absolutely zero valid excuses possible to wiggle my way out of this.  

Recap:

Day 1-  3.5 miles