Mystery Challenge

Jan 062011
 

To put it simply running is just putting one foot in front of the other, over and over and over again. I know people get more out of it and that is what helps to push them to keep working out and maintain their fitness but everyone needs to change it up every once in a while. You can change it up by running with new people or in new places and I need that. So I think I have found an exciting oportunity to change it up and to keep the suspense for my brother I am telling him it is a mystery challenge for him.

So here is the deal for him. Be ready at 5:30AM (I think that is the time he goes to bed) on Febuary 6th, 2011. Here is a short list of things he will need: 1) Running Shoes & 2) Shorts. So be ready for a good work out in a new city,  some soreness and hopefully a good steping stone in our journey.

In the past I think my brother may have made fun of me if I told him what I have planned. I like that my brother is onboard for this fitness stuff, it really helps me in my goals.

One month to get ready!!! We will see if Zeb and I can do it.

Ironman Training: Week #1

Jan 052011
 

ZebI don’t want to flood my posts with my exercise routine; however, I do think it’s important to update everyone on the progress I’m making, so every Wednesday I will post the amount of exercise I have done for the week and my total amount.

Total Amount:

Running = 9.8 miles (27.5 miles to downtown L.A.)

Swimming = 4100 meters or 2.5 miles (34.8 miles to downtown L.A.)

Total = 12.3 miles (25 miles to downtown L.A.)

Pandora Shame

Jan 042011
 

I have always felt like a natrualist runner and by naturaliest I like to see and hear nature as it was created. So I haven’t  liked to wear sunglasses or have headphones on when I run. When I am running with a partner I don’t need music cause usually I can talk with  the other person. But now that I try to fit workouts in with all the other demands on my time I find myself running alone and yesterday I tried the internet radio to keep me going, AND I LIKED IT.

I recently discovered Pandora, which is an internet radio application available on the internet and most smart phones and it will pick songs that it thinks you will like based on your feedback. Based on your thumbs up and thumbs down for each song Pandora will select your next song. It is a fun game to see what Pandora thinks you will like and it also may provide some insite to your personality.

As shamefully as it may be, I am going to list the songs that Pandora thinks I like based on my inputs :

  1. Katy Perry Wake Up in Vegas
  2. Taio Cruz   Dynamite
  3. Journey  Don’t Stop Believing
  4. Kate Perry   Firework
  5. Blue Oyster Cult  Burnin’ For You
  6. Taylor Swift You Belong with Me
  7. Carrie Underwood All American Girl

I am calling this my Pandora Shame Story. So now I realize my music likes makes me appear to be a 12 year old girl. I have a new goal, to Man up my Pandora recommendations. Metallica here I come.

Running Past the Alcohol

Jan 042011
 

ZebOne of the reasons I started training for the Iron Man was to give me something to do other than drink.  I realized that alcohol had caused me numerous problems and decided to end my use of it entirely. 

It has not been easy.  I had tried quitting numerous times before, which I did, but never for good.  I would quit for a month or two, but I made the commitment to stop entirely and have done so.  Over the holidays, it has become even more difficult as constant get togethers with old friends brings me in to situations that encourage drinking.  During these social occasions drinking is almost always involved.  It is difficult to find people to do activities with that do not involve drinking.   I decided to make the commitment to become an Iron Man and hope to meet friends along the way. 

My brother is my best friend and it is great that he and I can do this together, but I want to help establish a community of people where health is what we put our focus around and not alcohol.  So, if any of you are up for it, feel free to contact and join us in improving our health and making friends along the way.

This picture was taken in downtown San Luis Obispo. 

After turning 21, I spent a lot of time inside of bars,  and San Luis Obispo has an amazing bar scene.  But, on Saturday night instead of stopping in for drinks, I decided to run past the bars instead. 

Watching the young people, dressed up and ready for a night of drinking, I realized how much my life has changed.  Running past those bars on a rainy night in downtown San Luis Obispo symbolized a defining moment in my life.  Instead of stopping in for a drink and passing time, I turned my focus towards accomplishment and achievement, to setting goals and completing them.  I turned my back on my past, the life that I had known and headed toward the future I desire, the future I deserve.

Christmas Photoshoot

Jan 022011
 

Our mother bought us matching workout suits, so we decided what better way to show off our new threads then by having a Christmas Day photoshoot.  You’re not going to want to miss these.  Pictures will be in the Christmas Photoshoot category.  We will post one a day until we run out of pics.  The first one was posted today, we hope you like them.

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