Saturday, April 24, 2010
Another New start?
So obviously my life has gotten busier since becoming married and starting a wonderful jointed life. Also the economy has created a lot more job stress and longer hours. That being said, I have still totally and completely failed and getting myself motivated again. The post below was about accountability, if I had to write down my failures then I would be more likely to stick to my plan... unless of course I just skipped out on writing anything at all.
Well this year I have to do better.
My wife and I are expecting our first child in October and we are very excited about it! I expect that after October, I will be busy and tired and that I need to make any major life changes now and get them locked in before that day. To that end, I have joined a running group. TNT was the best thing that ever happened to me fitness wise. I am learning that I really struggle to motivate on my own. With a social group to support me and a group of people expecting me to be out there running with them, I find that I follow through better.
Enter San Jose Fit! It appears to be very similar to the old TNT run team except it is much larger (TNT was a larger organization and they divided the teams up into regions to keep the size manageable), less variety in the run locations, not quite the same organization (and that is purely based upon 1 workout - I fully expect to find that they are organized as the season progresses), and no fundraising requirements. I loved the fundraising with TNT but I am happy to leave it behind this year. It also helps since it is actually very likely that I will not do an event this year. All of the great races are around October/November and I have no plans to abandon my wife and new born to go and run a race and then recover. Maybe in the Spring I will race again. Kaiser 1/2 is in February :-)
OK, so I have started running again and the extra weight is a nightmare! I have never been in a serious running program this heavy (275 right now) and it just plain sucks. You wouldn't think that 15 lbs more or less would matter at my size but it really does. I really need to peel some of this off before the miles start to scale up.
Anyway, today's run. 2 miles - 29:10. Pretty sad but you have to start somewhere.
Well this year I have to do better.
My wife and I are expecting our first child in October and we are very excited about it! I expect that after October, I will be busy and tired and that I need to make any major life changes now and get them locked in before that day. To that end, I have joined a running group. TNT was the best thing that ever happened to me fitness wise. I am learning that I really struggle to motivate on my own. With a social group to support me and a group of people expecting me to be out there running with them, I find that I follow through better.
Enter San Jose Fit! It appears to be very similar to the old TNT run team except it is much larger (TNT was a larger organization and they divided the teams up into regions to keep the size manageable), less variety in the run locations, not quite the same organization (and that is purely based upon 1 workout - I fully expect to find that they are organized as the season progresses), and no fundraising requirements. I loved the fundraising with TNT but I am happy to leave it behind this year. It also helps since it is actually very likely that I will not do an event this year. All of the great races are around October/November and I have no plans to abandon my wife and new born to go and run a race and then recover. Maybe in the Spring I will race again. Kaiser 1/2 is in February :-)
OK, so I have started running again and the extra weight is a nightmare! I have never been in a serious running program this heavy (275 right now) and it just plain sucks. You wouldn't think that 15 lbs more or less would matter at my size but it really does. I really need to peel some of this off before the miles start to scale up.
Anyway, today's run. 2 miles - 29:10. Pretty sad but you have to start somewhere.
