I started what I hope to be a jogging regiment during my lunch hour today. \u00a0My rational brain tells me it went better than expected, I mean I ran 2.9 miles on my first time out. My competitive brain tells me it was a terrible outing – 10 minute miles, I should be running 5 minute miles!<\/p>\n
This is all prompted because I finally went and got my “numbers”. You know, blood pressure, sugar levels, cholesterol, BMI. I knew the BMI would be fine. I’ve always been on the thin side. I had a sneaking suspicion about that cholesterol though, and I was correct. Time to exercise.<\/p>\n
I have jogged in the past, but it never really stuck. My Dad is a jogger. Has been since I was a kid. I always admired that. My wife and I also used to jog together, before the kids. Heck, she ran cross country in college. But I could never really motivate myself to stick with jogging. I never really had a reason, I guess.<\/p>\n
But I think I’m ready now. I mean, I do want to have a healthy heart after all. And I like the idea of being a part of the running community. This is a thing I’ve noticed about myself. I have a thing for being a part of a group based on an activity or hobby. I have writing, and blogging, and arcade games, and comic books, and hockey. These are groups of which I’m a member. The funny thing about it, though, is while I’m a member of all of these groups I wouldn’t consider myself a regular in any of them. I have always said I’m pretty good at a lot of things, but great at nothing.<\/p>\n
I look forward to being good at running.<\/p>\n
Technology is on my side. My wife and I purchased smart phones for the first time this summer. I picked up a Galaxy S4. It’s a pretty cool device with a bevy of free exercise apps. One such app is\u00a0My Tracks<\/em>\u00a0by Google. It gives me so much data during a run, including distance and how fast \u00a0(or slow) I’m running. It brings joy to this numbers geek’s heart.<\/p>\n Here’s the data for my first run. I plan on posting this data, for myself and anybody else interested in tracking my progress. Excelsior!<\/p>\n Created by Google My Tracks on Android.<\/p>\n Name: 1st R U N I started what I hope to be a jogging regiment during my lunch hour today. \u00a0My rational brain tells me it went better than expected, I mean I ran 2.9 miles on my first time out. My competitive brain tells me it was a terrible outing – 10 minute miles, I should be running 5 minute miles! This is all prompted because I finally went and got my “numbers”. You know, blood pressure, sugar levels, cholesterol, BMI. I knew the…<\/p>\n
\nActivity type: street running
\nDescription: –
\nTotal distance: 4.64 km (2.9 mi)<\/strong>
\nTotal time: 28:32<\/strong>
\nMoving time: 28:20
\nAverage speed: 9.76 km\/h (6.1 mi\/h)<\/strong>
\nAverage moving speed: 9.84 km\/h (6.1 mi\/h)
\nMax speed: 10.94 km\/h (6.8 mi\/h)
\nAverage pace: 6:09 min\/km (9:53 min\/mi)<\/strong>
\nAverage moving pace: 6:06 min\/km (9:49 min\/mi)
\nFastest pace: 5:29 min\/km (8:50 min\/mi)<\/strong>
\nMax elevation: 316 m (1037 ft)
\nMin elevation: 279 m (916 ft)
\nElevation gain: 66 m (216 ft)
\nMax grade: 9 %
\nMin grade: -11 %
\nRecorded: 8\/19\/2013 11:49AM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"