Couch to Half Marathon: Closing My First Year of Running

On February 11th, 2022, I took my first jog on my new treadmill, a single mile at 5mph. I’d been taking three mile walks for a couple weeks before, but that jog just under a year ago was my first workout over 4mph. Yesterday, I ran the 3M Half Marathon in Austin, crossing the finishContinue reading “Couch to Half Marathon: Closing My First Year of Running”

2022 EOY Fitness Summary

I spent dramatically more time on physical fitness in 2022 than I have at any other point in my life, in preparation for my planned adventure this June. My 2022 statistics from iFit on my incline trainer/treadmill show that I walked/jogged/ran almost 700 miles after it was set up on January 24th: Perhaps surprisingly (givenContinue reading “2022 EOY Fitness Summary”

End of Q1 Check-in

tl;dr: On track. Back in January, I wrote about my New Years’ Resolutions. I’m now 90 days in, and things are continuing to go well. Health and Finance: A dry January. Exceeded. I stopped drinking alcohol on any sort of regular basis; over spring break, I peaked at two drinks per day. Health: Track my weight andContinue reading “End of Q1 Check-in”