I used to run all the time. I tried doing the cross country / track thing all throughout high school but something always got in the way. It never stopped me from actually running, though. I trained with the teams during the summer and ran in the fun runs whenever I could. I kept in shape in marching band (yeah, it’s really possible) and then there was the Air Force after high school. You can’t but get into shape when you first enlist. It was easy to keep it going once I started.
After the Air Force it was back to the marching band scene with the Riverside Community College Marching Tigers. Again, I was able to keep active. It wasn’t long after leaving the marching band that I married Amanda and enlisted in the California Army National Guard. They whiped me back into shape real fast.
I began a sedintary existence once we moved to Sacramento. My career took a different direction as I found my psuedo-niche. I got paid to sit on my arse for 14-20 hours a day. Not bad. Yeah… right.
About two years after we moved to Texas I decided I wanted to break out of my sedintary lifestyle and joined a local rugy league. It was a short-lived change, however, because my work schedule changed after only 2 months of training. All of that pain was for nothing because I immediately ceased any physical activities.
So here we are. I’ve decided to start running again. It’s the first real step to getting that lean muscle build. I don’t want to bulk up like Superman or Arnie or anything like that. I just want to have a larger frame than I currently possess. Yes, I want to look good in spandex. No one laughs at Spidey when he’s swingin’ around the Big Apple.
I currently weigh 152 pounds and stand at appx. 6 feet tall.
My goal is 180 pounds by 01 September 2009.
This should be doable. I’ll be monitoring my nutrition at www.myfitnesspal.com and my running at www.mapmyrun.com. These tools should be a nice way to motivate me to stay the course. I’ll be posting progress almost daily and pictures weekly. I’ll probably post pictures on the weekends.
I’ll also be posting my workout playlists. Not just so you can laugh at what I listen to while I’m running, but also so that I may better customize it. Right now it’s pretty generic. I grabbed some aggressive artists and threw them all together in one massive playlist on my Zune. I’ll post what played as I ran and cut out what wasn’t working for me. Feel free to make comments and suggestions.
