Tag: fitness

  • I Want to Run

    I want to hide, more accu­rate­ly. I’ve run just once since Char­lie start­ed sleep­ing more sound­ly, but that has to change. Not only do I need to run to blow off stress, I need to do a bet­ter job of man­ag­ing my weight. I can’t do that exclu­sive­ly through exer­cise though. Some­thing I need to…

  • I Went to the Gym

    Not earth-shat­ter­ing news by any stretch of the imag­i­na­tion, but for this dad, a major step toward get­ting back in shape after an ardu­ous two-year hiatus. Now that Char­lie’s sleep­ing more nor­mal­ly, I’ve decid­ed to hit the gym three times per week in the evenings. I’m not quite ready to give up the addi­tion­al sleep…

  • Toward a Healthier, Wealthier Me

    Final­ly learn­ing an object les­son in sav­ing mon­ey: pack­ing my lunch last week not only meant eat­ing bet­ter and health­i­er than usu­al, but I saved more than enough mon­ey to cov­er din­ner at Bar­buz­zo, includ­ing drinks and tip!

  • The Running Man

    If you fol­low me on Twit­ter or Dai­ly Mile, or by some strange twist of fate bump into me in real life, you know I start­ed train­ing for and suc­cess­ful­ly com­plet­ed the Philadel­phia Marathon last Novem­ber. I’ve tried to keep it up over the course of the win­ter, but it has­n’t been easy. Cold weath­er…

  • I Ran the 2008 Philadelphia Marathon

    Marathon shoes, orig­i­nal­ly uploaded by Black­mail Is My Life. 23 weeks of train­ing came to fruition yes­ter­day as I com­plet­ed the Philadel­phia Marathon in 3:13:33. I ran through three pair of Puma sneak­ers, the last three I had from my Philebri­ty Fit Club win­nings. They served me well. I ran over 750 miles in the…