Hello bloggers, does a planned goose-egg still count as a goose-egg? Anyway no running today, with 20 whole minutes planned for tomorrow. I am trying to spend the extra time I have in the morning doing my exercises and more stretching than usual (well, and catching up on some of my work). It is nice to be able to spend so much time on these things. So far, I have only gained a pound so it is not too bad. Dean is out of town so I spent a lot of time working last night, but when I wasn't working I was looking at bicycles. I took Sam's old bike into a shop last night and it will actually take more money to fix it then it is worth. I am debating on whether or not I want to spend money on a new bike. I did tell the bike guy that I want a bike to cross-train on during the summer, but that I am a runner and am not planning on being a cyclist. He said, "we all were runners" and went on to talk about his knee injury. Close by, I actually read a very interesting article by Ed Eyestone (for those of you not near Provo/BYU, Ed Eyestone is the men's track and field coach at BYU - and a great runner in his own right). He says that 60 mins @ or above 70% of your maximum heart rate is roughly equivalent to a 5 mile run: www.active.com/running/Articles/The_Next_Best_Thing_To_Running.htm ARGGG, I can't get the create link function to work (despite using Firefox, I think it is this 64-bit Ubuntu going haywire again). So, if I run 50 mpw and ride my back to-and-from work a few days a week, I should be able to keep my fitness level up (and give my old body a little break) to a over 60 mpw fitness for a couple months. Oh, and it will be good for the environment. That is the plan right now anyway. I do have my eye on a big 10 mile race in the fall, and there are a couple of local 5k's I might do, if the heat doesn't mess me up too much ... it is likely to break the 100F mark this week already. Though somebody said yesterday, "you will be surprised at how cool 90F feels, after the sun goes down, after it hits over 100 all day". Whoo, can't wait ;-). Happy Thursday bloggers!
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