500 Mile Challenge
Ok, so let’s review real quick what’s going on
1) Last week with a push from a friend, I found a reason to compete in a Triathlon, the big Triathlon will be an Ironman 70.3 but there will be small ones along the way.
2) I went and bought running shoes that I wasn’t completely confident in so that I can begin running, because you can’t very well do a Triathlon without running.
A day after I bought the shoes, I decided that I needed the cool Nike + iPod aka NikePlus thingamajig so that I could track my progress, because in reality, I’m too lazy to figure out how far I’ve run if I’m not on a treadmill, and keeping track of my progress is important to me.
But for the NikePlus thingamajig, I had to have an iPod Nano, my iPod touch wasn’t good enough, so I bought one of them too. Now before you go thinking that I’m crazy, I’m not crazy, this is normal behavior, I never slip into anything easily, I always go head first, if I’m going to do it, I’M GOING TO DO IT GOSH DARNIT!!!
So, this evening, I decide that I’m going to calibrate the Nike+ iPod Sports kit and so I put on my shoes, put the sensor beneath my laces (which isn’t the best alternative to not having Nike+ shoes, but I didn’t feel like concocting a good alternative), put leashes on the dogs and off we go.
I calibrated the walk of 400m then the run of the same distance and then I had to go back home. But by this time, Loki, one of the dogs, was in no mood for running, or walking for that matter, so he pretty much made me drag him home. When I got the dogs home, I put them in the yard and ran so that I could have a whole mile and not just eight tenths of a mile.
So I mostly walked, sprint a little at the end run, but at this point, it’s better than nothing. I’m thanking the gods above that I didn’t no take the dogs and just ran by myself because the shoes tore up my heels. I’ve never had a pair of running shoes tear up my heals, but alas, there’s a first time for everything.
After examining the damage to my feet and uploading my stats from my walk/run to Nike+, I decided I need to join the 500 Mile Challenge.
Jamie, The Diabetic Runner started it.
“I started this challenge for the vast community of blogging runners and diabetics. I’m hoping to inspire many to do great things, to push themselves to extraordinary heights, and to raise awareness of diabetes, and the United Nations’ designated “World Diabetes Day” held every year on November 14th.” [Jamie]
I figured that if I was going to be running in an effort to train for the triathlons that I intend on competing in that I might as well put my training to further work and make it count for something just as big as a triathlon.
Thanks to Nike+ and Mark (who created the Nike+ iPod Stats WordPress plugin to take the Nike+ data and make it available on websites) you can track my progress in meeting this goal by looking in the sidebar each time you visit this site:
If you’re interested in joining the 500 Mile (or 1000 Mile) Challenge, you too can do so, and no, you don’t have to be diabetic to join the challenge. You can sign up at YES.DiabeticRunner.com.
3 Responses to “500 Mile Challenge”
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March 31st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Woo hoo… welcome to the Challenge… Glad you decided to join us, and how cool is it that you are going after a 70.3?! Hats off to you for working toward this new goal!
March 31st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Hi Jamie,
I’m very excited! I figure if I do 3 miles a day, I’ll be caught up in no time to meet the 500 mile challenge goal
Courtney
April 6th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
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