So, as you will see down the right side of this page now, you can check out my running stats. This is super cool! What it does is there is a sensor in my Nike running shoes that tracks all of these statisitics by sending data to my iPod which I am listnening to as I run. Once my run is complete, I take the iPod and connect to my computer where iTunes sends the run data from my iPod to the Nike+ running website. I then used a cool plugin for my blog to pull the stats from Nike+ and display them down the right side of this page.
I am hoping to use it as a little bit more motivation to run further and faster as I know my few readers will be watching my progress. So, with that I am announcing the reason for the need for motivation and that is my participation in my first (ever) race. The reason I need the motivation is because it is going to be a killer race… the Park to Park 10 Miler, which is a 10 mile run around downtown Denver this Labor Day (September 3). I know 10 miles might not seem to far to some but let us be very clear. I hadn’t run ACROSS THE STREET in 10 years until about 6 months ago and right now my best run still isn’t real close to 10. This would be at least an hour and a half of running straight if I maintain a faster pace than I am averaging now.
So, why would a guy pick a 10 mile race for his first rather than an easier 10K or a 5K? Well, because this particular race is to benefit pancreatic cancer and pancreatic got one of my very few most favorite people ever. She battled way harder through that than I would have to to run 10 miles a thousand times. Hopefully I can get some others to run/walk the 10 miles for the cause with me, let me know if interested.
This first one is for you Grandma, love you!
