Weekly Totals for 03 Jan - 09 Jan 2010

Well I made it through my first week back running and I didn't die! That is my first milestone of the year. Today we took a trip to the Chunami Aquarium which is always a great time except the girls were acting like turds so we came home early and they didn't get to play on the awesome playground up there. I wish them better luck next time. Today was a beautiful day. I guess the weather was making up for yesterday where it was rainy and cold. Today's weather was sunny any very warm so it made for a very comfortable run tonight. Tonight I ran 7.22 miles, burned 1,122 calories, and I went for 70 minutes. My weekly totals are as follows: I ran a total of 33.87 miles, burned 5,353 calories, and my time was 6 hours and 03 minutes. I will post what I am going to do the following week every Monday. On Monday I will also start weighing in every day and see if that will help me stay on track a little better. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and let's keep this going! JUST RUN...Until next time...

Running Totals for 08 Jan 10

One more day to go for week 1 of January and I should meet my goal of 30 miles for the week. They have a good article in the January issue of Runner's World called "Your Best Year Ever" (pgs 58- 63). It has an annual training plan that I think I will stick to through out the year. It has 3 higher mileage weeks and 1 easy week of running plus some good tips. I recommend it, it has a lot of good information in my humble opinion. My run tonight was a rainy one. It pretty much drizzled on me the whole time with a couple of bouts with harder rain. And for the first time ever I could see my breathe while I was running. I think it had to do more with the humidity than it really being cold though. Tonight I ran 6.55 miles, burned 1,037 calories and I went for 65 minutes. Tomorrow I am doing the 2010 Healthy and Fine Resolutions 5K Fun Run. They are hosting a 5K a month now with some kind of incentive reward for doing so many through out the year. That should keep my motivation up to run at those events every month. I am very excited to have the whole immediate Nordell family on board to keep fit this year. I think it will be great for all of us to get a little healthier this year and keep each other motivated in doing so. I am looking forward to this year for all of us. Just Run or Just Exercise!! Until next time...

Running Totals for 07 Jan 10

Well after a day off from our family crisis it was good to get out on the road and not think about yesterday's events. Those are the type of days that everyone hates to go through. I really feel bad for Heather and the girls and I hope soon we can get them another dog not to replace Delilah but to help them transition into something more positive and to fill that void that they are feeling at the moment. I think a trip to the Chunami Aquarium is in order for this weekend. That is always a pick me up for our family. Tonight's run was a pretty good one. I am just getting started again so I am taking it easy and the day off yesterday was actually a relief. I have been pretty sore this week. Anyways, I ran 6.42 miles, burned 1,040 calories, and I went for 65 minutes. It will probably be a couple of weeks until I get my runner's legs once again before I start putting in a 10+ mile run every week. I am trying to break into this slowly this time that way I don't get injured in the process. JUST RUN! Until next time...

Running Totals for 05 Jan 10

Just a quick note to post my totals for today. I ran 6.2 miles, burned 984 calories, and I went for 63 minutes. It was a pretty tough run because I took so much time off from running that it feels like I am starting over some days. Plus when I tackle the hills of Okinawa and my hip flexors do not want to work for me. Anyways, hopefully this time I will learn my lesson and stick with running consistently. JUST RUN!! Until next time...

Weigh In & Running Totals for 04 Jan 10

First off I want to thank Heather for the new background for my blog. I think she did a very nice job and she kept my picture at the top. Well my weight hasn't changed from the 1st of January but that was just a couple of days ago, so I am sitting at 260.2 lbs. to start off again. I don't know why I do this to myself. I lose all that weight but I don't change my eating habits. Then when I slack off with the running the weight goes back up. I am working on making this year different. This year I WILL change my eating habits and keep on track with my running and get to my goal weight AND STAY THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is going to be a great year!! Today I ran 7.5 miles, burned 1170 calories, and went for 96 minutes (that was my run & Heather and my walk today). Miles are miles, I guess. This is going to be a good transition month for getting this going once again. My goal is to break 100 miles this month. JUST RUN!! Until next time...

No Running Tonight

Well I was planning on going for a run tonight but then life happens and it looks like I will have to try tomorrow. Plus it is raining something fierce outside, Bella & I are sick so we will just chalk this one up to life throwing a curve ball. Tomorrow was supposed to be my day off from running but if things are back to normal then I will get a run in. I forgot to say that yesterday I got in a run on 5.8 miles. It was a rough run but that is to be expected after three weeks of not running. It's time to get back into the groove. I was going to start another blog to use more for a journal but I think it will be best to just use this one blog to write everything. Some of the things that I would like to accomplish this year would be:

(1) being a better father/husband & a spiritual leader for my family.
(2) being more conscientious about my health. Pay better attention to exercise and my diet.
(3) work towards my Master's degree & finish my CCAF degree.
(4) take my career more seriously!!
(5) stop living on cruise control & find my passion.

I think these are some pretty attainable goals for this year & at the beginning of each month I will try to remember to post these goals and give an update on how things are progressing. Until next time...

Happy New Year's from Okinawa!!!

Well it's time to get back on the workout horse and get back to work. Since I had pretty much taken a mini vacation in December, I think I am over due to lace up my running shoes and hit the pavement. So here we go...I weighed in at 260 lbs. to start the new year and I should be shocked by that number but I am not. I know what I have been eating and now it is time to stop and get things moving again. Dad and I have set our running total goal for the year at 1,200 miles with an OVER ACHIEVER goal of 1,500 miles. I think 1,500 is very attainable and I think that 1,200 miles would be excellent. It's not a bad thing to shoot for the stars and hit the moon, if that makes any sense what so ever. Weight goals for the year is to be around the 220 lb. mark by this day 2011 and my OVER ACHIEVER goal of 205 lbs. Once again very reachable and I will be excited to meet either of those weight goals. My next PT test is in May so I am keeping that in mind and working to better my scores in November 2009. This is going to be a GREAT year fitness wise. Be consistent is the Mantra for this year!! Until next time...