ugghhhh

That kind of sums up monday.  But I forced myself to make it to the gym, and what made it even better just as I left Robert called and said he forced himself also.  That's what I call teamwork for Team Tortoise.

January 31: 3 miles

early for once....

I just got home, and it isn't 10 at night.  That is pretty exciting.

January 29: 5 miles

My apologies.....

to all of the ladies out there that were hoping to spend a romantic evening with me as I chose to spend it at the gym instead.  I truly hope there are no hard feelings as I am on my quest for bodily perfection.

BAARRRFFFFFFF

Ok, let's get back to reality.  Being injured still sucks because I feel like such a cheater by "running" on a elliptical.  Although being smart with an Achilles is definitely the smart thing to do. Plus Natalie advised me to take it easy, and realistically, I could never disagree with someone as cute as her.  The upside though is that my I should be way ahead of the curve for the Sprint Triathlon training.

January 28: 5 (cheater) miles

8 miles biked

E is for Excercis, not Excuses....

after telling myself that for a couple of hours after a long day I made it to the gym. Unfortunately my achilles problem has not resolved itself.  E now is for Extremely disappointed. :(  After less than a mile I felt the pinge of pain, and knew I had better stop.  Fortunately the elliptical is alot less impactful and forgiving to injury.

January 27: 3 miles

A little bit of good news though is that I am down 9 lbs!!!

Checkin In

Two miles working my way up. I would like to give a shout out to old country music. Waylon, Willie and the boys, keep me moving on that treadmill.

I do have one bike mile...

This is Robert

Nate Joins In

Motivated mostly by guilt, I managed four miles in a single evening. I just wanted to prove to myself that it was possible. Now that I know it is, I'm going to bed.

Night!

Nothing.....

and I am not feeling guilty.  My day started at 6 am this morning when I had to get up for class, and is just ending now as I am finishing up a construction estimate. 

January 26: 125 miles driven

(mute)

miles not mumblings

January 25: 5 miles

Sprint-Tri training starting early

Being injured is pretty crappy!!  I hated running on the elliptical and seeing the treadmill call my name.  Call me crazy, but I even think the lights on the console were making a puppy dog face at me.  I was hoping to focus the entire first quarter simply on running and getting back in shape.  Today I decided to start the Sprint Triathlon training early and throw in a quick 8 mile bike ride after an hour on the elliptical.  I feel like I am cheating myself by running on the elliptical, but at least with the added biking I am getting a kick butt workout.

To the ladies we apologize for our poor organization of the mileage.  We are trying to figure this blog thing out and have a great way to keep track of our miles.  Also, I have confirmation from Mr. Jagoda that he will be joining the squad officially by February 1st.  Nate and I are even cancelling our cable to make sure that we are focused on getting ourselves to the gym.

January 24: 5 miles running/elliptical
January 24: 8 miles biked

Guest Writer

I have man boobs, I am not afraid to admit it. It seems though when I lose weight that the scar from underneath the right one is more prominent. I like when I can see it, it means that I am losing weight. I started 2011 without a plan to make that scar shine. (The scar is of a football helmet buckle that somehow scarred me for life.)

Then one day I was on face book and a great friend told me about the scheme to run 2011 miles. Being not much of a runner I begged to be in the game. He graciously let me and also gave me an outlet to share my feeling about my progress. I started the Journey at 325 pounds which is down from when we met in Alaska two years ago but up from this summer. Right now my current miles is 30. I feel really good about this and it gives me a goal. I am down 9 lbs on my way to lose 40...thanks D Rack.

Robert

Injured..... :(

Sad, but true, but at least not serious.  It seems that I strained or stretched my achilles tendon.  When I woke up this morning and started walking around it wouldn't work.  It felt exactly like the time (ok, there have been 3 ankle casts) that I had a cast taken off my ankle and couldn't walk.

Any miles posted for at least the next 3-4 days will come from the elliptical.

meh

I have nothing clever to write about tonight.

January 20: 4 miles


50 total

Just called on the Jagoda machine to pitch in his legs of steel.  We (I) need some help.

Compliments=guilt=more miles

So I was all ready to take the evening off and I was sabotaged by kindness.  It was 7:30 and I was ready to call it a night when I had to drive to St. Paul to return a set of keys for a property I had worked on.  On my mind was fast food and then some couch time.  Just as I was leaving the lady tells me good job on the running.  She told me I was looking good.....  cancel the gym, cancel the fast food, cancel the being lazy, and hello gym....

January 19: 5 miles

46 miles

Misery loves company....

As I was grinding through the 4 miles I was punishing myself with, I was able to watch the Kentucky Wildcats losing to Alabama.  It may make me a horrible person, but it made me feel a little better knowing Carrie was sharing in some misery this evening.

January 18th: 4 miles

Making it a group effort

Welcome Nathan Jagoda to the team.  He has been lurking in the background, but could no longer hold out on his excitement to participate.  I am anticipating an exponential growth in the miles accumulated. (hopefully, we need help.)

Team Tortoise is up to 37 miles. whoot whoot!!

The Turtles are off. Beware Rabbits!

Robert and I are definitely taking the role of the Tortoise in this running thing, but I think we all know how the story finished.

January 14: 4 miles

Robert:
January 13:  2 miles
January 14: 2 miles

26 total miles. 

We're on our way!!

Just wanted to get an update done even though I haven't totally figured out the whole "blogging" thing.

January 11: 3 miles
January 12: 3 miles

Team member Robert has reported in with 12 miles for the year so far.