Middle-Aged-Man
Cycling, Fitness and Other Things
AV Fair
01249 days
by douglaspaulwade
in Photography
This year, I entered three of my photographs. Of those two were flowers and last one was of trees. I managed to get two ribbons. One for second for Tulips and a Honorable Mention for “de-flowered” (another tulip). Below the photos and the how the looked on the walls at the fair. My favorite of the three photos did not win, trees and trails. I think it better, but not to the judges. I had it critiqued and someone told me that “brown” does not win. They may be correct.
Photos on the wall at AV Fair
12 Days of Fitness (Day 5)
01253 days
by douglaspaulwade
in Fitness
I got out and ran two miles. It was pretty good. I was chased down by my family to let me know that one of my daughters friend Sean, was in an automobile accident. He was transported to the hosipital. He is doing good, a bit shakin’ up. He works at Mountain High Ski Resort and was coming home and slid off the road and hit a tree.
I went to our church staff Christmas party and really started to feel a cold coming on. My nose was dripping. It’s offical I have a cold.
12 Days of Fitness (Day 4)
01254 days
by douglaspaulwade
in Fitness
I was not feeling very good today. I think I may be coming down with something. I will see how I feel tomorrow. I staying on the couch.
12 Days of Fitness (Day 3)
01255 days
I walked at work and then went to church ( I work with the Freshmen guys) and when I got home at 9:00pm, I knew I had to run. So I stretched and got on the treadmill and did 1/4 mile walk warmup followed by a run for 2.0 miles total. It started at 6.0 mph pace for the first mile and 6.2 for the next 7/8 of mile and finished the last 1/8 mile at 7.0 mph. I felt pretty good, I am always concern my calf will crap out on me. The key to running on the treadmill is to cover up the display. I stare at it all the time, making the run seem longer.
12 Days of Fitness (Day 2)
01256 days
by douglaspaulwade
in Fitness
Second day of fitness. Tonight, I rode or cycle on the bike for one hour. Hadn’t been on the bike for a while and it seems like a big sweaty mass but I got through the hour and it felt actually pretty good.
12 Days of Fitness (Day 1)
01258 days
After returning from a business trip in Orlando, Florida this last week, without a doubt I need to recommit to some level of fitness. I talked to one really nice lady, named Carol Hess, who happens to run. She has fun running marathons and has been running for a few decades. She really inspired me to get back on “track”. What inspired me was her story about over coming cancer. She is a true over comer, and I was impressed.
I want to pattern my fitness after the saying of “12 Days of Christmas Fitness”. Starting tonight December 8th. This does not line up with the actual 12 Days of Christmas, but I feel motivated and did not want to wait.
Each day, I want to commit to doing my walking (1-1/2 hours to 2 hours), followed up by at least 1/2 hour of more strenuous exercise. For example, running a minimum of two miles, swimming, cycling on the trainer (too cold to ride outside and at night). Stair climbing, such as at work, we have 16 flights of stairs in the corner of our building. When I was in better shape that would whip me good, running up those babies.
Tonight, I ran two miles on the treadmill doing it in 19:45 minutes. Because of my bad calf (today, it did not hurt), I like the consistency of the treadmill, plus it does have less impact on this old frame.
Today, my steps are over 23,700. I place my steps on my activity calendar, if you would like to it check it out.
Virtually Walking Across America in One Year – REACHED!
11260 days
It started in January, when Tracy Whittaker and I were walking at lunch. We thought it was possible with the amount of steps we walk each day, we could sum them up to the entire distance across America. I did some calculations and its seemed like a doable goal. That would be about 16,000 steps a day. So, on January 21st we started at Santa Monica Pier. Each day we would count our steps with our pedometer and report them in www.walkertacker.com. You can see my progress at their site, walkertracker.com/douglas. On November 30th, right before I went on a business trip, I reached the shores at Jacksonville, Florida. Below is the some data and the map of the journey.
- Total Miles 2,458.4
- Total Steps: 5,024,726
- goal: 16,000 goal of steps a day 15,801 actual steps average
Run Around the House
01274 days
by douglaspaulwade
in Fitness
I wanted to run in this weekend’s for the Toys-for-tots 5K run at Lancaster City Park, but after tonight’s run, I hurt my right calf again. I was not running that hard and I do not know why it starting complaining at about the distance of 1.5 miles. I finished the run, and then walked three miles with my dog (it had no real pain). Later in the evening the calf was sore and tight. So, it is best to give this stupid muscle some rest. Here is my motionbase information.
Turkey Trot
11281 days
I have not been posting lately, mostly out of boredom. I bore myself with my own blog! I want to share my successes but not when I am not wanting to do the workouts. I been working a lot and the last thing I want do is workout. Anyways, I did train a little to run in the 2008 Turkey Trot 1K/5K/10K Walk/Run scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 8 at Desert Sands Park in Palmdale. To be honest my heart is not in it.
I did run in the 5K and I did a personal best. I wanted to beat 29 minutes, but I finished in 29:04. That is four seconds faster than the last 5K, the Jingle Bell Jog. I plan to another 5K on Nov 29th, and I want to be in the 28 minute range (I have been in that time when I ran around the house) and run in the 27 minute range on the Jingle Bell Jog on 12/21.
Here is my Motionbase data. I forgot to pause my time when I finished, (because I was hurting trying to catch my breath).
5K Run Around the House (new PR)
21313 days
Today, I started to feel like I was getting a cold at work. Felt really funny, took three aspirins and I felt really good. I like to run on Tuesday nights, so I was not sure if I should. I felt fine and got out and ran. My lungs are really tight from riding in last Saturday’s AV Fall Century, but my legs felt really good. The run felt good, but I want to stop with every step due to my breathing. My lungs were feeling so hurt by the cold air (54 degrees). I should have worn more clothing or something. I am really coughing a lot as I type this.
I ran the 5K in 28:55! This is the first time ever that I broke into the 28 minute mark. My best 5K was last December in the Jingle Bell Jog at 29:08.
