Day 3 - Running Again

Yeah...as expected, I'm still sore. But, oh so on my way to not being fat anymore.

I was wondering what this day would be like. And it wasn't all that bad. I think what really helped, was that I slept better last night than the night before. So, I was able to recharge a bit.

Part of what made this day exciting were the two websites that a couple of friends referred me to. The first was from a new friend with old ties. Sophfronia Scott is a published writer and former editor for Time Inc, now Executive Editor of The Done For You Writing & Publishing Company, author of her own blog/website, a Harvard grad, and an alumni of my high school. As a matter of fact, she had my Dad as a track coach and will tell you all of the same things about him that I've told you already.
She has been training for a 5K and referred me to mapmyrun.com. This site is sweet. It basically allows you to map out your run on Google Maps by clicking through your route. Then it allows you to save that route and link it to a training log. That log can then be linked to a blog. So, ultimately, I think we'll be seeing that, once Chris works his magic. For today's run, I'll give it a quick shot right here. It may or may not work.

The other site was referred to me by my friend Pete, a former bandmate in TBDBITL, who now is an IT Systems Manager for Proctor & Gamble. He and Chris were the two friends who lit the fire under my butt. Pete has his own physical challenge (if only I were referring to Nickelodeon's Double Dare) going and is blogging about it. He told me about a similar site to mapmyrun.com, which is Gmaps Pedometer. This seems to be the basis for mapmyrun.com in that it allows you to map out your route and figure out calories burnt and such. It also allows you to link to the map of your route, when needed.

Thank you both for the websites. They are and will be incredibly helpful!

Oh yeah, I should probably write about my run. Meg, Calvin & I went off to Blendon Woods Metropark and traversed the Goldenrod Pet Trail. Don't let the name fool you. This bad boy was a mile long. So, I ran it twice, while Meg, Calvin & Couper (the dog) walked it. This was a painless grass trail that was very pleasant. In the middle of my first lap, I watched a deer leap over the grass 20 yards away from me. Very cool. I wouldn't have seen that in any neighborhood.
I ended up doing 2 miles in 20mins 58secs. So, slower than my last run. But understandable, because I'm just starting.

That's all for now. More tomorrow, another rest day. But we'll most likely head out to some metropark to walk.