A Better Game

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OK here is your chance at redemption. I am not even going to tell you what the game is you will have to click to find out. It takes less than a minute and you really don't have to think as hard as yesterday.

Click here to play.

For the record my number was 23 what was yours?

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Game Time

I got an email from my Father-in-Law that had an attachment to take a test to see if you are smarter than a 5th grader. So if you have a few minutes take the test and post your results in the comments.

Play the Game.

I did take it and I got 15 out of 19 correct for a 79%. I will tell you that when I was in the 5th grade I might have only got 3 out of the 19 correct. I was not a great student but I tend to be able to hold on to info now. And the way I look at it my Father in Law who is a Wharton Grade only got one more right then me so it can't be all that bad.

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Happy New Years

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Let me just say to anyone that has taken time out of there life to stop by my blog, HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and yours.

If you have ever left a message on my blog or sent me a private email be assured you are on my Google Reader and although I do not always get to comment on your blog I am always reading it and probably getting inspiration from it. So please keep doing what you are doing.

May 2008 be the best yet.


I hope not too many of you feel like this today.



Picture taken from our trip to Baltimore in November of 2007.

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1000 miles in the books.

Let me first clear something up. I did not get out on Christmas Day for a run like planned. To be honest this big body (more on that later) needed a rest. 10 days in a row was a lot for me and the body was happy to take the day off.

But I was 10.6 miles away as of Christmas Day and I got in 5.6 miles at about 8 pm last night and since I am off today and will not be able to run tonight, I got up and out this morning for 5.5 miles. So that completed the 1000 for the year. Last night was on the treadmill and it was actually a good run. Today was in a little rain and not as good. Don't think the body was as recovered as it would have liked to have been. But none the less I got it done.

As for the big body comment above. My weight is climbing and I really need to focus on that. And that is going to happen now. I have started (just yesterday) logging all food that I take in with my trusted www.calorieking.com site. It may seem obsessive to some but it is a necessity for me if I am going to keep the weight in check. I hit 217 in the summer, and although this was after a long run that I didn't hydrate well for, it was a major accomplishment. Well yesterday morning I tipped the scales at 241.6 pounds. Can't imagine what that wight would have been if I wasn't running. Knowing myself I am sure I will drop 10 pounds real fast. It is the other 30 I need to work real hard to shed. So the two big things I need to do log the food and go back to recording my weight everyday. This also worked well when I was coming down from 330 pounds. The good news is I know what I have to do to lose the weight and now I just have to stick to it.

I have to go now as I have a date with a 5 year old girl today. I am taking one of my twins daughters to see her first play in Philadelphia today. We are seeing Peter Pan at the Walnut Theater. Kim took Liam to see The Lion King and we will find one to take Kelsey (the other Twin) to. We are trying to do some things individually so they get special time.

My site appearance. I am not set on this skin but until I find what I want (a three column skin) this is what you get. I think it is easier to read then the last one. But I am missing the links to my fellow bloggers. And I am not updating that until I get the skin I like. Yes I lost them as I didn't save them correctly.

Well time to focus on 2008. Swimming and Biking will begin very shortly. I am still working on the 2008 schedule and plan of attack.

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Merry Christmas to all

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And to all a good night.

It is 11:30 pm and Santa just got done putting all the presents under the tree for the morning madness that will ensue in about 6 1/2 hours from now. I better get some sleep now so I am bright eyed and bushy tailed.

It doesn't look like I will finish mile 1000 on Christmas. I didn't get in as many miles as I would have liked to have gotten in yesterday (Sunday). I will get in a run on Christmas, maybe about 5.5 miles or so. And that will leave me with 5 miles to go. I have now run for 10 days in a row and will be happy to take a few days off from running when the goal is hit.

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New Skin

I am in the process of changing my blog appearance, so I will hope to find one I like shortly. I think I lost all my side bar stuff so that sucks and will take a lot of time to re do. What are rainy days for.....

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18 miles to go

I believe I am at 18 miles left after this run. And if my math is correct I have 9 days to do them which would be 2 a day. My goal is to finish Christmas Morning, yes that would be a lot of consecutive days for me but oh well. I wanted to post a comment from Andrew who is part of the BIM site that I use for these great charts. I am posting his comment as a PSA to anyone who might be thinking about using the site. Andrew said... Congrats on your progress Dan and thanks for the kind words about BiM Active! You are a man on a mission... The service also works on over 40 GPS phones including new Blackberries and uploads your stats wirelessly to your personal journal at the bimactive.com site. Full disclosure: I work for Bones in Motion. Cheers, Andy -- Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 145 ft Location: Williamstown, NJ Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 12/22/07 Up/Downhill: [+114/-114] Time: 10:34 AM Difficulty: 2.3 / 5.0 Weather: Overcast 40 F temp; 85% humidity 40 F heat index; winds NE 10 Performance Distance: 7.43 miles Time: 1:15:07 Speed: 5.9 mph Pace: 10' 07 /mi Heart Rate: 147 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1287 154 bpm (Peak) Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone Zone 5 163 - 181 0h 00m 0% 0.00 mi Zone 4 145 - 163 1h 03m 84% 6.44 mi Zone 3 127 - 145 0h 11m 15% 1.03 mi Zone 2 109 - 127 0h 01m 2% 0.12 mi Zone 1 91 - 109 0h 00m 0% 0.02 mi (none) out of range 0h 00m 0% 0.01 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 12 -0' 55 6.5 +0.6 143 +22 ft 2 9' 45 -0' 22 6.2 +0.2 148 -3 ft 3 10' 09 +0' 02 5.9 -0.0 145 -26 ft 4 10' 01 -0' 06 6.0 +0.1 151 +9 ft 5 10' 36 +0' 29 5.7 -0.3 146 -3 ft 6 10' 29 +0' 22 5.7 -0.2 149 +16 ft 7 10' 42 +0' 35 5.6 -0.3 146 -3 ft end 9' 39 -0' 28 6.2 +0.3 152 -13 ft Versus average of 10' 07 min/mile

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