Already falling behind

Aaack. Well I was all fired up to record everything that I do on this blog and then the weekend happened. That's not to say that I wasn't stepping up a storm over the weekend, I just wasn't recording all of my endeavors for you. So, here's the brief recap of my Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday...

Friday
I woke up and ran an easy 10 miles. My plan was to not get too tired because I'd be running a 5k race on Saturday morning. After my run I really had a pretty low key day. Most of my time at work on campus I was sitting at my desk so I didn't tally up too many steps. I did go on a walk in the evening with my wife, Joy, but besides that Friday was a lazy day for me.

5/21/2010 | Daily Step Total = 18258

Saturday
Well, Saturday morning set me up for what I thought was going to be a huge stepping weekend for me. In reality, all of my running in the morning wore me out for the rest of the weekend resulting in some lower than expected step totals. Saturday morning was beautiful. I woke up early and drove to Reston to race in the We've Got Your Back 5k. I warmed up with an easy three miles before the start. I ended up running a pretty decent race finishing 3rd overall in 15:27. I went out with the leaders and hung on as long as I could. It was so awesome to be running fast on such a great morning. Joy ran all the way to Reston from our house in Falls Church to watch me race. So, after the race I decided to match her effort and run home. I had jogged 2 miles immediately following the race with one of my old running buddies from high school. After the award ceremony I ran the 9.75 miles home from Reston to Falls Church on the W&OD trail. My morning mileage total was nearly 18 miles - a great morning if I haven't said so before.

After the race, Joy went to a baby shower, so I was a lazy bum and sat around watching TV all afternoon. In the evening we watched a movie and went to a local burger joint for dinner. It's safe to say that 90% of my steps from Saturday came before 11am.

5/22/2010 | Daily Step Total = 27044

Sunday
Sunday morning Joy and I slept in. We got up and went to church and then went to the grocery store. Both of these activities require more walking than one would think. Joy and I attend McLean Bible Church - walking through that mega building definitely adds to your step total. We also like to go through every single aisle in the grocery store. Sure it's Trader Joe's, but that's still a lot of steps (I backtrack a lot too...oops).

As some of you know I'm a graduate student at AU, working towards my MS in Health Promotion Management. Summer classes mean a lot of work in a little bit of time and also mean that most Sunday afternoons are spent in front of the computer doing research or writing papers. This Sunday was no different, but I was able to escape to the Providence Rec Center in Falls Church to do a little cross training on the stationary bike. I rode for 60 minutes at a pretty hard clip - I think the woman next to me was a little frightened by how sweaty I got. She didn't stay on the bike for too long...

5/23/2010 | Daily Step Total = 16750

Monday
(longest blog post ever!!! Sorry)
This week we finish up with our Know Your Numbers Health Assessment and Screening Events. That means only a few more days of waking up super early to get in my run and make it to work on time to set up for the events. Today I was up at 5:30 and out the door by 6:00 for a 10 mile run. My legs were surprisingly still tired from all of the weekend exercise so I considered cutting my run off early more than once. In the end I trekked through 10 miles in about 69 minutes and then scooted through the house to get to campus.

Our screening events require a lot of packing, hiking across campus, and then unpacking. All activities that look good on the pedometer! In the evening I finished up that pesky paper from Sunday evening, ate dinner with Joy, and then we went on a 20 minute walk because it looked so beautiful outside. Also, I wanted to check on the garden so I had to make up an excuse for us to go outside.

5/24/2010 | Daily Step Total = 22261

THE END - That teaches me to wait 5 days between blog posts!