Yep I'm still breathing

The Holidays are over and the New Year is here. I don’t really have anything to say but thought I should get something up here as an update. I had big plans for putting together a second Christmas Mix CD this year to give to my friends along with a six pack of my Coffee Stout. I got a late start on the mix, so it kinda fell to the wayside. I just felt like I was rushing to put songs on it and never got a real feel for the mix as a whole. I’m still working on it. So if you got a CD last year you can expect volume 2, it just won’t be an actual Christmas gift this year. BTW – LCD Soundsystem has some new stuff out and it sounds great. I don’t think the album will be out for while though.

I used G’s iPod while lifting the other day. I think it finally sold me on the idea of getting a portable music player. I’m torn between the Zune and the Gigabeat. The thing that draws me to these two is the online music service that they have. For $10 a month you can download whatever music you want onto the device. The files are protected, so you can’t burn them to disc, but there are ways around it. If iPod offered a similar service I would get the 8 gig nano in a second. I like the smaller size in the nano, but love the idea of unlimited access to music.

The training is going pretty good. I had a pretty slack week during the Christmas break, but am now back at full go. I started to keep track of mileage for the first time. That stuff adds up really fast. Every time I get a new pair of running shoes I say that I’ll keep up on the mileage to let me know when I’m getting close to the end of their lives. Actually doing it now I can see that in the past I really underestimated the timeline. No wonder I would eventually develop shin splints of some other type of ailment.

G and I are getting married at the end of October, so over the holiday break we started the biggest loser challenge; her family against mine. I hope everyone sticks to it. When you have a big event to motivate yourself it makes things easier. Besides, once you get into the lifestyle, you feel and look great. So families if you are reading this make sure you get to the gym today (or workout somehow). We had our initial weigh in on Tuesday the 2nd. The first weigh in for calculating % weight loss is next Tuesday. I’ll go ahead and make mine public here. I don’t need to lose too much weight. I primarily want to lower my body fat %. So after the holiday slacking and feasting I weighed in at 164.4. I’d like to be around 155-8 with around 10% body fat or less. I am going to the Y at lunch to get my body fat calculated with a calipers. I’ve never done that before so I have no idea if my goal is reasonable. I’ll post the findings later.

Training Stats (1 Month in)
Swim – 4.7 miles
Bike – 103
Run - 51

Oh yeah, Louie is fine. That dog has an iron stomach. He never even reacted to the laxative the vet. gave him. I guess he had an early start at strenghtening his gut when he ate Tylers phone as a puppy. Thanks Tyler, we all owe you one. If I ever see you again I'll get you some more drinks.