Corporate 5K Results
The Corporate 5K was held a little over a week ago and, as promised, I am writing to give you a wrap-up on my participation and results.
This year's race boasted the largest participation in the history of this particular 5K, with over 18,000 runners and walkers, one of those participants, of course, being myself. I did register as a runner but was honest and lined up with "over 25 minute finish time" group. In my training, I never worked up to the point where I could run (or jog) the entire route, not even close. Still, I think my split may have been 40% jogging, 60% walking. (I wouldn't be surprised if it… Read more...
My wife and I are certainly no health buffs. Still, we try to take care of our bodies and sometimes do a little extra to live a little healthier or shed some pounds. For almost a year now we have sorta been doing the South Beach diet. “Sorta” means we started out strong, nearly completing Phase 1 without a hitch, moved on to Phase 2 and remained consistent for several weeks. Needless to say, as the months went by our meal plans moved further and further away from a strict South Beach menu. That doesn’t mean we’ve totally fallen off the wagon. There are still several good habits we have maintained and we are…