Archives for "November, 2010"

Posted by Jim on 28th November 2010

The Road to Higher Expectations – 6 – New Orleans here I come

Looks like I am headed to New Orleans to run the Rock ‘n Roll Marathon on February 13, 2011. So I went to runnersworld.com to set up a running program that I will be following.
Day 1: 6 miles at a 9 minute 57 pace.
Result: Treadmill, 9 minute 49 second pace (treadmill doesn’t have a setting [...]

Posted by Jim on 23rd November 2010

The Road to Higher Expectations – Post 5 – Marathon Time!

Well I took the first step in doing my spring marathon. Remember goal #1 is to do a marathon under the 4 hour mark. I printed up a 12 week running program from my friends from Runner’s World. Why 12 week’s? There is a marathon in New Orleans on February 13, 2010 I have been [...]

Posted by Jim on 21st November 2010

The Road to Higher Expectations – Post 4 – Where have I been?

Traveling is the answer. Life has gotten in the way in the last week or two. Workouts have been sporadic and at best average. Now that the traveling is calming down I am looking to pick it up! Actually the traveling did come at a pretty good time.
Why?
Well my passion or maybe determination has been [...]

Posted by Jim on 7th November 2010

The Road to Higher Expectations – Post 3 – Things change

Before I start typing about my latest decision I will give you a moment to tell me how nuts I really am…
Go ahead I’ll wait…
I sit in front of my mac and I just did something that is usually very hard to do, I was able to sign up for an Ironman! Yes I am [...]

Posted by Jim on 1st November 2010

The Road to Higher Expectations – Post 2 – Dreams

Dreams. When I say that word to you what does it mean to you? A possible response is that is what I do a night while I sleep. Or that is what I do when I am sitting at my desk at work. There are probably just as many definitions of dreams as there are [...]