My Attempt at Streaking

No, I'm not talking about running around nekkid for kicks and giggles. Sorry, to get your hopes up there. I'm talking about starting a running streak - run at least a mile for as many consecutive days as you can.

I first heard about this through this article "7,000, 9,000, 11,000 days in a row - runners won't quit". It's about a group that has registered their running streaks at www.runeveryday.com, the website for the United States Running Streak Association, USRSA.

Their active running streak list shows one "Legend", the category for greater than a 40 year long streak, Mark Covert, who is also the honorary chairman of the USRSA Advisory Board. There are at least 20 runners whose streak has lasted over 35 years. The "Neophyte" is the category for those whose streak is only less than 5 years old.

When I first read about this I thought to myself, there's no way I could do that! That's crazy talk!! I might try, but I won't last the week! Guess what?! Today is day seven! I did it. I lasted the week. But don't expect me to go signing up for membership to the USRSA anytime soon. I was just using this as inspiration to get myself back into the habit of running. I had injured my back in April and after looking at my sad monthly running graph, I knew I had to get back into it somehow.



So things are looking up. I've gotten back into it. I haven't signed up for any races yet, but at least my May totals are looking good. Let's see how long this streak lasts.

Need a new Power Song

One cool little trick my snazzy ipod/nikeplus pedometer allows me to do is set a "Power Song". This is the song I can call on during a run for some added inspiration by just holding the center button of my ipod for a couple seconds. Right now, I'm almost embarrassed to say, that my Power Song is currently set to Jesse McCartney's "Leavin'".


Alright! Alright, already!

Maybe once you're finished snickering, you can help me out with some Power Song Suggestions.

Just to give you an idea, let me tell you my past Power Songs. Which I'm no longer too embarassed to share, after the doozy I just pulled earlier. In the past, I've used R.Kelly's "World's Greatest" and Kanye West's "Stronger".

Also, Nikeplus pulled out of their database the top 10 Power Songs of all Nikeplus users. However, they might need to refresh their query for 2008. This one's from November 2007:

1. Eye of the Tiger
2. Pump it
3. Here it Goes Again
4. Lose Yourself
5. Stronger
6. Till I Collapse
7. SexyBack
8. Remember the Name
9. Gonna Fly Now
10. Move Along

So, what Power Song should I use for October/November?? Feel free to comment with your suggestions! Who knows, maybe next month, I just might be rockin' the road with your song choice.

Oh, and in case you, like me, just can't get enough of good ol' J. Mac, here's the Leavin' video for you:

Human Race Training Review

I didn't actually start recording my 10K training until 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately, these last two weeks of training coincided with a few personal obligations that may have interfered:
Son moving in to ASU dorms and starting school 8/21 - 8/23
Youngest son's 5th birthday 8/23
Family trip to Las Vegas 8/24 to 8/26
Prepping house for Fantasy Football Draft on 8/30

I was scheduled to run 36 miles and only ran 29 these last two weeks. I was short 7 miles in my training.
I guess that's fine considering how busy I was.

And I did hit my goal for the month of August!