CW is on a Mission!

17 miles ouch!

2010-09-14T09:04:00.000-07:00

I ran 17 miles on Sunday. Man It was pretty tough. But I was prepared as far as having enough water and snacks. One of my good friends came out to run with me. He joined me a little after halfway. He brought his 3 year old daughter and ran with her in the jogger. Towards the end of the run my legs felt so heavy! I walked a little bit towards the end. but that was the longest run I have ever done. It took me exactly 4 hours.

I'm going to down to 11 miles for my next long run on Sunday.
Looking forward to the big race.

thanks,
Chuck

One month to go

2010-09-11T14:56:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in a while. But Io have been running. Last Sunday I ran 15 miles. The Sunday before that I ran 14 for my long run. I'm shooting for 17 miles tomorrow. I have exactly a month left before the marathon. I'm looking forward to it.

Chuck

11.07 mile run

2010-08-22T09:58:00.001-07:00

Ran 11 miles this morning. I did it in 2 hours and 15 minutes. Almost at the halfway mark of the marathon for a single run. Next week I plan to run 13 miles.

Chuck

long run 8/15/2010

2010-08-15T22:19:00.000-07:00

Just ran 9.33 miles in 2 miles. thats including stops at cross walks.

Chuck

long run last night

2010-08-09T20:49:00.000-07:00

Ran 7.68 miles last night. 9 weeks left before my race.

Chuck

Race in 2 months

2010-08-01T22:13:00.001-07:00

Today I ran 5.75 miles. Since Tuesday I ran 11.3 miles. I have been slacking on my blogging and training. But hey thats in the past. Trying to get ready for the race in October.

Chuck

Week 3 - Day 1

2010-06-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

Last night really late I made it to the gym and ran 3 miles. When I was done it was almost midnight. My speed isn't as great as it has been before. probably because I have gained a few lbs. I think I need to step it up and perhaps do some jump roping. I have just been pretty wiped out from the running I'm doing. And overall my diet isn't clean enough.

Today I'm doing 4 miles.

Chuck

Training Week 2 Recap

2010-06-13T22:15:00.000-07:00

I just finished running 7.68 miles. OUCH! It took me around 1.5 hours. I missed one of my runs this past week but still got my long run in. I'm happy with that. My diet was ok, but yesterday my wife and I celebrated our 6th year anniversary and I ate like a king!

I ran 13.68 miles for Week 2. I was supposed to run 16, I was 2.32 short. oh well.
This past week I also played some full court basketball which I haven't done in a long time.

Tomorrow is a rest day. Ready to start Week 3.

thanks for reading,
Charles

Training Week 2

2010-06-09T15:08:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I ran 3 miles for my first day of Week 2. I didn't run outside since it was raining pretty bad. I went to the gym and knocked it out on the Treadmill. I know running outside and on the treadmill are two very different things. I'm hoping to complete most of my training outdoors. I ran 3 miles in 30:17.

The run wasn't easy, I was pretty winded and had some slight pains in my left leg.
I pushed through it though. After the run I did some dumb bell chest press and used the seated row machine.

Looking forward to doing more weight training. This is all I got for now.

Chuck

Week 1 is done!

2010-06-07T11:20:00.000-07:00

Last night I did my long run of 6 miles. I went out pretty late at night. I left the house about 9:55pm. About mid way through the route It was so so dark. I started thinking this maybe wasn't my brightest ideas. I live in Oregon, and there are some very rural places near where I live. Farms with a bunch of land and no lighting. Anyways once I made it back to one of the main roads I was fine. I saw some pretty big frogs on the ground. The first one I saw was right under my foot. I jumped over it. The frog probably thought I was an idiot. Well if you haven't figured it out. I'm not really into um how to I put this... animals. Ok maybe thats a little harsh. I just didn't want to step on a frog. So the run was ok I finished in little over an hour. I haven't ran this far in a very long while. My legs are sore this morning, but I'm doing pretty good. Total I ran 15 miles since last Tuesday. This is what the training plan called for. So I have completed the first week! This week I will run 16 miles.

My diet hasn't been that great. I have just been eating whatever I want pretty much. But this is no way to eat while training for a marathon. I'm hoping to borrow the book "Born to Run" from a good friend of mine.

Also I want to do some weight training but to be honest I have just been too wiped out by the running. I'm hoping to start it up soon, once or twice a week.

thanks for reading,
Charles

Last night

2010-06-05T08:09:00.000-07:00

Last night I ran 3.3 miles. I'm now caught up for the week. Today I'm scheduled to do my long run of 6 miles. I felt pretty good during my run last night. But this morning I'm very sore. And parts of my legs are really tight. My body is probably freaking out!

Tomorrow I will post how many total miles I ran for the week.

Charles

Training week 1 Update

2010-06-04T09:44:00.001-07:00

On Tuesday I ran 2.12 miles outside. I wanted to do 3 but I guess I was a little off.
The run went well. Its getting better and better the more I get out. I was pretty wired after the run I wasn't able to sleep that well.

Also I weighed myself early this week I was 208lbs. I'm looking to get back to 195lbs. I think I will be fine as long as I keep my running up and get a hole of my diet.

The training plan called for another 3 mile run on Wednesday but I just couldn't get the time. So yesterday I ran 4 miles. I felt pretty good after last nights run too. It was raining the whole time. But it didn't bother me much. Also with the Lakers crushing the Celtic's I had a little extra excitement pushing me through.

Today I will do another 3 miles. I will try to post more frequently as I keep on going. I'm following a 18 week Hal Higdon plan.

thanks for reading,
Charles

3.10 mile run

2010-05-30T12:28:00.001-07:00

I'm going to keep this short. I got off my butt and ran about 3 miles. I didn't run all the way through. I will run again on Tuesday.

Chuck

Made it to the gym

2010-05-26T13:31:00.000-07:00

So I made it to the gym today. I brought my son and put him in the day care this was the second time I have done this. The first time he didn't really like it and one of the girls had to come get me off the treadmill. This time he did much better.

I did leg press and used the dip machine. Then ran 2.5 miles. Right in the middle of my run I got a call and picked up my phone and started talking. The person on the other end asked if I was driving. I said no.. Then they asked can you write something down. I told her I was at the gym I had to pause but was able to continue on after that. The funny part is that I was trying to disguise my voice to not sound so winded when she was talking to me.

It was a rough 2.5 miles. But I gotta keep going to get back to where I was a couple of months ago.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

Need a new goal

2010-05-23T12:13:00.000-07:00

Today I got to the gym. I have not stuck to the 3 workouts a week. Last time I worked out was on May 10th.

Today I did lat pull down and incline press. Then ran for 2 miles.
I need a new goal to strive towards. I'm really getting sick of being laid off.

This is all I got today.
Chuck

I'm not dead, but I did fall off the wagon

2010-05-03T21:39:00.000-07:00

so It's been a very long while. I went 2.17 miles on treadmill today. I walked for .17. I haven't ran a distance close to this since 4/11/10. I was laid off on 4/14/10. Since then its been very hard to get motivated to workout. My number one priority has been to find a job not workout. But I really need to get back out there. I have gained some weight back and don't want to lose the progress I gained since last year. So todays run was a little rough. My legs were tired and rusty. I'm getting back on track. I'm going to try to workout just 3 days a week.

Chuck

Yesterday

2010-04-13T09:21:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to the gym. I completed Day 1 of Week 2 of the push up challenge. It was tough! I'm feeling weak!

14
14
10
10
14 Max, was only able to do the least amount again. Actually I did my max set later on in the night.

After the push ups, I jumped on the elliptical trainer and went for 32 minutes. I had a pretty good sweat going on. Then I got on the bike and rode for 28 minutes.
It was a good workout.

I need to keep it up for the work competition, and so I can lose some of this extra weight I gained recently. I'm around 204, want to get back to 195 or lower.

thanks,
Chuck

Sunday Run and Bike

2010-04-11T13:44:00.000-07:00

Today I went to the gym. I took my 2.5 year old with me and signed up up for the day care. After making sure he was going to be ok I went straight to the treadmills. I did 2 miles. My growing area started to bother me. So I stopped at 2 miles. I stretched and then got on the bike. I rode for 20 minutes. Then I got back on the treadmill my goal was to do another 2 miles. I ended up doing 1.7 in little over 16 minutes. As soon as I got to 1.7 one of the gym employees told me that my son was having a hard time. So my workout was cut short for a litte but It's no big deal. I gotta take care of my son. Let's hope he can get used to this child care.

So this week I got in 8.7 miles. I was supposed to do 12 miles. Oh well another week that didn't turn out the way I wanted. Next week I'm up for 14 miles. We will see if I can complete a full week. Also tomorrow is Day 1 of Week 2 of 100 push up challenge.

thanks for reading this,
Chuck

TGIF push ups and NO running

2010-04-09T20:33:00.000-07:00

The last two days have gotten in the way of my workouts. I was supposed to do 3 miles yesterday but I got sick. I was already feeling a little sick the day before.
I still wasn't feeling well today so I stayed home from work. Today is supposed to be a rest day. But I''m thinking about going to the gym in a couple of hours to get in 3 miles.

Anyways I'm excited because I have convinced my wife to join me in the 100 push up challenge. So to give you some background on my wife she was a sprinter in high school and in college. She won many trophies and still holds records for her high school. She then went into the army and worked out a lot and had some huge arms. After that she became a personal trainer and got pretty ripped. Anyways after getting married to a lazy guy like me and having our two awesome kids. She hasn't had the time to workout like she did before. Its been a while since she has done one single pushup. But tonight she ripped out 7 push ups for her first test. Then she proceded to complete day one. When she got to her max she she did 10 push ups! She tore it up.

Anyways today I finished week 1 here are my sets:

11
15
9
9
13 max, I was only able to do the least allowed.

thanks,
Chuck

2 mile run, Day 2 of pushup challenge

2010-04-07T11:05:00.000-07:00

I wanted to go to the gym this morning. But I couldn't sleep last night. I went to the gym during lunch and knocked out 2.05 in 20 minutes. I also did Day 2 of the push up challenge. My numbers are below. The work fitness challenge is the same thing that we did in Feb. you get a point for every hour of excercise. And you get a point for every % of fat loss.

push up sets
10
12
8
8
13 MAX

thanks,
Chuck

3 miles, 22 min bike, 11 elliptical

2010-04-06T09:03:00.000-07:00

I set my alarm for 5:05am this morning. I knocked out 3 miles in 29:40 min. Then got on the bike for little over 7 miles then ended with the 11 min elliptical workout.

I'm tired!

So recently I have forgotten to mention two things.

1. We started a new fitness challenge at work for April.
2. I signed up for the Portland marathon on 10-10-2010. (My birthday)

Chuck

Week 2 of Half Marathon Training

2010-04-05T09:40:00.000-07:00

Last week was a little weak. I was supposed to do 12 miles. I only did 6 half of what I was supposed to. But this is a new week. I'm going to nail it this week.

Also I'm on my first day of the 100 push up challenge. Here were my set break downs

1. 10
2. 12
3. 7
4. 7
5. 11 Max

I wanted to join Jeff when he started but I'm about 2 or 3 weeks late. The cool thing is I have 2 other guys at work who are doing it with me. Tomorrow is a 3 mile run.

Chuck

ok its been a while...

2010-03-30T13:43:00.000-07:00

I got back from vacation this past Sunday. I was off for a week and a half. We drove down to California then to vegas. I had a great time with family. I also had a lot of great meals! I ate like a king! I also gained some lbs back!

Today I made it to the gym during lunch and ran 3 miles on the treadmill. took me 29:30 min. This was a hard 2 run. last time I ran was my 15k race 16 days ago!

While I was on vacation I played basketball full court twice. But its not the same!

Today was day 1 of the Hal Higdon half marathon training. I'm going to sign up for half marathon for June 12th.

this is all I got for now.
Chuck

Shamrock Run update

2010-03-14T20:19:00.000-07:00

So today was the race. I finished....

I got up this morning at 6am but it was REALLY 5am. Oh well I got ready and headed out. My wife and kids were going to come along but the 6 month old had a rough night so they all stayed home. I got on the road to head to downtown portland. I didn't pick up my bib yesterday. So after I parked I started following the many people who were going to partake in the events. I asked a couple of people where they were giving the bibs out at. Both people had know idea. I started to get nervous as people were running to the start, I was thinking I was going to miss my race. I finally found the tent where they had the bibs, first thing I noticed was it was Packed. There were over 20,000 people participating in todays events.

So I got my bib and timing chip and then got in line to get my shirt. I ended up not keeping my shirt because I didn't have anywhere to put it. And I didn't want to run with it. oh well.

Also the guy on the microphone mentioned that it was 37 degrees!! But I was pretty warm, I had a long sleeve dry fit shirt on under my shirt. the 15k'ers started at 8:40.

I lined up in the 9 - 10 min pace area. This is about where I was running when I was traning. And as you noticed I haven't ran much latley since I have had no posts. We were off for our first mile. It started in downtown portland. The first mile came up fast. Then from mile 2 through 6 it was ALL UP HILL! I'm not joking. I kept saying to myself ok this has to start going down hill now. But just more hills kept showing up. It was crazy. I kept on going, I told myself I wasn't going to walk. At about mile 3 or a little after I noticed something coming up to my left it was a wheel from a guy pushing his kid in the stroller. But it was right next to my feet and I started to lose my balance. I was very close to falling on top of the kid and the stroller but some how I regained my balance. The guy looked at me and said "sorry". I was blasting my music in my mp3 player so I'm sure that made me less aware. So the next 3 miles to mile 6 were tough. I was going pretty darn slow. By the time I hit 6 i heard a guy say "the hard work is over". So right after that it was down hill and pretty much flat. Mile 6 went by pretty fast. I tried to tell myself that at mile 7 I was going to pick up the speed, but I just didn't have a lot of energy at that point. But I didn't walk. I saw this guy who was near me. By appearance you would never think this guy would be able to finish a 15k. He was rather large. I was trying to stay ahead of him. But after my mp3 player fell to the ground I just couldn't catch him or pass him. The last mile was rough, I felt like I was barely moving. After I finally crossed the finish line I wanted to get some free chowder and something the drink. There were so many people. We were all bumping each other. I finally got my free Chowder and it was great. After that since I was by myself I decided to take off. I was sooo tired. I was walking to my car and my hands were hurting. They were so swollen, I think it was lack of fluids. I finally got to my car and headed home. I had a great time. I will definitely do this race again. I finished in 1 hour 42 minutes. Turns out I averaged 11 min miles.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

back from vegas - run today

2010-02-28T12:54:00.000-08:00

Wow I have went another 8 days without excercising. Not good! While in vegas I ate horribly, and drank soda for the first time this year.

Anyways that is in the past. Today I dragged my butt to the gym and ran 5 miles in 46:53 minutes. I'm feeling pretty tired afterward. I had a little bit of pain in the first 2 miles in my left knee. But once I got into the groove it went away.

I have also FINALLY signed up for the Shamrock run 15k. I have 2 weeks to get ready for it. I have fallen off the tracks of Hal Higdon, but I'm going to get some good runs in before the event.

CW signing off.

shoulder press, latt pull down, back machine, 2.3 miles

2010-02-19T14:15:00.000-08:00

I made it to the gym for the 2nd time this week. I did three weight lift workouts, 4 sets of 10. Then I did did 2.3 miles at exactly a 10 min pace. My legs were pretty heavy after the run. that 8 days without excercising is really showing. I'm hoping to get a longer run in tomorrow morning. Looking to do something between 4 and 6 miles. Gotta go to Vegas on Sunday for work. Not looking forward to going back to LV. Good thing is I get to stay with family.

I will plan to workout at a 24 fitness while out of town.

Chuck

broke out of the rut

2010-02-16T13:06:00.001-08:00

Today I finally got to the gym! I went during my lunch break. I did bench press on the machine and incline press on the machine. After that i ran for 1 mile. Man! I haven't ran in 8 days. This one mile was kicking my butt. NOT Good! I will have to stick to it and keep it going. Gotta finish the Shamrock run in March 15k.

by the way thanks guys for your advice and feedback on my last post
(Jeff and Boomer).

Chuck

Mini Slump need help

2010-02-12T10:23:00.000-08:00

So I'm getting into a small slump here. We finally finished our work fitness challenge. I tied for 3rd place. The last week of the competition, I got a little burned out. The last 4 days I have not worked out. Also my kids haven't been sleeping well, and my wife hasn't been feeling well. Thats just part of life.
So I find it really hard to wake up at 5am while my wife isn't feeling well and kids not sleeping well to say "OK honey, i'm off to the gym, have fun with the kids!"

But next week, I will jump back in it the best that I can. I have been thinking of different things that I can do to change up my workout routines. I was thinking of switching from cardio weeks to weight weeks. So run for a whole week, then the next week do no running at all but just lift for different body parts. Anyways, I definetly want a balanced workout. Also I think I'm ready to start some swimming training. I'm not at all going to bail out on the 9 mile race that is next month, or any of the other races that I decided to do this year.Anyways let me know what you guys think.

take care,
Chuck

Its a New week

2010-02-08T13:38:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I ran outside for about 1.2 miles. For the majority of the run I had a backback filled with books that had to be returned to the library. After returing the books I ran to my friends house to help him load up a flat screen tv for our superbowl party. I got some strange looks from people who were casually walking.

Anyways, I went three days in a row of not working out last week. My body has been tired. Today at lunch I went to the gym, even though this morning I didn't feel like going. I did 3.2 miles on the treadmill. I think I'm going to re-do week 5 of hal higdon training since I only ran 6 miles last week.

oh well looking forward to this new week. Also this is the last week of our fitness challenge at work. I'm trailing in hours of excercise. Honestly I'm not so focussed on this right now. I think I just need to keep to a steady plan for the 9 mile race I want to do.

thanks,
Chuck

yesterday

2010-02-04T11:56:00.001-08:00

Yesterday I got up early went to the gym. I knocked out 2 miles on the treadmill. After that I moved onto the bike. I did 22 minutes on the bike. Then I hopped on the elliptical and did 18 minutes. All together I was right at 1 hour.

Then I went to the gym during lunch and did 33 minutes on the bike. Once again when I was done, my legs were moving very slow and sluggish.

Today I have not worked out. If things go well, I will try to get to the gym late at night.

Chuck

Lunch Run

2010-02-02T14:04:00.000-08:00

I went to the gym for lunch today. Like I said I ran 4 miles. I did it 35:08 minutes.
Average pace 8:46. More and more I just like running faster.
I have 14 more miles to run this week.

Chuck

Saturday run

2010-02-02T09:59:00.001-08:00

Sorry its been a little bit since I have posted. On Saturday I did 3.5 miles in 29:47. Yesterday I did a ab dvd workout from Billy Blanks. Thats all I have for today.
At lunch I will run 4 miles.

Short fast run

2010-01-28T14:30:00.000-08:00

Today I did 2 miles. I decided to push it harder than I have been to see how fast I could finish. I did it in 15:41. I was pretty happy with this time. I think I'm going to try this once a week. Take a shorter planned run and push it hard the whole way.

After that I put in 15 minutes on the bike. I'm pretty tired now.

Chuck

Short post

2010-01-28T11:01:00.001-08:00

Just wanted to share that I after running 3.5 miles and doing the bike for 40 minutes. I went to the gym during lunch, did dumb bell chest press, and incline press. And did 11 minutes on the elliptical.

Later,
Chuck

Yesterday and Today - 1/27/10

2010-01-27T09:43:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I got up early and got some cardio in. I did elliptical for 30 min, 3.17 miles and bike for 25 min 7.55 mi.

Today I knocked out 3.5 miles in 30:51. After that I got on the bike and rode for 40 minutes. Bike seems to be a great workout for the legs. That might sound simple or obvious. I just never have rode the bike this much.

So we have 2 more weeks till our competition is over. yesterady I was in last place in regards to hours of excercise. But as of today (And its early in the day) I'm ahead of everybody.

I'm also looking forward to the 9 mile run in March. I have been sticking to my training plan, I'm on my 4th week. I know I can knock out 9 miles. But so far haven't ran that long in a LONG time. The closest I came was 8 miles and that was in the Summer. I just hope come race day that I'm patient enough.

all for now.
Chuck

Monday 36:00 min run

2010-01-25T21:57:00.000-08:00

I was supposed to do my Long run yesterday of 5 miles. Lets just say with a toddler and a 4 month old, I can't always do what I want. Thats the way its supposed to be. Today I knew I had to get some excercise in. So during lunch i took off to the gym. I hopped on the treadmill and ran as much as I could without going over my hour long lunch break. I ran for 36:20 minutes and was able to get in 4.12 miles. My average pace was 8:49 min mile. That's pretty darn good for me. I was a little bummed that I didn't have enough time to get the 5 miles in. But I'm not going to complain about it.

Gotta get up early and get to the gym. Going to do some elliptical and stationary bike.

Have a great night.
Chuck

Glad it's Friday

2010-01-22T16:24:00.000-08:00

I had my alarm set to get up at 5am. I just couldn't get out of bed. I hit snooze a few times. And I just couldn't do it. Oh well. So at lunch I went to the gym. I did 15 bike ride for 5 miles. Afterwards my legs were VERY heavy and tired. It was good, I knew that I rode hard.

Before that I did some up right row lifts, and some curls. I realized that my biceps are pretty weak. I lifting more and more and I like it.

I like doing cardio in the mornings. My ideal plan would be to get 1 hour of cardio done in the morning, then lift during lunch. Maybe about 3 - 4 times a week.

One of the guys in the fitness challenge, went skiing. So he logged 3 hours of exercise. I have never skied, but I hear its a great workout. I'm happy for him, but unfortunetly I will still pass him up. I just can't shake the competitive guy inside of me.

looking forward to the weekend. I'm feeling like getting up early either tomorrow or Sunday and getting some cardio in. Actually Sunday will be my long run for this week. 5 miles. I want to do it outside.

talk to you later,
Chuck

Today, Yesterday and the day before

2010-01-21T16:23:00.000-08:00

I'm so ready for friday.

So today, all I got in was 3.5 miles running on treadmill. I also did latt pulldown and shoulder press.

Yesterday I played some basketball during lunch, that was a easy day.

Tuesday, I did elliptical for 30 minutes, 2 miles on treadmill, and 17 minutes on stationary bike.

I think Monday was my best day for my nutrition. I weighed myself and I'm around 191lbs right now. I think the weight lifting and watching my diet is making a big difference. Oh if you havent noticed I have been drinking coffee, i think i only went 8 days without it. But Im using less sugar and cream.

thats all I got.
thanks,
Chuck

Back to the Grind

2010-01-18T22:25:00.000-08:00

"Lance Armstrong spoke to me today."

I got up early after 5 this morning. Got to the gym and hopped on the treadmill for 3.5 miles. After this I got on the elliptical machine for 19 minutes. After this I took a little break then got on the stationary bike. I rode for 22 minutes. While I was riding, I looked up and saw Lance Armstrong. Well it was a huge mural picture of him. He had his arms opened wide. I guess to mean this whole world is mine. I imagined that he was speaking to me from the painting.

OK! lets real this back in. I had a great workout this morning. Then for lunch I went to another gym that is less than a mile from my office. I wanted to get some weight lifting in since I haven't done much all last week. So I did dumbbell press with 45's. I did 4 sets of 10. Then I did incline press with 25 on each side of the bar. Also did 4 sets of 10. After this I tried to do 10 push ups and I only was able to get 8 out, before I fell back to the ground. MUSCLE FAILURE.

After this I got on the elliptical for 7 minutes, to add to my minute total for our competition.

Also I wanted to do a quick outline of what I ate today. So that I can see it in front of my face and get your feedback.

Banana before morning workouts
a cornflake cereal with very low sugar w/ banana skim milk
2 cups of coffee
snack gala apple
lunch - 1 chicken breast, and serving of greenbeans
snack after lunch ANOTHER banana
snack at 4pm, 90 cal pack rice cake w/ mint chocolate
dinner: 1 pork chop, salad
after dinner of apple
I had probably 10 cups of water throughout the day

seems like a lot! oh well I felt good today.
Tomorrow 2 mile run, more elliptical and bike time. Also want to do some leg press and hamstring curl.

thanks for reading this,
Chuck

Sunday 33 minutes stationary bike

2010-01-17T10:24:00.000-08:00

Today I got up early and went to the gym. WAIT!!!! It's Sunday!! Yep it's Sunday but I decided that It wouldn't hurt me to break out of my comfort zone a litle. I go to church on Sunday's but in the last year are so our services are now starting at 2:30pm. So I have been used to sleeping in or till my oldest son wakes up and starts yelling for me.

Anyways I got off on a little tangent there. So I got to the gym and I knew I wanted to do either the bike or elliptical. I'm going to start running tomorrow.
I chose the bike. Actually I'm beginning to really like the bike. I did 33 minutes and went 11 miles according to the LED read outs. I don't think I have ever sat on a stationary bike for over 30 minutes. Towards the end my legs were moving pretty slow, HA HA. but I wanted to make it to 33 minutes. Afterwards my legs were so heavy I felt like I was walking with 50 lbs ankle weights on. It was a good workout. Boomer mentioned on one of his comments how all I need to do is add some swimming and I will be ready for a triathlon. Yeah, he's a little whacked out in the brain! JK Boomer. Seriously his comments have been very inspirational.

So I have 14 miles scheduled for this week. I will run 3.5 tomorrow.
thanks for reading,
Chuck

Day 4 - More Cardio

2010-01-14T10:51:00.000-08:00

Today I tried to get up at 5am, it wasn't happening. But I was able to get out of bed at about 5:40. So I went to the gym and again did three different excercises.

I started on the treadmill, I did 16 minutes for 1.71 miles. Then I went to the elliptical for 24 minutes for little over 2 miles. Then hit the bike for 24 minutes for 6.10 miles.

I was dripping sweat while I was on the bike. I don't think I have sweated that much in a long time. It was good! I felt great afterwards! I think tomorrow I will take a rest day but still might play some basketball.

Next week I will be doing 14 miles according to Hal.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

Competition Day 3

2010-01-13T09:00:00.000-08:00

Today I got up at 5AM. We are out of bagels, so I just had one piece of bread with peanut butter. (Not very appetizing) oh well. I got to the gym, I started on the stationary bike. I did this for 16 minutes, went 5.14 miles. After this I went to the Elliptical machine and did this for 30 minutes, went 3.23 miles. Then I jumped to the treadmil, I went for 31 minutes for 3.14 miles. Now I have a little under 3 miles to go for the rest of the week. I had a great workout today. When I got on the treadmill my legs were feeling very heavy. I pushed through to run for 31 minutes. I went at a easy pace of 10 min per mile for most of the run.
Yesterday I was a little out of it in the morning, because the GREAT idea I came up with to not drink coffee. I was definitely feeling the pain without the caffiene. But Toady I'm doing much better.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

Competition Day 1

2010-01-11T13:11:00.000-08:00

Today is the first day of our work fitness challenge. I got up at 5am and headed to the gym. I got on the elliptical machine to warmup a little. I did this for 7 minutes. Then I got on the treadmil, I ran 6.53 miles. I'm going to still do my best to not increase by more than 10%. So I will only run another 6 miles the rest of the week. I will have to do elliptical and stationary bikes to add to my minutes of excercise for the competition.

Here are my starting stats:

197 lbs Weight
36" waiste

I don't really have any goals in mind of what I'm looking for when the competition is done. But I'm hoping the numbers will be lower!

Hope everybody had a great week.
Chuck

Saturday Cross training

2010-01-10T00:10:00.000-08:00

Today I did 11 minutes on the excercise bike, and 25 minutes on the elliptical trainer. Tomorrow I'm supposed to do a long run. but I'm thinking about waiting till monday to do a long run. Since Monday is the start of our new work fitness challenge. Also I'm thinking of doing 6 miles. I know Boomer you warned me to not over do it, but I have done 6 miles before. I don't know we will see how it goes.
Also during the competition, I have decided to not drink coffee and to cut chocolate out of my diet. Hoping to to drop some pounds.
talk to yall later.

Chuck

Rest Day today

2010-01-08T12:39:00.001-08:00

I'm enjoying my rest day. I did do 60 push ups this morning and 60 crunches this morning. Still not sure what I'm going to do for cross training tomorrow, maybe some jump rope. Everyone have a great weekend.

Chuck

Another 3 Mile run

2010-01-07T16:41:00.001-08:00

Today I was supposed to do 3 miles and thats all I did. My legs were feeling tired while on the treadmill. Oh well tomorrow is my rest day, looking forward to that. Saturday I will do some cross training, not sure what yet. Sunday I will do 4 miles.
I'm keeping this short today.

Chuck

Hal and I are going to become best of friends

2010-01-06T16:19:00.000-08:00

I woke up early this morning. I was supposed to run 2 miles according to good ole Hal. I decided to run outside instead of on the treadmil. I left the house at 6:15, started my run. This was the first time that I have ran with an mp3 player (outside). It was a lot of fun! I knew I wanted to go a little over 2 miles but wasn't sure how much more. So I just kept running, and I ended up doing 4.05 miles. It was a great run, I felt really well after it.

On a side note, I went to the DR today to check some things out. All is well. But they came across my weight from 2006. It was 243, today it was 199lbs. The nurses response was funny. "Woah, you really have lost weight". That made my day.

Tomorrow I have 3 miles.

Chuck

Hal asked for 3.0 miles

2010-01-05T22:18:00.000-08:00

I got up early this morning. Ate a whole wheat bagel with butter and headed to the gym. I did 3.12 miles on the treadmill. It's been a whopping 21 days since I have ran 3.1 miles. Longer than I thought. The run felt a little rough, but overall I felt good about it.
Last night I was balancing on our workout ball, in a plank position. I lost my balance and fell off the ball. My wife laughed and said "Your core is weak."
She was right. So I have decided to work on my core more. How often should I do core workouts?

At work we are starting a new fitness challenge. We already have 8 people who have joined so far. What we are doing is a point system. We will earn the following;

1 point for every 1 hour of excercise
1 point for every lbs lost
1 point for every inch lost

I'm still hovering right around 195 lbs. I'm really happy with my weight. But I'm going to do the competition just to stay motivated and hopefully kick some butt. It's going to last 2 months at the most. We are starting on Jan 11th, 2010. I'm looking forward to it. Tomorrow I will run 2 miles according to Hal. I'm thinking about using my new running gear and go outside.

talk to you later,
Chuck

Back in the gym today

2010-01-04T20:43:00.001-08:00

The last time I worked out was the day before Christmas Eve. As far as eating healthy I have to say I really REALLY enjoyed the hollidays! I had a ton of Chocolate, Christmas day we had pretty much a Thanksgiving dinner. I had gingerbread cookies, hot chocolate. My wife got me three different kinds of chocolate candy for my stocking. And I finished all of that candy by Dec 26th. New Years eve we had chocolate cake, with Vanilla ice cream. Lets just say I haven't been holding back.

But anyways thats all in the past. Today I got up at 5:30am and took my butt to the gym. I ran 1 mile on the treadmill. I then went to the weight room. I did:

latt pull down 105 lbs 4 sets of 10
Shoulder press 35 lbs 4 sets of 10
bench press 35lbs 2 sets of 10, 45 2 sets of 10
Dip machine 195lbs 4 sets of 10

I have some New Years Goals or resolutions that I want to accomplish this year:

9 mile race March 14th
half marathon, Helvatia - June 12th http://runwithpaula.com/helvetia-half
Portland Marathon, Oct 10 (My birthday)

talk to you guys later,
chuck

Feeling a little lazy

2009-12-28T23:28:00.000-08:00

So I had a great Christmas. I got my oldest son a little bike, he was very happy. My other son is 3 months old, so he didn't really care what he got. My wife made our traditional Chocolate chip pancakes with peanut butter and syrup. It was awesome!

So on the workout front, I haven't worked out since Dec 23rd. I'm having a hard time keeping up with the weight lifting and the half marathon training. I'm thinking about doing one week Weights 3 days a week, and then alternate with one week of just cardio. I want to do both, but I just can't do them both at the same time.

I don't know.. What do you guys think?? Tomorrow morning I'm going to the gym. Not sure if I'm going to do weights or run, but I'm doing something.

Good night,
Chuck

Finally Friday

2009-12-18T09:45:00.000-08:00

I'm going to do a backwards recap.

Today I was supposed to lift weights for my day 3 of weight traning. But overslept this morning. I might try to get this done tonight.

Yesterday I did 3.1 miles in 27:32.

The day before on Wednesday was my day 2 of Weights.

I did;

push press 50 lbs,
dumble press 45 each side,
dumbell raises 25 each arm
calf raises 270 lbs
side bends 2 sets of 15

On Tuesday I was supposed to run but wasn't able to get out of bed. I set the alarm for 5:30, and just was unable to leave my warm bed.

I'm hoping next week will be better, but it is Christmas week!

Hope everybody has a great christmas!

Chuck

Back from Week off

2009-12-14T12:26:00.000-08:00

Today I got up early went to the gym. I ran only 1 mile. After that I did some weight lifting. This is what I did.

Power Cleans - 5 sets of very very small weight
Leg Press - 4 sets of 180lbs
Bench press - 4 sets of 70 lbs
Dips - 2 sets of 195lbs, this was a dip machine
crunches - 30 reps

I was supposed to also do calf raises but i forgot. maybe i will do those tomorrow.
Today is the fist day of my new workout plans. I have a weight lifting routine that I will be following 3 days a week. And the Hal Higdon half marathon I will be doing as well (this is to train for the 9 mile race on March 14th). Tomorrow I will run 3 miles. I'm actually pretty excited about the weight lifting. I can say that in the past, I was never really a fan of pumping iron. But I'm looking forward to sticking to the plan.

thanks,
Chuck

The final weigh in

2009-12-07T23:01:00.000-08:00

Today was the final weigh in. I weighed in at 192.6lbs. my body fat % was 24.9 according to the scale. I won the weigh in. I took home about 38 bucks in cash. The one other guy who was going against me ended up losing 1.4 lbs for the whole 6 months.

I'm glad that I won. I lost 26.4 lbs total in 6 months. Like i said before I'm going to start doing more weight training along with running. ALso I want to start swimming once a week. I'm very happy with my progress. Thanks for the inpiration from my fellow bloggers.

I'm thinking about doing a 9 mile race in March. I will keep you posted on that.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

2 days till the Last Weigh in!!

2009-12-05T15:37:00.001-08:00

Today I did 5.14 miles on the treadmill in 46 minutes. According to the machine I burned 756 calories. I'm also going to do a jump rope workout tonight. I'm going to keep this short.

Later,
Chuck

ran 3.10 miles in 28:40

2009-12-03T10:57:00.000-08:00

I did a 5k this morning. I also did leg press 4 sets of 180lbs. And I did leg curls 3sets of 80lbs. Tomorrow I'm going to do weights for the upper body. I will probably also run at least 3 miles as well.

oh by the way, I'm considering signing up for the Portland Marathon next year its in October. Right near my birthday, what a birthday present that would be.

Later,
Chuck

I lost!!!

2009-12-01T12:50:00.000-08:00

So yesterday after running 6.11 miles in the morning. At lunch I ran another 2.22 miles. It turns out my co-worker ran 6.50 miles yesterday and she beat me by 1.27 miles... I was bummed out to lose. I have never been good at losing. But I did 67 miles in November. I don't think I have ever ran that much in a single year. Anyways I'm feeling great about my progress!

Chuck

Lets get caught up

2009-11-30T09:41:00.000-08:00

On Thanksgiving day, I did 4 miles with my nephew. He's 9 years old. We had a good run, but it started raining HARD about mid way through. We pushed through it and finished the 4 iles. The little guy was more prepared than I was he had a jogging suit, long sleeves and pants. I had on shorts and two small short sleeve shorts. When we were done, my hands were like ice.

Last night I did 5.63 miles on the treadmill.

This morning I ran 6.11 miles on the treadmill. So far I'm at 65.42 miles for the month. I have never ran this much in a month before.

Today is the last day of our running competition. I'm currently leading by 3.02.

I also have one full week left of the weight loss competition. I weighed myself last night and I was 190lbs. So I have about 5 lbs to go to meet my goal. I'm looking forward to setting up some new goals after both of the competitions are over.
Hope everybody had a great thanksgiving!

Chuck

I have taken the lead!

2009-11-25T09:40:00.001-08:00

Today I ran 3.10 miles in 28:21 min; this is my best time for a 5k. Sure it would be different it was outside. But regardless I'm happy. I'm currently 2.46 miles ahead of my co-worker. It looks like I will hit 50 miles this month or more.
Need to keep it up, and hopefully lose some more weight. The running is increasing my appetite; I hope I'm not eating too much. Either way I'm very happy with the progress I have made since June 1st. I was 219lbs, today I weigh 194lbs.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Chuck

Welcome to the Chaffing Club

2009-11-24T09:03:00.000-08:00

This morning I knocked out 5.68 miles. I'm .64 miles behind my coworker!! Need to figure out a way to pass her up. (I got an idea, run more miles than her)
I had a good run this morning. Since I have been increasing my running, I have decreased my push ups and haven't done my jump rope workout as much. Oh well for now I'm enjoying the running. After November I'm going to start including more weight training.

MAN! I have joined the Nipple Chaffing club. Somebody help me! I don't think I'm wearing the right kind of shirts. Thats all I got for today.

Chuck

Yesterday!

2009-11-23T12:15:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I ran a total of 4.47 miles. This was done in two seperate runs. The first run was at 6:45 in the morning in a Forrest... I was up at a lodge during a Marriage retreat with my church. And one of my friends who is an athlete to say the least asked me if I brought running shoes. I told him yes. He wanted to go for a run, so I met him at 6:30am. We went outside and it was Freezing! Windy! and Raining! And it was pitch black, and this was supposed to be a nice stroll in the woods. We waited a little longer to see if the sun would start to shine. So 15 minutes later it was a "little" brigher and we went for it.

It was very cold, windy, and wet. Mid way through the first loop, my glasses started to fog up, so I was having a hard time seeing where my steps were going to be. The good thing is that he was leading and everytime he jumped over something, I knew what to TRY next. A couple times I slipped really bad, but luckily somehow I didn't totally crash and burn. We did 3.25 miles. It was rough, but afterwards once I was done. I realized that I had a great time. Then last night I went with another friend to play some basketball, and afterwards I did 1.22 miles on a treadmill.

It was a great weekend! Oh and I'm 5.32 miles behind my co-worker, I need to make a push soon! I wanted to run this morning, but I was just too tired.

Thanks for reading,
Chuck

Tree Trunk Legs???

2009-11-20T09:37:00.000-08:00

This morning I ran 6 miles on the treadmill, took me 63 minutes.
So since I was a young boy, I have always had what they call "Tree Trunk Legs" People would make jokes about the size of my legs, I would join them in the fun.
But yesterday my wife looked at me and started laughing. I asked her what she was laughing at. And she said your legs are skinny! What a compliment!

My 6 mile run was good this morning. So far I'm less tired compared to yesterday.

Anyways lets get back to business, I have ran 16.13 miles this week. As of right now I'm .59 miles behind my co-worker! Time to turn it up!

Everyone enjoy your weekend.
Chuck

MapMyRun.com | bring it!!

2009-11-19T09:25:00.001-08:00

So today I ran 6.63 miles. Here is a link to the challenge with me and my co-worker. She is ahead by 6 miles and some change. I must catch up!!

MapMyRun.com | bring it!!

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At gym at 6:00Am

2009-11-17T09:12:00.000-08:00

So I had my Free Fitness Orientation with a trainer today. I was looking forward to it, to get some more information and perhaps some guidance on what exercises I should do. They took my weight and my body fat %. They said my body fat % is 20.2 which I was happy about. We have been taking it at work and I thought it was higher. Who knows its probably somewhere in between.

After that we did some warm up exercises. Then we started doing some core exercises on one of the huge exercise balls. Man I was dying! We did one where you had to go into a plank position with forearms on he ball and then move our shoulders in tiny circles. Then we did another one where I lay on my back and put my feet up on the ball. I had to bring my feet in and point my knees up to the sky! I thought I was going to die... After that we sat down and she tried to sell me a Trainer package. I declined. Too expensive. I didn't tell her that my wife used to be a Physical Trainer and actually worked at 24 hour fitness. But I got a good core workout. After that I ran 1 single mile, and did some chest press with dumb bells.

I would have liked to run more but didn't have enough time. My plan is to run 3 more times this week and try to pass my 16.99 miles from last week.

Chuck

its a New Week

2009-11-16T17:19:00.000-08:00

This morning I did 1 mile on the elliptical machine and 1.5 miles on the treadmill. I weighed in at 195.4 lbs. I have 10.4 lbs to go to reach my goal by Dec 7th. The guy I'm going up against has 7lbs to reach his goal. I'm keeping this short. I ran 16.99 miles last week. My goal is to increase my miles each week.

Chuck

6 miles today

2009-11-14T22:10:00.000-08:00

I cranked out 6.0 miles today at the gym. I'm 3.5 miles behind my co-worker. I'm planning on running Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Hoping to catch up. I'm going to try to keep on slowly increasing my miles.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

Now I know for sure that I ran 4 miles

2009-11-12T09:39:00.000-08:00

Got up at 5:35 this morning. Went to the gym. Its a 5 minute drive to the gym. I did 7 pull ups!!! I know its not a lot. But I gotta start somewhere.

Then I got on the treadmill and ran for 4.23 miles. The machine said I burned 505 calories. I failed to gather my total time. It was probably somewhere around 42 minutes. Actually in the middle I was trying to change the view of my pace on the treadmill, and I was pressing the pause button and I ended that session. But I gathered my distance at that point and had to start over. I was slightly annoyed by this, but who cares!

I'm 6 miles behind my coworker for total miles.

Later,
Chuck

Converted today into a run day

2009-11-11T09:02:00.001-08:00

Last night I went to the local 24 hour fitness and signed up myself and my wife on a Month to Month deal. I was pretty excited! So my plan was to wak up early this morning and get some miles in. I was so amped to go to the gym that I was up at 5 am. Part of that was because infant was waking up too.

So anyways got to the gym, I did 1 mile on the eliptical trainer to warm up and then did 2.5 miles on the treadmill. I was a little light headed when I got off the treadmill. I don't think I was hydrated enough. I got some water felt fine. I ran into a ex co-worker of mine. It was cool to chat with him. So far I'm up to 10 miles for November, Must Run More Miles!

And I plan on playing a little bit of basketball today as well.

Thanks,
Charles

Tuesday - Run 3.26 miles and THE HILL

2009-11-10T14:54:00.000-08:00

So today I ran 3.26 miles in 41 minutes. This is the same route that I took last week that I thought was 4 miles. Towards the end of the run I was feeling really good. And I started to wonder if I messed up on the route and if it was really 4 miles. turns out it wasn't its only 3.26. Oh well I still took on the hill. It was a pretty good run. My endurance is getting much better. If I had more time I would have ran for a longer distance.

I'm pretty excited, we are going to sign up for a 24 hour fitness today I think. And I'm looking forward to getting access to weights and treadmills.

I started another side competition with another co-worker of mine. She has been running a lot the last 2 years. We decided that whoever has the most miles by the end of Nov will win. The loser has to complete a 7 mile run. SHE'S TOTALLY KICKING MY BUTT! She's at 19 miles I'm at a total of 6.55. I believe that I can catch up with her. But even If I lose I just have to run more which I'm starting to like. thats all I got.

Later,
chuck

Monday

2009-11-09T22:50:00.000-08:00

So last week was kind of weak. I only did my jump rope workout once, i played basketball twice, and ran 4 miles. Saturday and Sunday I did a biggest loser tv workout. So I was pretty active, but didn't run as much as I would have liked. I want to make sure this week I run more.

Today I did my jump rope workout, 6 sets of:

jump rope 100
push ups 10
Jmp jacks 40
squats 15

I did 3 more sets of jump rope. Then I did 75 crunches. I weigh in next Monday, my goal is to be between 192 - 195lbs. I will let you k now where I'm at by then. Tomorrow is a run day for me.

good night,
Chuck

Friday Night

2009-11-06T23:19:00.000-08:00

Quick post here: Instead of doing my jump rope, jacks, and push up workout tonight. I found a free workout On Demand. It was a Biggest Loser workout, the well known trainer Bob lead it.
It was a pretty good workout. Afterwards I was sweating pretty good. Right after the workout I did 30 push ups and 60 crunches.

looking forward to a run tomorrow.

Chuck

Friday Fall day

2009-11-06T16:23:00.000-08:00

Today I played basketball during lunch. I think I fell down at least three times. One time somebody hit me right in the face and knocked my glasses off. Another time I fell on my left side. CLUMSY ALERT!

Oh well, I still got a pretty decent workout. Tonight I'm still going to do my jump rope, jacks, and push up workout with squats.

Tomorrow I'm going to go on a run, hoping for longer than 4 miles.

thanks,
Charles

One of my best runs so far

2009-11-05T13:23:00.000-08:00

I just finished a 4.02 mile run. Yes I have to put the .02 in there. It rained and it was pretty windy during the run. I have been pretty hesitant to run in the rain. But told myself today I was going to commit to running no matter what. I took a different route today and it worked out great. Until I was passed the halfway point. I looked up ahead and saw what seemed to be a pretty big hill. This was my first experience with a decent sized hill. I was a little nervous. Once I got to the hill it definitely was harder to keep my pace. I knew I was going to feel it in my calves later on. And I do. I kept on going, I think I walked about 10 steps the whole time and only stopped at cross walks. This was one of my best runs because its one of the longest that I have done in the recent months. And because I was able to finish it with the uncomfortable weather. I'm more confident that I can handle the rain wind and cold on future runs.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

Bad basketball

2009-11-04T16:00:00.000-08:00

I played basketball for lunch. I played 5 full court games. I think my team won 1 single game! I was getting frustrated... Oh well I got a pretty good workout in. Tomorrow is a run day for me. It will be my first run of the week. Hoping to get in at least 3 miles tomorrow.

See Ya,
Chuck

Wednesday already...

2009-11-04T09:13:00.000-08:00

I have had a slow start to this week. I was supposed to do my jump rope workout Monday night. I didn't. I was supposed to run yesterday but I couldn't. So last night I did my jump rope, jacks, push up workout.

4 sets of jump rope: 80
5 sets of jump rope: 100

6 sets of jacks: 40
6 sets of push ups: 10
6 sets of squats: 10

It was a pretty good workout. My legs are a little tight this morning, but they feel good. Today I will run or play basketball depending on how the day goes. I'm prepared to do one or the other.
I will turn this week around and get some miles in. Still not sure how much I weigh. I was really struggling with wanting to weigh myself last night. Funny how I'm struggling to break this "game rule". Although its not a life or death situation, I still refrained from weighing myself. I will find out on 11/16/09 how much I weigh.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

Jump rope, jacks, push ups, squats

2009-11-01T00:11:00.000-07:00

Hey hey hey,

So I was supposed to run today. But we were so busy for Halloween. We had a good day trick or treating with my 2 year old son. I didn't run, but tonight I did my jumping jack flash workout.
Here is what I did, 5 sets of:

jump rope: 100
j jacks: 40
push ups: 50
squats: 12

Then I did at least 3 more sets of jump rope after this. This week has been good. I'm disappointed that I didn't get my run in today. I'm one run short for this week. I'm thinking about forgetting about my rest day tomorrow and running in the morning. This so far I played basketball twice, did my jumping jack flash workout twice and ran twice for 6.63 miles.

Overall I'm happy with this week. Looking forward to another good week.

Oh and I have been wanting to incorporate some weight lifting into my workouts. I don't have a gym membership right now. Hoping to join 24hour fitness, there is a nice one very close to our house. We will see how this goes.

So 2 weeks down, 5 more to go till the end of our competition. I still have no idea how much i weigh. I keep on passing my scale and desperately want to know how much I weigh. But sticking to the rules.

Chuck

It's Friday...Yay...

2009-10-30T14:12:00.000-07:00

So today I have schedule my jump rope workout. Yesterday I had a run scheduled, really its on my google calendar. But I didn't get to my run. We were shooting video and taking pictures at work, so I wasn't able to get out. Also it was raining pretty bad. I'm in Oregon so this is very common this time of year. I will have to get used to running in the rain.

Anyways. So today I made up for my run that I missed yesterday. I ran 3.38 miles. The run went well. I did this in 44 minutes. This time doesn't include stopping points at traffic signals. Still need a fancy watch/hrm/distance counter/timer.

I was happy with the run. Afterwards I felt like I could have ran harder and faster. So I guess thats a good thing. It's getting easier. So I'm still going to plan on doing my jump rope/jacks/ push ups workout tonight. And another run tomorrow.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

3.25 miles

2009-10-27T13:41:00.000-07:00

Today was a run day. I ran 3.25 miles, I did this in 45 minutes. It was a great run. I increased my pace a little bit but I still felt great after the run. A little after the mid way point, I stepped right at the edge between the sidewalk and grass, and I turned my ankle. But it it happened so fast that I didn't feel any pain. I'm still on track to sticking to my plan. I did 105 push ups today and some crunches <-- (didn't count these)..

I'm feeling like I'm going to have another great week.
See ya later,
Chuck

Jump rope, Jacks, 100 push ups

2009-10-26T09:29:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody, top of the morning to ya.
This morning I did 100 push ups and my Jump rope, Jack, pushup workout. I did 5 sets of

jump rope - 100
jacks - 40
push ups - 10

I did 2 additional sets of jump rope after this. Also I'm planning on playing basketball today, and I still plan on playing on Wednesday as well. This week is starting of well. I'm feeling like I'm making good progress. I still don't know how much I weigh. Everytime I pass my scale at home I want to weigh myself, but still sticking to the rules or our little competition. By the next weigh in I need to be about 192.4 lbs to be on track with reaching my goal. I'm guessing I'm about 197 right now.

oh one side note, the NBA season officially starts tomorrow!!! I'm excited!!

thanks for reading,
Chuck

1 Week down 6 to go...

2009-10-24T21:20:00.001-07:00

Today is Saturday. I did a 3.1 mile run today. I felt really good during the run. I didn't feel overly winded at all. While I was on my way back home. I was running next to a fence and saw my shadow. (This might sound corny) But when I saw my shadow it didn't look like me. It looked like somebody who is thin. I was so used to being 220-230 and higher for the last 9 years or so. Right now I'm guessing I'm around 200 lbs. It feels good to know that I have made some good progress. But I do have more work to do.

So this was the first week I have followed my new plan. I ran 8.95 miles this week.
I did 2 of my jumping jack flash workouts. I played basketball on Wednesday, and I did push ups and crunches from Monday through Friday. Actually I did yesterdays crunches today.
Tomorrow is my rest day. This was a very solid week for my workouts. But I have to let this week go and just keep looking forward. Next week I plan on doing 10-12 miles. Since I can't weigh myself due to the "rules" of our weight loss competition, I'm guessing that I weigh right around 200lbs. If this is true I have 6 weeks to lose 15 lbs to reach my goal weight.

Wish me luck...
Thanks for reading,
Chuck

3.1 mile run

2009-10-22T13:42:00.001-07:00

I finished a 3.1 mile run today. I took Boomer's advice and ran at a slower pace. This worked out well I felt very good throughout the run. And I feel like it was a pretty good workout.
I tried the pledge of allegiance out loud and after a few words I couldn't remember the rest of it! I guess its been a while since I was reciting that. I then resorted to the ABC song since I'm so used to singing that to my son. If anybody heard me they most likely thought I was weird. The singing didn't last long, but my breathing and wind was much better.

Tomorrow is my jump rope, jump jack, push up workout. Saturday is another run. I'm thinking about running a little longer on Saturdays. We will see how it goes.

Later,
Chuck

Basketball Day - Weight loss competition

2009-10-21T13:46:00.000-07:00

I played about 4 full court games today during lunch. I got a pretty good workout in. But I'm sticking to my plan. I still need to get my push ups and crunches in today. Tomorrow is another run during lunch.

So I'm still in the Weight loss competition at work. I have so far lost 17 lbs since June 1st. We changed the rules a little bit to make it more exciting. So we are down to just 2 of use who are going at it. We decided that we will no longer weigh ourselves weekly. But we will have a weigh in a month from now. And then on the last weigh in on for the Finally. We decided that whoever is closest to their goal weight will win. I have 17lbs to lose in 7 weeks! That is an average of 2.4 lbs per week! I'm hoping to have some really good weeks. I have decided to cut out coffee from my diet, to help cut down on extra calories. So now its game time! If you have any tips that would help please share them.

Talk to you soon,
Chuck

2.75 miles for lunch

2009-10-20T15:35:00.000-07:00

To all of my Fitness Followers....

I did a 2.75 miler outside during my lunch break today. It was a great run. Man my endurance seems so bad! But I just need to stick to the plan. I have put together another plan and I have filled out my google calendar with my workouts. this has helped me so far to stay accountable. Here is the break down for each week:

Sunday: REST
Monday: push ups, crunches, jump jack
Tuesday: Run lunch: push ups, crunches
Wednesday: basketball: push ups, crunches
Thursday: Run lunch: push ups, crunches
Friday: push ups, crunches, jump jack
Saturday: Run early morning

So far I have followed everything from Sunday to Tuesday. Sunday night I did my jumping jack workout.

I still have my eye set on this goal of 185 lbs, it seems so far away. But just need to take it one day at a time.

thanks for reading this,
Chuck

Getting back on track!!!

2009-10-17T22:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I played some more full court basketball during lunch. I played about 4 games. It was a good workout. I was sweating big time, the last game I ran out of gas.

Today:
I just finished one of my jumping jack flash workouts (is that name lame?)
I did 4 sets:

jump rope: 80
pushups: 10
jacks: 30

Then did another 2 sets of jump rope. I was pretty tired after this. Its been a while since I have done this workout. I finished off with a few crunches. Just a few!! I'm glad I got a workout in today. Trying to get under that 200lbs mark by Tuesday.

hope to be posting again sooner than later.
Chuck

I ate Basketballs for lunch

2009-10-14T14:00:00.000-07:00

I played some basketball today at lunch. Played about 5 full court games. I was sweating like a pig in Texas when I was done. I think I got a pretty good workout in. Don't have much more to post now. Still not quite under 200. I'm at 201.8 as of yesterday. We have 8 weeks left of the weight loss competition. Want to get to my goal of 180lbs.

See you around,
Chuck

2.8 mile run w/ some walking

2009-10-12T13:02:00.001-07:00

I just finished a 2.8 mile run during lunch. It feels good to be done. I was pretty winded during the run, but feel pretty good now. I need more runs like this. I'm hoping to run 2 more times before Saturday. My eating hasn't been that great. It was my birthday this past weekend and ate Pretty DARN good! I feel like I'm going to struggle to get under 200 by tomorrow. We will see.

See you later.

2.5 mile run

2009-10-08T13:17:00.000-07:00

Today when I woke up I was pretty sore from playing basketball. That means that I'm somewhat out of shape. Ohwell its a good sign that I got a decent workout. Today for lunch it was a nice day. I went for a 2. 5 mile run. I wanted to do 3 but I had to change my route midway and only endedup doing the 2.5. I feel pretty good though. My goal for next Tuesday is to be down 3 lbs that will put me right under 200lbs.

Chuck

Basketball today

2009-10-07T13:48:00.000-07:00

I haven't falled completley fallen off the wagon but I haven't ran since I last said I did. I did play some full court basketball during lunch. I played about 4 games. I got a pretty good workout.

Here is my plan for the rest of the week. Please follow up with me.

1. Run 3 miles tomorrow morning.
2. run 2 miles Saturday.
3. Jump rope jumping jacks on Sunday.
4. Also do push ups and crunches every day starting tomorrow.

Currently at 202 lbs. I need to get back under 200 soon. Then my next milestone will be 190lbs.

See ya later.

push ups and crunches

2009-10-03T21:35:00.000-07:00

Today was a very light day for my workouts. All I did was 64 push ups and 80 crunches.
Tomorrow I plan an actual 3 mile run. Last time I ran 2.8 miles. I'm feeling like I'm getting back into a groove. Now If I can get a better handle of my eating I will be in better shape. My weight is maintaining the 198 - 199 lbs mark. I'm looking to meet the 190 lbs mark. That is my next milestone.

thanks for reading,
Chuck

2.8 mile run

2009-10-02T13:30:00.000-07:00

I just finished my run. Turns out I only went 2.8 miles. Oh well it was a good run. I did walk a little. At the halfway mark, I walked and I walked 2 other times on the way back. When I was just getting started I turned a corner and a lady was coming right at me on a bike. I jumped out of the way and she hit her breaks pretty hard I thought she was going to fall over. Good thing she didn't. When I was about to turn my last corner at the end. I saw a snake on the ground. Just a garden snake but I jumped over it. I'm not a fan of snakes. I live in Oregon so its not that uncommon to come across one. Overall the run was good. I finished it in 29.36 minutes.

So this is my third run in 7 days. My endurance isn't the best but I'm hoping it will get better.

Looking forward to running longer distances. Now my plan is to do 130 crunches.
Chuck

Push ups and Crunches

2009-10-01T21:09:00.000-07:00

I didn't get a run in today. I have been busy being a father of my 2 year old and my 9 day old baby.

So I did 54 push ups. I know it doesn't sound like a lot. but I'm' following the 100 pushup plan. At the end of the 6 weeks, I should be able to do 100 pushups straight.

Then I did 112 crunches.

Tomorrow I really need to get a run in. Planning to go for 3 miles at 1pm. This is my older son's nap time. Wish me luck!

See you soon.
Chuck

2.8 mile jog/walk

2009-09-30T13:34:00.001-07:00

I just finished my 2.4 mile jog/walk. I jogged for the majority of the way. It took me 27.45 minutes. Man its hard to get back on track after going 32 days without running...

Oh well, it feels good to log a couple of more miles under my belt. It was a hard run, i think I ran too soon after I ate lunch. I will be back on soon posting more miles.

See you soon.
Chuck

Ouch eeeek, ouch!

2009-09-26T14:39:00.000-07:00

to whomever is reading this:

Today I actually got off my butt and went for a job. I jogged for 2 miles. It took me 21 minutes. Thats a long 10.5 minutes per mile. It's been a very busy week. My 2nd child was born on Tuesday Sept 22nd. I'm a very happy father of two boys.

As you know It's been a little while since I have really pushed myself in my workouts. But today I had enough. I can tell that I'm gaining some of the wieght that I have lost. Quick reminder. June 1st, I weighed in at 219 lbs. That was day one of my weight loss competition. The last time I weighed in was on Sept 21st. I was 198.6. That's a loss of 20.4 lbs. But get this. It has been 32 days since I have been running! Thats over a month. That is way to long.

I only went out for 2 miles and I really felt it. My legs were heavier I started feeling side aches. It wasn't good. But I feel great that I finished it. I have been in the competition so far for 118 days. My main goal is to to get to 180 lbs. I'm guessing that I weigh about 200 lbs right now.

My short term goal is in the next 16 days ( the next time i wiegh in) to be at 197 lbs. This will put be back on track back to my lowest weight since the competition.

I'm going to start doing this 10k training plan. Here is a link to the 8 week plan of 10k training.

http://www.halhigdon.com/10ktraining/10knovice.htm

I don't have a 10k that I'm going to run. I just wanted a plan that I can stick to that has consistent cardio. So far this is my plan.

hope to be posting soon about my new plan!

signing off for now,
Chuck

Whats wrong with me?

2009-09-18T09:12:00.000-07:00

I did 35 push ups this morning and 60 crunches. What's wrong with me? I guess this is better than nothing but I need to kick it up a few notches. I told my wife that I have been following these blogs of guys who do triathlons and run tons of miles and do windsheild wipers for their core. She responded by saying how can you read these blogs when you are hardly doing anything for your workouts. My eyes grew wide, "how dare she challenge me on my workouts." But soon enough I realized that she was right.

I NEED TO START RUNNING AGAIN JUMP ROPING AGAIN JUMPING JACKS.

the only thing left is to Just Do It!

Chuck

Its been a while

2009-09-12T07:32:00.000-07:00

Its been a long while since i have posted any updates. Thats because my workouts have slowed down a lot. I have been doing push ups this week and crunches. But I haven't done my jump rope workout in a while. My job has been getting more hectic. I haven't had much energy. But for the most part I'm probably just making excuses. I need a pick me up. Anybody out there got any ideas???? Help! Help? I need to get back on track.

Chuck

Its only Tuesday

2009-08-25T23:24:00.000-07:00

I had a very busy day at work today. I was very tired when I came home. But I managed to get my workout in.

Jump rope = 1000 jumps
jump jacks = 240
push ups = 135

the jump rope is such a great workout. I'm going to sleep good tonight. My plan this week is to go 7 days with a workout like above. I'm also doing dumb bell workouts throughout the week.

Those are chest press, up right rows, flys, tricep curls, oh and dips.

Good night folks. This is going to be a good week.
thanks,

Charles

More Garage time w/ Chest press and tricep curls

2009-08-24T23:04:00.000-07:00

I just finished another Garage workout. I went a little lighter on my reps since I ran this morning. This week I'm starting to incorporate more dumbbell workouts. Today I did chest press and triceps curls.

My head is sweating as I type this. I'm pretty fired up about crossing the 200lbs mark in my weight loss. I'm looking forward to losing more weight come Monday of next week.

Tomorrow I will do more circuits of jump rope, jumping jacks and push ups, but no dumbbells tomorrow.

thanks for taking time out of your very important day to read this garbage.
Oh I have been thinking to get the p90x dvd set by end of September. Our new baby boy will be arriving next month! And hopefully a set of 13 dvds from beachbody will be arriving also. But believe me I'm MUCH more excited about my new baby boy!

Charles

Monday's are for Weigh ins.

2009-08-24T11:10:00.000-07:00

Just a quick update -
I weighed in today at work. I'm 199.2 lbs!!! Yeah baby, I have broken the 200lbs barrier. I'm pretty excited. This morning I went for a 2 mile run. Could have been slightly under 2 miles.

Tonight I will resume my Jumping Jack Flash workouts along with some dumbell stuff.

Later,
Chuck

Sunday Garage Time

2009-08-23T13:12:00.001-07:00

I just finished my jumping jack flash workout. I did the following;

480 jump rope jumps
320 jumping jacks
120 push ups and 4 sets of curls.

I'm sweating pretty hard, my muscles definitely feel worked out.

Oh I do these workouts in my garage.

If you are reading this, THANKS!
Chuck

Guns Guns and more GUNS!!!

2009-08-23T11:58:00.000-07:00

Yesterday a bunch of my friends from church went out shooting. We had 20 guys are out there. We had skeet shooting competition along with a pistol target competition. I didn't advance to the second round in any of the events! Oh well. It was only my 2nd time shooting. we had a lot of fun.

The skeet shooting was awesome! Although I didn't get any of the clay pigeons. But every time somebody blew up one of those unfortunate pigeons it was AWESOME!

Anyways Friday night and Saturday night I had some awesome workouts. Jump rope, push ups, jumping jacks and shoulder press with dumbbells. I'm about to go now to get another similar workout in. I plan to go for a run tomorrow morning, the weigh in day!

Chuck

Jumping Jack Flash

2009-08-21T23:43:00.001-07:00

i Just finished my workout. I did jump rope 520 jumps. 240 jumping jacks. 120 pushups. shoulder press. I'm really trying to break this 200lbs mark. a week ago i was down to 200lbs. but since last week I gained 3 lbs.

Monday is my next weigh in. I hope the scale is on my side. We will see. I got a couple of compliments from friends saying that I look good. One said that I have been inspiring him. That was good. I want to inspire people.

Everybody have a good night.