Fitness: Success!
While the red and green hues of Christmas season are usually a signal for expanding bellies, I've used this break as a whipping-myself-into-shape season.I was entered (notice passive tense) into a 6K on Thanksgiving day and was disappointed with myself when 10 year-olds and 70 year-olds were passing me.
Fast forward to today: I just ran 4 miles without stopping. For most "fit" runners, that might not sound like a lot, but I'm more of a short-distance runner. (You know, the kind that only runs away from creepy sounds in a forest at night.) I'm still a slow runner (~9:40 mi/min) but at least I'm getting some stamina!
Some cool fitness calculators:
Pace Calculator --> how slowly did I run?
Target Heart Rate
Body Fat Percentage Calculator --> make sure you have inches/cm set correctly for your tape measurements or you'll get 47% body fat setting like I did...
Ideal Weight Calculator --> what others think you should weigh... huh?
Ideal Body Weight --> a less biased, range-producing calculator
BMI & Calories Burned Calculator --> interesting tool that tells you how much you're burning per day doing nothing, working out, and what your nutritional intake should be
// posted by an abuliac @ 6:09 PM
