Spring Means Rain...er I mean Run!

Spring in Pittsburgh generally means rain. I'm still going to push myself to start running though. I'm so out of shape; which no one believes because I'm so thin. I don't exercise aside from walking the 4 blocks from my office to my class twice a week. I think I would just like to have more energy and be healthier in general. That shouldn't be too lofty of a goal.

I bought some really nice running shoes, nothing really fancy. They were cheap due to them being last year's model. Yeah I care. Now they're two seasons past, horrors. The other runners on the track will shun me! Oh wait, the other runners on the track will shun me because it's CMU.

For Christmas my brother and sister got me the Nike+ iPod thingie. I haven't tried it out yet. It works on my old Nano, but not on the iPhone. I've been using the Nano to record my classes, which I have yet to actually listen to. Maybe I should just take notes the old fashioned way. But I have this expensive microphone thingie that records. I have an armband thingie that lets me wear the Nano, I'm so cool I know.

Having two evening classes a week really interferes with my doing nothing at home on the couch watching Dirty Jobs and Modern Marvels. It's near impossible to run after work/before class. The logistics just don't work and I don't feel like stinking from 6:30pm to 10pm and then having to find a bus home. I really should just pick a day after work, or days, and just start. I should...I will. Next week :-P Now that I've got this Nike+ Mini Me off to the side here perhaps I'll be more motivated. Perhaps you'll check back next week and see what my meager progress was? Perhaps.

A friend's girlfriend just got her Nike+ (and a brand new Nano to go with it for V-Day). I have yet to meet her but we've traded cookbooks and podcast ideas. I lent her my Gourmet NutritionGourmet Nutrition books and she pointed me at this PodRunner site. It's great and I highly recommend it!

That's all for now. Time to run to class!