Saturday, December 1, 2012

Pssst! Have We Got a Deal For You!

Hal Higdon's Novice 1 Marathon Training Schedule: Week 12, Day 6

Planned Run: 12 miles
12.02 mile 2 hours 20 minutes 11:39 pace
6:50 am 65 degrees  800% humidity  (ok, I make up the humidity part)
Days to Chevron Houston Marathon: 42

(in my email InBox)


"Congratulations from Runkeeper!  You've set new personal records!"
Furthest distance in one week:  29.1 miles
"You can find out how many calories you burned by becoming an Elite Member."

Translation:  Spend more money on running.

Ha!  I know I've burned hella calories.  The new scrubs I bought are already hobo baggy.  I'm always starving.  Ok, not starving.  I exaggerate.  I'm always hungry.  The scale isn't moving, I'm just hungry and my clothes are loose.  I'm burning a lot of calories. 

Dear Runkeeper,

I love you for helping me feed my brain.  I now use a Forerunner 110 GPS watch to help me know my pace and my distance.  I still manually enter my miles into Runkeeper and I also plug the minutes into myfitnesspal (either with the laptop or smartphone.  Why?  Hello.  I'm Michelle and I'm an addict.  I'll going to obsess over something.  I know myself pretty well. It's either this (tracking my progress) or I'll spend my days and nights riding the Serotonin to Dopamine Express, armed with Hershey bars purchased with a ticket heavily discounted on the shame market.

I choose numbers. 

So I'm going to pass on your offer to take my money and do the math for me.  I've got this.

No Thanks,

M





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