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Day 1:

80 minutes of trail running

77 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Great job, Tim! How’s the New Year looking from your life?

Bree

Hi Bree,

Thanks for checking in on me.

This year end/new year had a key difference from the last few: no loading and unloading of a moving truck!  My wife and I relocated to the Washington DC area from NE Ohio at the end of 2005, and since then we moved from apartment to apartment every December, as each 12-month lease expired, until we bought a townhouse in northern Virginia last year.

So this holiday season involved no collection of cardboard boxes, no packing, no renting of a U-Haul, et cetera…

And in addition to the stability of home-ownership, I expect to be in my current job for a couple more years (federal civil service has its benefits in these troubling economic times, which I especially value based on my private sector days in OH...).  I expect to take a new measure of my job situation and my career ambition in 2010 and make the next call career-wise then.

I suppose that gives me 2009 as a year to build upon my fitness goals.  On March 21st, I’ll run in my second-ever half-marathon.  My first was in spring 2005, just before I came to the DC area.  My goal is to beat by 2005 time.

Bree, what are your goals for 2009?

Tim

Day 2:

55 minutes of trail running

76 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Tim - 04 January 2009 02:45 PM

Bree, what are your goals for 2009?

So not fair turning that question around to me! I’m going to get to 22% body fat and get my personal trainers certification. I’m already on week 4 of the 12 week course.

What was your 2005 marathon time? I love to run the half marathon for the Phedipidations Festival of Races in October. I did the 5K in 2007, and the 10K in 2008. My problem is boredom. I get bored with the length of time I have to run. Any suggestions?

Bree

Day 3:

W/T - Chest & Back

75 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 4:

W/T - Abs

74 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 6:

Cardio - 40 minutes of running on the National Mall

72 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 8:

Cardio - 45 minutes of trail running

70 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 9:

Cardio - 55 minutes of trail running

69 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 11:

W/T - Shoulders

67 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Tim,

I watched a friend run in the National Marathon about 20 years ago.  Very inspiring.  Lots of milatry teams.  I won’t wish you luck because you are making your own luck.  Train well and kick butt.....

Jeff

Day 13:

Cardio - 50 minutes of trail running

65 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 14:

W/T - Arms

64 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 16:

Cardio - 50 minutes of trail running

62 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 17:

Cardio - 60 minutes of trail running

61 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 19:

Cardio - 40 minutes on the treadmill

59 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 21:

Cardio - 40 minutes of running on the National Mall

57 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 23:

Cardio - 145 minutes of trail running with the “Reston Runners”

55 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Day 25:

Cardio - 35 minutes of running (fast!) on the treadmill

53 days until the National Marathon

Tim

Tim- Looks like you are well on your way. You are doing great. Mike