Lots of snow here in Boise, Idaho this winter.   More often than not this January and February so far, my evening runs with the dog end up on the Boise high school track with snow on the ground.

I love it.

I can guarantee I’m not breaking any speed records slipping around.  That’s besides the point, I’m getting out there and exercising.

Changing gears a little bit, my weight loss effort has NOT been up to snuff this year.  I’ll be honest, more work, less exercising for the last month.  I spend a lot, A LOT, of time desk jockeying these days.  And its not doing any good for my figure

I have plans to lose any additional 10 pounds in 2008, make that 11 pounds since I am up a pound since the beginning of the year, ouch!

So, what do I need to do dear reader?  Leave a comment and tell me what you think.  Thanks.

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I really am trying to drop some poundage by rowing the ergometer, i.e. - the “torture machine”.

Here’s what what of the two ergometers at the local YMCA look like after I have taken a spin …

41:41.1 and 10,000 meters later, here’s what the results look like.

ergometer stats

And my splits for each 2,000 meters.

stats details

I know, a little difficult to read. Here’s my split for each 2000 meters of ergometer rowing.

8:32.7 22 2:08.1 2000m
8:20.9 21 2:05.2 4000m
8:23.9 21 2:05.9 6000m
8:20.7 21 2:05.1 8000m
8:03.0 22 2:00.7 10000m

And finally, can you see the shark in the pool … click on the image to see a close up.

Hehehehehe!!!

My effort to continue losing weight is not going the weigh (pun intended) the way I would like.  I have been fairly good about keeping up my thirty day goal of exercising every day - almost.  There are a few days in the recent past, including today, that I didn’t get the exercise I committed to.  Have been working more than usual this past month and not making the time to take care of myself like I need to.

I guess the only thing I can do is acknowledge, reaffirm my commitment and move on.

… reminds me of a song with the lyrics, “10,000 people maybe more”, or something along those lines.
I digress.
Busted out a 10,000 ergometer piece at the local YMCA.
41:55.2, 2:05.7 / 500 meters, 21 strokes per minute.
8:27.4 22 2:06.8 2000m
8:24.6 22 2:06.1 4000m
8:23.7 22 2:05.9 6000m
8:24.1 21 2:06.0 8000m
8:15.5 22 2:03.8 10000m
I think I am realizing […]

That’s right, I’m back on the Robie Creek Half Marathon training wagon again.  And like last year, I have a half-baked training plan that basically has me adding 10 minutes each week to my long distance run.  For instance, yesterday I ran for 1:50, the week before 1:40, the week before that 1:30.
This year, I […]