Top thoughts, and a filler.

First and foremost, what is on my mind at least 40 percent of my day, is running. I get lost in hopes and dreams of marathons. Traveling the country with Erin with the common goal of running marathons and seeing the sights and sounds of the country. The only problem with this: Erin and I are both still very new in our running careers, and have yet to even finish a full marathon. I hope I'm not setting myself up for a failure, but I think its good to have high hopes and ambitions.

Second thing on my mind is work. This will probably change starting Monday. For at least a month or two, I'm sure I will be thinking of almost nothing but work. New jobs are like that for me. I only hope that I can keep up running 30+ miles/week in the coming couple months. (See what I just did there, I put running into what was supposed to be about work.)

Third thing is simply living. Thinking about what is next on my daily agenda. Dishes? Laundry? Whats on tv? I wonder how person X is doing? etc, etc... These thoughts are just filler material for what is really important to me. Erin, Family, Running, and Work. I give them all caps, because, in a way, they deserve it. Being an important part of my life will earn something a capital letter.. Pretty neat huh?

New job, and my foot hurts.

Well, I got myself another new job. I'm excited and nervous about it at the same time. If all goes well, perhaps this will be the first step toward buying a house and really feeling like.... I don't know.. I can't explain it. Everyone I know has told me I'll be good at it, etc etc, and I'm sure I will, but I lack confidence with brand new jobs.

On a more running related note, the past 2 days have been feeling great and sharp. However, I've developed a pain on the top of my left foot. I probably should have taken a rest day as soon as I noticed it creeping up on me. Of course, I didn't and did some speed work instead. I'm going to take a couple rest days today and tomorrow and hopefully be able to get back after it saturday evening or sunday. As a side-note, I have had this kind of pain before, and it went away. So hopefully no big deal!

A funny story: Yesterday at Mile One I bought Erin a new running hat, pink and grey, it's NICE! Anyway, I wanted to surprise her, so I hid the hat under her pillow. I was so sure she would roll over and move the pillow and discover it laying there! Well, plans never work out of course... She rolled over like she was just going to zonk out and sleep, without moving the pillow at all, or finding the hat! Well... I naturally became EVIL and started tickling her and just bothering her in general to get her to move around enough that she would have to re-arrange the pillow.. FINALLY she found it, and all of the poking and prodding became clear, she found it!

Minot YMCA Marathon... and stuff...

So... The local marathon formerly known as the "Trestle Valley Marathon" ended last year with its final running. This year they are calling the race the "Minot YMCA Marathon". Originally they had what was, in my opinion, a pretty good route planned. It started at the Minot auditorium, then headed over to a paved trail all the way out to Burlington and back. I was excited about it, as it would run past my aunt and uncles house. Anyway, City of Minot is a bunch of retarded chimps and apparently wouldnt allow a small section of the street to be portioned off for a running lane.

Long story short, this "new" marathon will be running the SAME COURSE as last year. I think its the dumbest thing ever, considering EVERYONE I've talked to hates that course. I forsee a pretty big failure this year for Minot's Marathon. Thats probably best since nobody in this town is willing to support it, including the chimps... wait.. cops..

On a side note, I am LOVING my job at Mile One and wish I could make a really good living working there full time. Currently I dont think it's in the cards for the business, but if it ever works out that it is in the deck.. I hope I can get in for the ride. It is honestly my dream job. I look forward to going to work, I dont break my back all day, I help people who are interested in the same things that I am. Its AMAZING...

My name is Kyle, and I'm a running gear addict.

Yesterday at work I received my brand new pairs of wave riders and wave creations (shoes) 2 pairs. I'm pretty excited about this, of course, because I wont have to buy new shoes for close to a year!

Well, as it turns out, I like looking at and buying running gear. Since I wont be looking for shoes for a while, I figured I'd look at some good running socks. At ten bucks per pair, its hard to pull the trigger. Odd I know, because I can pull the trigger on three pairs of shoes in one day.......

I'd also really like some new tops, and shorts.... Tops being at least 25 and shorts the same or more... Again, I can't pull the trigger.

I suspect there could be more harmful things to be addicted to.. drugs... alcohol... regular dress shoes.. among other things..

I think I should set myself a budget for running gear. That way I don't have to feel guilty if I buy some new stuff... I could set expectations, and look forward to buying things monthly. I just came up with this idea while sitting here deciding what to type up next.. but I think it might work! Wish me luck with this addiction!

Erin's first 8 miler!

Yesterday, I ran with Erin for her first 8 mile run. Not only was it a one mile personal best for distance. It was her longest run outside, in the snow. The snow makes for bad footing, and working alot harder to go the same speed or distance.

Normally I go off on my own when we go run, but yesterday I felt more in the mood to just run WITH Erin! The decision to run with her for the full 8 miles was a good one. It was a new experience for us. Running together mile after mile, talking, venting, everything. It was great!

It's funny how small Minot can start to seem while on the run. It's only 4 miles from Oak park to Rosevelt park. A person could run about anywhere in town in less than an hour. If only humanity made it more acceptable to be a sweaty mess in public! Perhaps then this obesity thing would die down! I doubt it....

210 to Boston

Someday I'm planning on qualifying, and running the Boston Marathon. I will proceed to write a book called 210 to Boston. It will outline my life up to that point. The 210 lbs I weighed when I got the spark to start running, the (will be years) it took me to be able to qualify for Boston. Including a bunch of filler material that will probably be inspirational and critical of the way the world is. Perhaps keeping this blog will give me some of the filler material! It's hard to remember what you thought and felt even a few days ago, let alone years.

Livestrong: first thoughts at a glance

I signed up using my facebook account on livestrong.com. I really like how easy it makes it to track your meals! Giving you a real target to shoot for as far as how much to eat.

For those of us who like to see results on paper, and in the mirror, Livestrong definitely keeps a good paper trail. For many, I would think that paper trail might start to include a few less burger king wrappers.

I would not take its calorie goals as the word of God however. Depending on what you select as your normal fitness level, and how closely you track your physical activity, it could be off by a large margin. For example when I selected average activity, my total calorie intake need was about 2200. However, changing it to highly active, boosted me up to needing about 3100 cal's per day.

People would still have to do the work of stepping on a scale and seeing first hand results.