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Only one run this week (3.25 miles), but got to play golf twice and even see a Nat’s game. I played OK on Friday despite it being about 95 degrees and much better on Sunday with my family when it was only 90, but horribly humid. I’ve been busy this week gathering paperwork for my upcoming trip to India (more on that later) as well as registering for my first semester of classes and ordering books (what am I getting myself into?!). My goal this week is 10 miles…I’ll let you know how it goes.

I finally got a co-worker to rip my skydiving video from the DVD and give it to me in .avi format so i could upload it to YouTube. My sister and I went to Skydive Orange for our first skydive. The free fall was for about 50 seconds, in which I fell about 1.5 miles, and then the floating down was about 5-6 minutes. For some reason I wasn’t that scared, but only because I didn’t really think about what I was doing at the time. Maybe I should have, considering I was jumping out of a plane from 13,000 ft, falling at a rate of 120 mph, and then pulling a parachute at 5,500 ft. Definitely worth the video, and I definitely would want to do it again soon if it were a little cheaper. I highly recommend anyone to go skydiving, even if you’re scared of heights.

I picked out the music for the video as well, Tool & Soundgarden…enjoy!

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watch this second video for another view of my jump [@ 4:28]

Finally got a couple runs in, but nothing substantial at this point in what my training should be. The good news about this post is that I survived my skydive to even post at all. I’ve posted some pictures from before and after the jump at Skydive Orange and I’m also working on ripping the video off the DVD to post onto YouTube, so check back for that soon.

[week 16 of 26]

• Runs: 2
• Distance: 5.95 miles
• Time: 57 minutes (9.6 minutes/mile)

Total Stats (16 weeks total):

• Total Runs: 26
• Total Distance: 77.2 miles
• Total Time: 12.5 hours (9.7 minutes/mile)

This must be the slump in my training routine and this has turned more into a week in review rather than running log I intended it to be. I didn’t even run 1 mile last week, and only 2 miles this week. To my defense I have been busy at work and traveling all over the place on the weekends. Camping and white water rafting last weekend, drove almost the furthest you can go while staying in Virginia (to Grundy, VA) this weekend, and next weekend, I’ll be headed down to Orange, VA for the day to jump out of a plane with my sister. More pictures from that later this week. Panoramic ones. Hope you’re not tired of them yet…

It’s a little hot to be running outside, but i braved the elements one day for a 3.6 mile run around the block. I sound like a broken record, but my training hasn’t been too disciplined as there are just so many other things that I’m getting into recently.

[week 13 of 26]

• Runs: 2
• Distance: 6.6 miles
• Time: 64 minutes (9.7 minutes/mile)

Total Stats (13 weeks total):

• Total Runs: 23
• Total Distance: 69.3 miles
• Total Time: 11.3 hours (9.7 minutes/mile)
• Max Weight Loss: 6 lbs

Running just hasn’t been for me lately. Got some good short runs in early in the week, but had a wedding and an engagement party this past weekend. More on that later… Read the rest of this entry »

My training has almost come to a halt. See below for the perfunctory stats.

[week 11 of 26]

• Runs: 1
• Distance: 3 miles
• Time: 27 minutes (9.0 minutes/mile)
• Weight: 200 lbs.

Total Stats (11 weeks total):

• Total Runs: 19
• Total Distance: 57.7 miles
• Total Time: 9.4 hours (9.8 minutes/mile)
• Max Weight Loss: 6 lbs

Another week flew by and only two runs logged. But I did find a way to keep myself energized for working out in general. I have been folding in some stationary bike before, during and after runs. It works my legs without putting stress on the ol’ knees. I took a trip down to King’s Dominion and Richmond this weekend, so I’ll post pictures from that short trip soon, but I think I left my camera over at my parent’s house today from Father’s Day. My favorite ride was either the Hypersonic XLC or the Drop Zone: Stunt Tower. I really like that plummeting to the Earth feeling, which is fueling my skydiving excursion in late July (hopefully)…

[week 10 of 26]

• Runs: 2
• Distance: 6.1 miles
• Time: 59.5 minutes (9.8 minutes/mile)
• Weight: 200 lbs.

Total Stats (10 weeks total):

• Total Runs: 18
• Total Distance: 54.7 miles
• Total Time: 8.9 hours (9.8 minutes/mile)
• Max Weight Loss: 6 lbs.

A little better than week 8, but that was an easy thing to do. My Thursday run was thwarted by an impromptu trip to Top Golf with Andrew and Lindsay, in which I got my butt whooped. 50 minutes and counting till the finale of The Sopranos.

[week 09 of 26]

• Runs: 2
• Distance: 5.5 miles
• Time: 53.5 minutes (10.3 minutes/mile)
• Weight: 203 lbs.

Total Stats (09 weeks total):

• Total Runs: 16
• Total Distance: 48.6 miles
• Total Time: 7.9 hours (9.8 minutes/mile)
• Max Weight Loss: 6 lbs.

I hate to admit, no runs this week at all. Zero miles, zilch.

I did see Knocked Up on Saturday night, which was very funny. About on par with The Forty Year Old Virgin, and very much had the same type of jokes and feel as it as well. Also, check out this interesting NY Times article on how Google’s top engineer tweaks its search algorithm on a daily basis.

Total Stats (08 weeks total):

• Total Runs: 14
• Total Distance: 43.1 miles
• Total Time: 7.0 hours (9.8 minutes/mile)
• Max Weight Loss: 6 lbs.