3.13.2010

245 Mile Run...

So I googled "how to get in the habit of working out". One of the articles (link) I read actually gave me an idea for an interesting new goal. One of the suggestions it made was to make a game out of it and calculate how many miles it would take to get somewhere you'd want to go, and how many days it will take to get there if you work out every day.

So here is my "game". It is 245 miles from my house to my moms house. I can generally go 3 miles on the treadmill per day.... so if I exercise 6 days a week I would theoretically get there by Friday, June 18th. So that is my goal... to travel 245 miles via treadmill by June 18th. Today I completed 1 mile... not the greatest, but it's a start!

Another suggestion it made was to wake up before your kids wake up to workout so that you don't put it off and end up not doing it. I already knew that that was a good idea, but I kind of shoved it off. But I think it's still worth trying again. I need to remind myself how good I will feel after I work out NOT how tired I feel when I first wake up.

Anywho.... I'm sort of excited to play my new game. I think that It should be fun. I think I will make a graph of some sort so I can mark of every mile I complete!

Thoughts?

3 comments:

  1. I love this idea. Can I steal it? I think I want to go to New York. That sounds fun, but long. You will have to let us know when you get to certain towns.

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  2. Ha ha... I think you should meet me in St. George instead! :) New York might take you a couple years! Maybe tomorrow I'll make it as far as the gas station in our neighborhood! ;)

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  3. Oh, and YES of course you can steal it!

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