What a way to send out the old and ring in the new

LET'S GO FLYERS!!!!!!!

2012 Fitness Resolutions

Well, maybe not resolutions. They're goals, but since we're nearing the end of the year I thought I'd call them resolutions. Basically, these are things I'd really like to do in the next 12 months to shake up my routine a bit and make it, well, less routine.

Here they are, in no particular order:

- Try mountain biking
- Do an adventure race (preferably a longer one, 9-10 miles)
- Run a marathon
- Get to yoga at least once a week, if not twice a week
- Do an indoor triathlon
- Run more trails

Like how I slipped that marathon in there, hoping you wouldn't notice or comment about it? :)

Leave a comment and tell me your fitness goals for next year. I'd love to read them.

Well THAT was disappointing

SPOILER ALERT! Do not read any further unless you want to see who won the Biggest Loser.


Did anyone else think the Biggest Loser finale last night was odd? The reactions of the two winners -- at-home prize and grand prize -- were... off. Like not at all excited that they just won all that money.

First, Jennifer, the at-home prize winner. Her win seemed rushed by the network. Not her fault, to be sure. But it seemed like she was more concerned with flirting with Bob (honey, you have the WRONG equipment for him! give it up!) than with her win. I mean, if I had just won $100K, I would have been jumping up and down and screaming like a nut. But she just wanted to go straddle Bob. (Stalker much????)

And then John, the big winner. In full disclosure, I must admit that I was rooting for Antone from the first day. As the show went on, John became less and less likeable. So I was disappointed that he won. But again, after winning $250K and the title of the Biggest Loser, wouldn't you be more excited? He just looked like, "Yeah. Told you I'd win." Asshat.

Remind me again why I get sucked into this nonsense every season???

Chills

First you have to understand that Here Comes the Sun is hands down my favorite song of all time. Don't believe me? Read all about it here.

Then you have to see this pic, sent to me by my brother when he visited the Grammys Museum in LA last week.

My goosebumps have goosebumps right now. Amazing.

How to be the perfect man, part 1

Send this to your wife on a random Wednesday, just because.

Because I'm geeky like that...

I keep track of my workouts pretty religiously. When I was doing a lot of weight lifting, I would write down my max set (weight and reps) so I could track my progress. Rather than round up or down for a class I taught, my handwritten workout log would say something like "Step aerobics, 51 minutes." Never 50 minutes. 51, thankyouverymuch.

Now that I track my workouts online, it's much easier to chart yearly totals. For example, running. (This is totally not a hypothetical example. I already graphed it this morning, out of curiosity.)

I started running in 2005. Since then, I have run 4,859.5 miles. The breakdown is:

2005 - 708.6 miles
2006 - 601.6 miles
2007 - 594.0 miles
2008 - 886.5 miles*
2009 - 725.8 miles
2010 - 654.0 miles
2011 (to date) - 689.1 miles

Assuming about a 60 mile December, I'll be around 750 for the year. Not bad, I guess, considering I did one half marathon and way fewer races in general.

*Not surprisingly, my highest year was 2008. I'm not surprised because that was also the year that I lost a TON of weight (and looked damn good, if I may say so myself) and saw times on the track and in races I may never see again. Dare I say there's a direct correlation (for me at least) between total miles and paces? It sure seems like it.