Running....my big passion for the past four
years. I credit it with saving my life
in many respects...I lost 75 pounds doing
it, dropped cholesterol from 253 to 132 and
got me in the best shape of my life.
Now I run and cross-train an average of 140
miles a month and run in many races from
1-milers and 5Ks to marathons.
Many
runners strive for 'personal records' in
races and I have mine - see the left
sidebar. While these
are indeed my "best times" to date, my "best
runs" include the non-hurried jaunts through
Cape Henlopen State Park or the greenway
around the Salisbury City Park on cool,
crisp mornings with snow filtering down on
your brow. I hang out most with the Eastern
Shore Running Club in Salisbury and the
Seashore Striders in the Lewes/Rehoboth
area. I race in both areas including my
favorite series, the
Seven Sisters of Dewey.
It is a set of seven races over the summer
in Dewey Beach and if you run all seven you
get a boatload of prizes including tickets
to the New Years Eve celebration and swanky
black-tie Bartenders Ball at the Baycenter
in Dewey - I have included a link to the
left for more info.
Most
who know me know I am a "gadget man" so
running is no different. I train with a
Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS 'watch' that keeps
my time, position, pace, elevation, and just about everything else you can
think of! I then download the data to my PC
for analysis and record-keeping. I also use
the MotionBased.com on-line service to map
my run. Both Garmin and MotionBased links
are included to the left - if you go to the
latter, my user name is YAZZER and you can
see over 100 runs/maps I have logged on that
site.
Again, check out the links on the left...I
plan to add more later as I build the new
site.
ENJOY!
Mike |