A Very Active Day

Exercise update: I was on my training schedule for a 3 mile run today. I'm proud to day I was up and done with that by 8:30 a.m. Oddly today was the first day in the last several that I woke up with stiffness and soreness in my foot. It's odd because yesterday I didn't do a darn thing exercise wise. Perhaps exercise helps it feel better? Anyway, I ran my 3 with a couple one minute walk breaks thrown in and felt pretty darn good frankly. I think I'll re-confirm my brother in law for Chicago in October and start thinking about places to stay. Hope that didn't jinx my health. This next week should see if I can get past that 5k barrier,which would feel like a big deal.

As my title implies, today was really active. We took a day trip to Whitewater St. Park near St Charles Minnesota and hiked for 90 minutes, hut the beach and just generally enjoyed the day with some friends. My fitbit says I'm over 21,000 steps today which is a high for the week. Just my kind of day really. My wife said that if I can run three miles and three hours later hike the bluffsides for 90 minutes, I should be able to do the Urbanathlon 8 weeks from today. She's right, I just won't do it fast, which is always frustrating but is reality at my age, weight and stage of fitness.

Here's an Urbanathlon video for those who are curious http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fFSQ40sgZA

Nutrition update: No major news on this front. I was proud of passing on Mr. D's donuts when my family stopped on the way out of town, but other than that it was a pretty typical day of good and not so good choices. The great caffeine project continues and I now hope to be soda free by September.

Random Musings: No real insights today other than I like active days with my family. It's fun to watch Hannah hike with three adults and not miss a step. I have no illusions that my kids will be athletes (I left them a little short on DNA for that), but I hope they are active and engaged. It's just so good for you on a number of levels.

Still trying to get my head screwed on abotu Urbanathlon in the sense that just finishing would be a win. It's advice I give to lots of people for lots of races, but my mind has trouble buying it for me. Kinda stupid really...