Daily Archives: Friday, July 3, 2009

Today’s 11 km run puts me at 735 kilometers since January 1st. It was hot (but not by southern standards) and sunny. My pace was 7:25 and it took me 1:21:40. Again, I used Runkeeper Pro on my iPhone and it worked quite well. Still, it almost always shorts me by several hundred meters because it occasionally loses signal in our heavy tree cover. This time I think it was out by about 700 meters or so. I’m still on track for losing weight, starting out this morning at 177 pounds. My goal is 160 pounds which will put me in my healthy weight range. I’m pretty sure I’ll do it this time. I’ve been maintaining an average of 185 pounds since I began running well over five years ago, starting out at 210 pounds at the turn of the century eight years ago. I quickly dropped to 185 but … Continue reading →