David Nard

Slowly but surely, the weight is going bye-bye

It was a difficult week, but a successful one!
I decided to start the new year off with a fast to cleanse my system. So on Monday I had my last meal of the week - a salad
I thought it would be much more difficult to not eat all week. But, after the first [...]

Well folks, it’s that time of the year again; time to make some resolutions and (hopefully) stick to them.
So, for 2009 my goals are:

Lose my ever-increasing belly
Run the Pittsburgh Marathon
Run (and finish!) an ultra-marathon, preferably a 50-miler. August, perhaps?
Work out more days than not
Find full-time, enjoyable employment

Here’s hoping

Had a good and semi-healthy weekend. At way to much cheese with Alyssa…but hey it’s protein, right? Just got back from a 7-miler. Went down Pioneer, onto 51, and back up McNeilly. Had to take a quick detour up Bausman to the porto-potty…bah. I even went before I left and STILL had to go again [...]

I officially started training for my next marathon (December? maybe? Probably March though) on August 19th. Since then, I’ve run 10 times, for a total of 36 miles. Not bad, but not great.
On a similar note, I think I’m going to switch shoes. I had been running in Asics Gel Kayano’s for the past 10 [...]

I’ve had some nice semi-long ( >5 ) runs, so today I kept it under 5.
Just about 4.3 miles. Split times, courtesy of Garmin’s MotionBased, are:
1-10:25
2-10:45
3-10:35
4-9:16
End-2:27
Marathon goal time is under 4:30, which a little above a 10-min pace. So, before December I’ve got to get my mileage up, and my times down. Heh.

Decided today that I will run my next marathon on my Saturday, December 13th of this year. Why the 13th? Because it’s my birthday! What better way to celebrate turning 26 than by run 26(.2) miles!
Today’s run took my up West Liberty / Washington road and back for a little over 5 miles. Split times [...]

Wow…almost a month since I last wrote in here…wow. So much for that New Years resolution!
To re-cap the last month:

We picked a place for our reception (Priory, May 30th 2009), but not a wedding site as of yet.
my grandma got really sick and had to go to the hospital, but she’s all better now and [...]

Lets see if this dieting-lifting-actually running frequently-workout plan works…this time….
LA: 14.25″
RA: 14.5″
LT: 23″
RT: 22.625″
WST: 39.25″ at belly-button
wow…not only am I disproportionate, but I’m kinda….big. sigh.

Very fun weekend! Went to Clarion U for Alyssa’s Master’s Swimteam Championships. I’ve been a spectator the past 3 years but next year I promised I’d be swimming!
Tomorrow is the first game of Kickball for our kickball league. I hope my coordination has improved over the past few years….