Burn With Us

Troy and I officially start the Cool Runnings Couch-to-5k-Run Program on Monday. The late cold weather in the Midwest has delayed our original start date, but it looks like we may finally have our opportunity to get moving.

Why did we keep putting it off? Because I know if I started running the first week of March when we were still in the 20’s and 30’s, I’d have chucked the program. I’ve never been a runner, and I have a feeling any little excuse may derail this thing. As such I’m going to eliminate as many excuses as I can before I hit the track.

I’ve got my iPod nano ready to go, and I’ve set up my Nike+ account. Monday night I’ll sync my first run and post a new widget to my website, and maybe post it to this blog from time to time as well. We’ve talked about accountability, and I don’t think it gets much more public than plastering my goals and progress (or lack thereof) all over the Internet.

So, while we’re on the subject: anyone else want to join us? The Nike+ thing is purely optional, we’ll just be encouraging one another via email, this blog, and/or the blog comments. The more the merrier!