Did you know it's mostly just North America that changes time in spring and fall? The rest of the world either doesn't care about clocks that much or lets nature takes its' course. Daylight Savings Time is usually not helpful in the tropics, and countries near the equator generally do not change their clocks.
I, for one, am not in favor of losing an hour in the spring. I can think of ten reasons NOT to spring ahead on March 8th.
1. There is evidence that the number of auto accidents increases in the dark mornings.
2. Children are less visible as they cross roads and wait for school buses in the darkness.
3. The argument is always made that the time change was first initiated for the farmers. This is not true. The US policy began around the time of WWI, was repealed a while later and began again around WWII, was stopped again, then in 1966 Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, the first nonwartime implementation of the practice. (I guess Vietnam didn't count as a war?)
4. We lose an hour of sleep. I already have issues many nights not getting enough sleep, losing an hour doesn't help. Your internal body clock just gets messed up.
5. Energy is saved. No, not really. It's dark in the morning so I will use more heat and electricity than if it were still light out. I might use less at night, unless it's hot and I'm using my air conditioner more at night when in the cool morning I wouldn't need it. There aren't any conclusive studies that prove energy is saved by changing the clocks by an hour.
6. Clock shifts were found to increase the risk of heart attack by 10 percent. Čuli, Viktor. "Daylight Saving Time Transitions And Acute Myocardial Infarction." Chronobiology International: The Journal Of Biological & Medical Rhythm Research 30.5 (2013): 662-668
7. I don't like running outside in the morning much anyhow, going out in the dark makes it even worse.
8. There are too many clocks to change. Have you walked around your house at 3am recently? Coffee pot clock, radio clocks, dvd player clock, vcr clock (yes we still have two of those that work) the clock on your oven. Then you have to change the clocks in your vehicles, the clocks at work. It never ends. Oh, and the one on your wrist, except for the kids who don't own a wrist watch and rely on their phone.
9. Work productivity decreases as people adjust to the time change. I wonder if I can use this excuse with my boss? A 2009 US study found that on Mondays after the switch to DST, workers sleep an average of 40 minutes less, and are injured at work more often and more severely.
10. Cows don't like the change, their rhythm gets messed up. I don't want my milk to go bad because a cow lost sleep or didn't get milked at the right time!
The Erie Canal, Running Paradise
Friday, March 6, 2015
Monday, March 2, 2015
New Age of Treadmill Running
The college I work at has two fitness rooms, each open at different times of the day for employee and student use, depending on class schedules. Each room has eight-ten treadmills, free weights and various machines, floor exercise space (not a lot of space, but some), ellipticals and a couple of stationary bikes.
I'm strictly a treadmill user in these rooms. During my running streak (31 days, including everyday in February-hooray for me!) I've discovered treadmill running and college fitness rooms have changed quite a bit since I was a student.
1. During my steady-state 5 mile run last Friday a female student got on the treadmill next to me. Some readers may have heard me breathing during interval work or races where I sound like a train engine or wild boar bearing down on the finish line. At the college I've behaved myself and not grunted or pushed to that point of breathing. However, this young lady began walking and then running easy while hooking up her music and headphones. Then she began singing. Out loud. Over the noise of the music that was playing through the room speakers. Over the noise of our machines.
I found this a bit strange. After a minute she was quiet and I figured, okay, she realized where she was and what she was doing. No. She switched songs and began again. Her voice was okay, but isn't that an unusual thing to do?
2. One of the fitness rooms has the treadmills set up so you are looking out these large picture windows. The romance of staring off into 4 foot snowdrifts is gone. I kept thinking about the snow melting and wondering what grass really looks like. I pretended I was running off and heading towards warmth. It must be warm somewhere in the country.
3. I follow the rules and clean the treadmill when I'm done. The way I sweat this is mandatory. But then I wondered, "what if the person prior to me didn't clean up"? Should I clean the machine before I use it too?
4. Treadmills are good for practicing even-paced running, but this can get tedious so.....
5. Treadmills are even better for interval work. It's easy to push the button up and down, watch the little line on the track on the treadmill go around faster and faster. This is a trap. Don't fall into it everyday. I have and it doesn't work out well over time.
6. Years ago when I attended SUNY Brockport there were times I spent hours in the weight room. I was going to bulk up for football. I did get strong but I never bulked up. Anyhow, I never saw women in that room. Ever.
If I wanted to look at girls I had to go to the windows overlooking the gymnastics area and stare down forty feet. Of course I never did that. No. Never.
At MCC now the fitness rooms are 30-50% female. They are using all the equipment. It's good for them, but also interesting how the times have changed. And now I'm the old man in the room, the balding, sweaty old man. Maybe I'm an inspiration? Or maybe they wonder if Gramps is going to keel over on them?
7. I don't get the televisions in the MCC fitness rooms. In one it's in the middle of the room, up high, no closed captioning, no sound. What's the point? In the newer room there are three or four screens, but you can't see any from the aerobic equipment. I see snow outside.
8. I have no balance on a treadmill. Maybe that's why when I'm outside running on the canal path I bump into fellow runners all the time. I wobble. I'm a Weeble-Wobble.
I grab the treadmill handlebars constantly and try to run straight. But then I get mesmerized by the snow outside, or glance to the right or left, and have to grab on again. No wonder I fell when running trails in Alabama last summer!
9. When doing laps in the pool I sometimes try "Stealth Swimming". I secretly compete against the person next to me. I'll do the same on a treadmill. I'll use my peripheral vision and see their stride rate or try to judge their pace and match or beat it. Especially if it's some young college guy. Or I'll time us, " look at me, how long I've been running. You may be faster, but I can keep going. I got here first and will stay till the end, how about you, you punk! " at least that's what I think in my head.
10. Hip-hop music. I don't get it. In both rooms it's often the music of choice coming over the speakers. Last week I tried to do intervals to the length of songs but couldn't tell when one ended and a new one began. All the songs (at least I think it wasn't just one long 20 minute song) sounded the same.
Crap I'm old.
I'm strictly a treadmill user in these rooms. During my running streak (31 days, including everyday in February-hooray for me!) I've discovered treadmill running and college fitness rooms have changed quite a bit since I was a student.
1. During my steady-state 5 mile run last Friday a female student got on the treadmill next to me. Some readers may have heard me breathing during interval work or races where I sound like a train engine or wild boar bearing down on the finish line. At the college I've behaved myself and not grunted or pushed to that point of breathing. However, this young lady began walking and then running easy while hooking up her music and headphones. Then she began singing. Out loud. Over the noise of the music that was playing through the room speakers. Over the noise of our machines.
I found this a bit strange. After a minute she was quiet and I figured, okay, she realized where she was and what she was doing. No. She switched songs and began again. Her voice was okay, but isn't that an unusual thing to do?
2. One of the fitness rooms has the treadmills set up so you are looking out these large picture windows. The romance of staring off into 4 foot snowdrifts is gone. I kept thinking about the snow melting and wondering what grass really looks like. I pretended I was running off and heading towards warmth. It must be warm somewhere in the country.
3. I follow the rules and clean the treadmill when I'm done. The way I sweat this is mandatory. But then I wondered, "what if the person prior to me didn't clean up"? Should I clean the machine before I use it too?
4. Treadmills are good for practicing even-paced running, but this can get tedious so.....
5. Treadmills are even better for interval work. It's easy to push the button up and down, watch the little line on the track on the treadmill go around faster and faster. This is a trap. Don't fall into it everyday. I have and it doesn't work out well over time.
6. Years ago when I attended SUNY Brockport there were times I spent hours in the weight room. I was going to bulk up for football. I did get strong but I never bulked up. Anyhow, I never saw women in that room. Ever.
If I wanted to look at girls I had to go to the windows overlooking the gymnastics area and stare down forty feet. Of course I never did that. No. Never.
At MCC now the fitness rooms are 30-50% female. They are using all the equipment. It's good for them, but also interesting how the times have changed. And now I'm the old man in the room, the balding, sweaty old man. Maybe I'm an inspiration? Or maybe they wonder if Gramps is going to keel over on them?
7. I don't get the televisions in the MCC fitness rooms. In one it's in the middle of the room, up high, no closed captioning, no sound. What's the point? In the newer room there are three or four screens, but you can't see any from the aerobic equipment. I see snow outside.
8. I have no balance on a treadmill. Maybe that's why when I'm outside running on the canal path I bump into fellow runners all the time. I wobble. I'm a Weeble-Wobble.
9. When doing laps in the pool I sometimes try "Stealth Swimming". I secretly compete against the person next to me. I'll do the same on a treadmill. I'll use my peripheral vision and see their stride rate or try to judge their pace and match or beat it. Especially if it's some young college guy. Or I'll time us, " look at me, how long I've been running. You may be faster, but I can keep going. I got here first and will stay till the end, how about you, you punk! " at least that's what I think in my head.
10. Hip-hop music. I don't get it. In both rooms it's often the music of choice coming over the speakers. Last week I tried to do intervals to the length of songs but couldn't tell when one ended and a new one began. All the songs (at least I think it wasn't just one long 20 minute song) sounded the same.
Crap I'm old.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Big News! (actually more like little news)
The news is in regard to how much I currently weigh. Today's official weigh-in, 179.4lbs! I haven't seen the 170's on my scale since November 2014. That is a 10lb weight loss since January 10th. The pounds aren't exactly flying off my body, but at least the scale is generally going in the right direction.
My short-term goal is four more pounds off by March 14, the day of the first "spring" race, Johnny's Running of the Green in downtown Rochester.
What is the secret to my current weight loss you ask?
1 - Running on the treadmill at Monroe Community College where it is about 70 degrees and I sweat like summer time.
2 - Only moderate alcohol intake over a week, saving many empty calories and bloating.
3 - No desserts, except for a night once or twice a week where I eat 2-3 cookies.
4 - More salads for lunch and sometimes dinner.
5 - Lifting weights consistently and for longer time.
6- Continuing my February running streak of 1-8 miles everyday.
7 - Convincing myself I really don't need a doughnut or cookie or cake someone brought in to work and put in the break room for sharing. (the cake was chocolate, 5 inches high, lots of frosting and looked delicious - it was hard to walk out of the room without a piece).
8 - More protein in my diet, a bit less on carbs.
9 - Liking being able to move up to another belt buckle hole instead of stretching the belt to fit at all.
10 - Jan providing motivation by bouncing her hand off my previous Buddha Belly and saying she has never seen me so fat.
My short-term goal is four more pounds off by March 14, the day of the first "spring" race, Johnny's Running of the Green in downtown Rochester.
What is the secret to my current weight loss you ask?
1 - Running on the treadmill at Monroe Community College where it is about 70 degrees and I sweat like summer time.
2 - Only moderate alcohol intake over a week, saving many empty calories and bloating.
3 - No desserts, except for a night once or twice a week where I eat 2-3 cookies.
4 - More salads for lunch and sometimes dinner.
5 - Lifting weights consistently and for longer time.
6- Continuing my February running streak of 1-8 miles everyday.
7 - Convincing myself I really don't need a doughnut or cookie or cake someone brought in to work and put in the break room for sharing. (the cake was chocolate, 5 inches high, lots of frosting and looked delicious - it was hard to walk out of the room without a piece).
8 - More protein in my diet, a bit less on carbs.
9 - Liking being able to move up to another belt buckle hole instead of stretching the belt to fit at all.
10 - Jan providing motivation by bouncing her hand off my previous Buddha Belly and saying she has never seen me so fat.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Weight for me
The Running Times article "Your Fastest Weight" discusses why losing some body weight, and how much to lose, may be beneficial to your race times. Of course not overdoing the weight loss and proper nutrition are also key. Being "skinny-fat" isn't going to help in the short or long-term.
Using the Racing weight calculator my current weight, age, approximate body fat (yes it would be better to know this exactly) and a 10k race time from November 2014, it was calculated that I should weigh 163lbs. This is a far cry from my current 180, which is actually down 9.6lbs from my record high weight during the first week of January 2015.
If I think back through the thirty plus years I've been running, 163lbs on my 6'1" frame makes sense for me being able to run as fast as possible. Besides being young, my best times were when I was 160-167 pounds. I'm not the kind of athlete who can race well carrying any extra weight.
My pants size will drop, a rib or two may show, but if I'm racing fast for my age, at least being relevant in my current age group, that's okay with me.
Using the Racing weight calculator my current weight, age, approximate body fat (yes it would be better to know this exactly) and a 10k race time from November 2014, it was calculated that I should weigh 163lbs. This is a far cry from my current 180, which is actually down 9.6lbs from my record high weight during the first week of January 2015.
If I think back through the thirty plus years I've been running, 163lbs on my 6'1" frame makes sense for me being able to run as fast as possible. Besides being young, my best times were when I was 160-167 pounds. I'm not the kind of athlete who can race well carrying any extra weight.
My pants size will drop, a rib or two may show, but if I'm racing fast for my age, at least being relevant in my current age group, that's okay with me.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
It's All About Gym
It's six degrees outside (again) with 20-35mph winds. I opted to run during my lunch hour at work. Yes I am lucky there are one or maybe two days a week I have this opportunity. I realize that.
My February streak of running everyday is still going strong after 19 days and it's a 21 day streak if I include the last two days of January. My mileage is not high, but I have been running anywhere from one mile to seven miles everyday. My best seven day period is 31 miles, not bad, but I would like to see my average be 35-40 miles. If I only do one or two miles it's always on my treadmill and then I bike or more likely, lift weights.
The weather in upstate NY has been horrible since I decided to begin this streak. Right now we are having the 5th coldest February in recorded history (after the next two days we might move up a place or two - yippee!). We have had around 40 inches of snow to go with it. Yesterday I ran five miles outside. The neighborhood streets were like running on quicksand, just sucking my feet in and getting no traction.
Today there were a mix of students and staff in the fitness room, maybe 15 people total. While I was running I looked around a little and found it funny that in between sets or when slowing to a walk on whatever machine they were on, people were checking their phones. Maybe they were selecting new music? Reading a text? Facebook? I didn't ask. As the oldest one in the room it's probably no surprise I have no idea what they are connected to. Me, I'm connected to the noise that naturally occurs in my head, with some background music vibrations coming through the speakers in the room.
There is one television, but it's not in a location where I can see it without hanging on to the treadmill. Of course listening is out for anyone. The tv is on, but there is no closed-captioning or sound, I'm not sure what the purpose is?
Years ago in high school we always had to be concerned about the clock in gym class. Get dressed into gym clothes fast, learn/play a sport, back to the locker room, shower (mandatory) and dress all in 40 minutes. That was ridiculous. Depending on the sport I was still drenched in sweat going to the next class.
At work it's about the same. Hurry to the gym (5 minute walk), dress for running, run for 30-40 minutes, sometimes shower (the showers at MCC are not good, no water pressure), get dressed again, usually still sweating on the way back to the office, trying to make it in an hour. There are tall high dryers in the locker room, I guess for people who have hair? I used it today thinking my balding head might dry but also wondering if it would make me sweat more. It's a tossup, plus I look kind of silly.
I have run on treadmills in several fitness facilities and hotel "gyms". Why is the heat always so damn high? And you aren't supposed to have a water bottle? Is this some kind of Turkish Torture Chamber? Years ago I asked the fitness manager at one facility if he could turn the heat down. He said no, the weightlifters like it warmer and besides, most people didn't sweat like me. I took that as a compliment even if people kept two or three treadmills away from me. Sometimes I like my privacy.
Tomorrow (Friday) the gym is closed, I'm not sure why. The high temperature is going to be about 6 with wind chills in the minus 20's again. I think it will be another treadmill day, this time at home after work where I can turn off the heat in our basement and watch my own tv without sound or crank up the radio and not listen to my own weird thoughts.
My February streak of running everyday is still going strong after 19 days and it's a 21 day streak if I include the last two days of January. My mileage is not high, but I have been running anywhere from one mile to seven miles everyday. My best seven day period is 31 miles, not bad, but I would like to see my average be 35-40 miles. If I only do one or two miles it's always on my treadmill and then I bike or more likely, lift weights.
The weather in upstate NY has been horrible since I decided to begin this streak. Right now we are having the 5th coldest February in recorded history (after the next two days we might move up a place or two - yippee!). We have had around 40 inches of snow to go with it. Yesterday I ran five miles outside. The neighborhood streets were like running on quicksand, just sucking my feet in and getting no traction.
Today there were a mix of students and staff in the fitness room, maybe 15 people total. While I was running I looked around a little and found it funny that in between sets or when slowing to a walk on whatever machine they were on, people were checking their phones. Maybe they were selecting new music? Reading a text? Facebook? I didn't ask. As the oldest one in the room it's probably no surprise I have no idea what they are connected to. Me, I'm connected to the noise that naturally occurs in my head, with some background music vibrations coming through the speakers in the room.
There is one television, but it's not in a location where I can see it without hanging on to the treadmill. Of course listening is out for anyone. The tv is on, but there is no closed-captioning or sound, I'm not sure what the purpose is?
Years ago in high school we always had to be concerned about the clock in gym class. Get dressed into gym clothes fast, learn/play a sport, back to the locker room, shower (mandatory) and dress all in 40 minutes. That was ridiculous. Depending on the sport I was still drenched in sweat going to the next class.
At work it's about the same. Hurry to the gym (5 minute walk), dress for running, run for 30-40 minutes, sometimes shower (the showers at MCC are not good, no water pressure), get dressed again, usually still sweating on the way back to the office, trying to make it in an hour. There are tall high dryers in the locker room, I guess for people who have hair? I used it today thinking my balding head might dry but also wondering if it would make me sweat more. It's a tossup, plus I look kind of silly.
I have run on treadmills in several fitness facilities and hotel "gyms". Why is the heat always so damn high? And you aren't supposed to have a water bottle? Is this some kind of Turkish Torture Chamber? Years ago I asked the fitness manager at one facility if he could turn the heat down. He said no, the weightlifters like it warmer and besides, most people didn't sweat like me. I took that as a compliment even if people kept two or three treadmills away from me. Sometimes I like my privacy.
Tomorrow (Friday) the gym is closed, I'm not sure why. The high temperature is going to be about 6 with wind chills in the minus 20's again. I think it will be another treadmill day, this time at home after work where I can turn off the heat in our basement and watch my own tv without sound or crank up the radio and not listen to my own weird thoughts.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Down But Not Out
Yesterday, February 9th, was the eleventh day of my running streak, ninth if we are just talking about running all of February. Mother Nature is against me. Since I declared my goal of running everyday in February we have had at least 28 inches of snow, with two 24 hour periods of 10+ inches each. February second the storms were bad enough to close all the county schools and community colleges.
Jan and I shoveled all day. Actually we have shoveled snow almost everyday this month. Our driveway piles are almost five feet high. But I have kept running, with a minimum of one mile and a maximum of seven so far. I'm lucky as we have a treadmill in the basement and I can sometimes use one at Monroe Community College where I work. But I have also gone outside, usually running in my shoes with screws in them for traction.
Our roads are not clear of snow or slush, making for a messy, slow, sloppy, cold-footed run. Yesterday at 2pm at work I didn't feel like running. I could see my short streak ending. I had a mug of coffee which helped a bit with my energy level. I went home and shoveled the 5 inches of snow that fell during the day (Jan and I had already shoveled 4 inches in the morning before work).
Still I was undecided. Wine, Bourbon or run? I decided I could at least go in the basement and do 10 minutes on the treadmill. I got to five and stopped to answer a text message. I began running again and made it to 12, another text. But the texts were okay, mentally I just needed a break. Then I decided I could at least do two miles even if it was slow. Soon I was at 3 miles and then 30 minutes. I was tired again for some reason. I stopped for thirty seconds and thought, just get to four miles, it's only another five-six minutes of easy running. And I did it. Four miles on a day that could have been an easy 0.
It's nice looking at my running log book and seeing no empty spaces, no zero miles days. Now let's see if I can keep the streak going through this weekend when we will have high temperatures of 2!
Jan and I shoveled all day. Actually we have shoveled snow almost everyday this month. Our driveway piles are almost five feet high. But I have kept running, with a minimum of one mile and a maximum of seven so far. I'm lucky as we have a treadmill in the basement and I can sometimes use one at Monroe Community College where I work. But I have also gone outside, usually running in my shoes with screws in them for traction.
Our roads are not clear of snow or slush, making for a messy, slow, sloppy, cold-footed run. Yesterday at 2pm at work I didn't feel like running. I could see my short streak ending. I had a mug of coffee which helped a bit with my energy level. I went home and shoveled the 5 inches of snow that fell during the day (Jan and I had already shoveled 4 inches in the morning before work).
Still I was undecided. Wine, Bourbon or run? I decided I could at least go in the basement and do 10 minutes on the treadmill. I got to five and stopped to answer a text message. I began running again and made it to 12, another text. But the texts were okay, mentally I just needed a break. Then I decided I could at least do two miles even if it was slow. Soon I was at 3 miles and then 30 minutes. I was tired again for some reason. I stopped for thirty seconds and thought, just get to four miles, it's only another five-six minutes of easy running. And I did it. Four miles on a day that could have been an easy 0.
It's nice looking at my running log book and seeing no empty spaces, no zero miles days. Now let's see if I can keep the streak going through this weekend when we will have high temperatures of 2!
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Streaking
Sorry, this is not about streaking naked through the village streets, but rather my February goal of running everyday. I was inspired to begin a running streak by a friend who made it through the month of December running at least one mile everyday. For now let's call him Mike. At the suggestion of his wife, when motivation began to lag a bit, Mike would hop on the fitness facility treadmill and get in a mile, which made continuing the streak easier from a physical and mental perspective.
Most weekends Mike would get one run in of 10-15 miles, so it's not like he was going a short distance just to say he ran everyday. Mike ended up running a half-marathon in January, finishing in the top 3% of his age group, so there seems to be some correlation between the streak and racing well.
I would like the same result to occur from my streak (racing well beginning with Johnny's Running of the Green 5 mile race). It is now Monday, February 3rd, but my streak actually began on Friday, January 30. Of course the Rochester area had 15 inches of snow on Monday with schools closed and side roads covered all day. Instead of my treadmill though, I felt the need to get outdoors and run. With my Brooks Running shoes that I equipped with 8 metal screws traction wasn't an issue. My 33 minute run was at a slow pace yet due to the snow seemed like a track workout.
I think there are 10 reasons for me to continue on my running streak:
1. I only lost 5lbs in January, the streak may help get rid of the next 12 lbs.
2. My legs and aerobic capacity will improve.
3. February is 28 days, much easier to continue the streak than the 31 days of some months.
4. If I go to the treadmill on days I'm not motivated thinking I just need to run a mile, maybe it will end up being a three mile run, which will be good for me. If not, I still get the mile.
5. My weekly mileage will naturally increase, which I need to get faster.
6.The month, which began with brutal weather and seems to be continuing with that pattern for at least another week, might go by faster?
7. My neighbors will think I am nuts. It's okay to be different, I embrace that feeling.
8. I can bring out one of the new pair of running shoes stored under my bed on a day motivation is lagging. New shoes always make me feel like I'm light-footed, running easily on air.
9. My mental outlook has already changed and hopefully I can stay positive about the streak and not like it's some burden.
10. I'll have something to brag about. Not that most people care, but it'll make me feel good anyhow.
Question - Does snowshoeing count as running? In the past I have recorded them as separate activities. What do you think?
Most weekends Mike would get one run in of 10-15 miles, so it's not like he was going a short distance just to say he ran everyday. Mike ended up running a half-marathon in January, finishing in the top 3% of his age group, so there seems to be some correlation between the streak and racing well.
I would like the same result to occur from my streak (racing well beginning with Johnny's Running of the Green 5 mile race). It is now Monday, February 3rd, but my streak actually began on Friday, January 30. Of course the Rochester area had 15 inches of snow on Monday with schools closed and side roads covered all day. Instead of my treadmill though, I felt the need to get outdoors and run. With my Brooks Running shoes that I equipped with 8 metal screws traction wasn't an issue. My 33 minute run was at a slow pace yet due to the snow seemed like a track workout.
I think there are 10 reasons for me to continue on my running streak:
1. I only lost 5lbs in January, the streak may help get rid of the next 12 lbs.
2. My legs and aerobic capacity will improve.
3. February is 28 days, much easier to continue the streak than the 31 days of some months.
4. If I go to the treadmill on days I'm not motivated thinking I just need to run a mile, maybe it will end up being a three mile run, which will be good for me. If not, I still get the mile.
5. My weekly mileage will naturally increase, which I need to get faster.
6.The month, which began with brutal weather and seems to be continuing with that pattern for at least another week, might go by faster?
7. My neighbors will think I am nuts. It's okay to be different, I embrace that feeling.
8. I can bring out one of the new pair of running shoes stored under my bed on a day motivation is lagging. New shoes always make me feel like I'm light-footed, running easily on air.
9. My mental outlook has already changed and hopefully I can stay positive about the streak and not like it's some burden.
10. I'll have something to brag about. Not that most people care, but it'll make me feel good anyhow.
Question - Does snowshoeing count as running? In the past I have recorded them as separate activities. What do you think?
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