http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:02:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I ran the stringray shuffle 3k this morning with cheri. It was sponsored by a local running shoe store called the Running Zone.  I'm pretty happy with it, it let me get it in my head that I can run the distance without stopping.  I was going at a ... http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com/2009/03/stingray-shuffle-3k/ Peter, on his hyperlipid blog, has a great post graphing all cause mortality vs % of calories from fat: Cholesterol presentation: Between countries He shows the graph that Keys used in his arguments against fat with the cherry picked countries and then cherry picks his own set of countries to show the ... http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com/2009/02/67/ Wow.  I knew I was in trouble when my calves hurt yesterday after running.  The day after the day after is always the worse and today is really bad.  I look like an 80 year old man hobbling around.  I was planning on running again on Tuesday but I don't ... http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com/2009/02/doms-is-killing-my-calves/ Got off my butt and did my first run in several years today. I used a heart rate monitor and ran (HA!) until my heart rate got above 180 then walked until it dropped to below 130 and then ran again. I made it two miles taking about ... http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com/2009/02/running-baseline/ We did triceps and back yesterday so now the back of my arms are sore as well as my biceps. A little in my back, but not too bad. I couldn't do as many pull-ups as I wanted since my biceps were so sore from Tuesday. I ... http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com/2009/02/running-not-so-much/ We did the first workout of the series Sunday and I am sore today even though I was working out with lighter weights than I should have been.   I think the Imuran makes Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness worse for me. My joints were bothering me all day Sunday so I ... http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com/2009/02/dom-today/ Well, the best laid plans and all.  Monday night was raining and Tuesday wasn't a verty good day, I was tired all day and came home beat.  Now the weatherman is saying that it's getting into the 20's tonight so I am pretty sure that there will be no running ... http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com/2009/02/running-off-to-a-slow-start/ At my lowest weight, before the prednisone and the honeymoon, I was 155.  Since that time I have climbed up to 170.  I've been doing my pushups and pullups somewhat haphazardly and recently got challanged to start running again.  So.  Tonight after work I will strap on the pulse meter ... http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com/2009/02/starting-to-run-again/ Quick post of my Halloween costume this year.  Here is the appliance glued to my face with no makeup: Liquid latex used to smooth the edges and first layer of makeup: Final makeup: Teeth inserted and cowl in place: http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com/2008/11/halloween-2008/ We spend last weekend at Disney, a celebration of Karen's birthday.  And my belated one since we kind of skipped over it in all the wedding prep stuff.  We stayed at Disney's Pop Century this time.  Not the best experiance, there were just too many people there.  Too many people ... http://www.mikeandkarenonline.com/2008/09/weekend-at-disney/