• Health & Fitness

    Training for a Half Marathon

    If you’ve been reading lately then you know I have 19 days until the St. Louis Rock n Roll Half Marathon. Oh man. To help with the training process I traded in my sad old shoes for these new boys. This is my first pair of Asics, but I’ve heard great reviews about them from other runners.  They, whoever they are, say that you should get a new pair of running shoes every 400 miles and considering I’ve had my tennis shoes since high school and have been everywhere in them from New York to the UK, I think I’ve hit well over the 400 mile mark. I mean, look…

  • Health & Fitness

    Gym Antics

    Today was the second morning in a row that I have gone to the gym at 5:30 in the morning. Although I hate getting up that early and I’m extremely tired I feel so much better once it’s over. I’m the kind of person that if I put it off until the end of the day I just won’t go. By the time I get home from work, make dinner, and play with little man, I’m pooped and just want to relax. Another great thing about going to the gym early in the morning? Seeing all the schinanagins that go on so early like… -the guy lifting 50lb weights while…