October 27th, 2003

Devaney’s 2nd Marathon

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10/27/03
I tried not to go another 2 weeks, but I think that is what it is destined to be. Oh well, at least then I have something to talk about.

First of all, Congratulations to Devaney for completing his SECOND marathon this past Sunday. He finished the Marine Corps Marathon despite the heat and being sick. He has an ambitious schedule to run another marathon in December, but this time in HAWAII!
Devaney Marathon

As for my running, I ran the Run for the Pumpkins this past Sunday in a time of 24:01. This represents shaving 1:30 off of my previous 5k as I get back into racing form. I didn’t win anything in my age group for this race because the 3rd place person came in at 19:20 for my age group.

Eric is doing just fine. He is getting a little bigger, but most noticeably he has discovered his thumb. He is also strengthening his legs when we try to stand him up. He is getting closer to sitting up on his own, but that is still a few weeks away. He will be going in for his 4 month check up in 2 weeks where he will be getting his second round of shots. YUCK.

School is going well for me so far. Nothing too exciting on that front. Until next time…

October 1st, 2003

Back to the Carbs

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I am now older than I have even been… and now I’m even older… and now I’m even older. My birthday went pretty well, I got some really cool gifts and a chocolate cake…. Mmmmmm chocolate cake! Eric was also baptised on my birthday as well, you can check out the pictures on his site.

I ran a local 5k race this past weekend and saw some improvement over my previous race. After talking with Gray, he seems to conjecture that my times may be lacking because I have lost muscle in the new diet I have been doing. With that said, I think for the next 2 weeks, I will be increasing my Carb intake to 150g per day or somewhere close to that. Hopefully, with my exercise level increasing, my body can use the carbs without transforming them into fat. I would love to keep the weight that I am right now, I just have to eat better than I did in the past. I better go ahead and upload this… it’s 2pm and I am going to go RUN!