Day 194, 171 To Go

July 13, 2013

Nothing beats a lazy Saturday.  I took advantage of not having too much to do today by running early in the day so I could really be lazy for the rest of the day.  This is something I excel at...although it is not a good way to live your life.

Runners often think that if they run consistently and eat well most of the time, they are good to go.  Recent research has shown that even if you are active and participate in a lot of sports and eat well if you spend the rest of your time sedentary, you are pretty much screwed.

So for all of you who sit at a desk every day for at least 8 hours, you are getting screwed not only by the corporation you probably work for, you are getting screwed physically by sitting down all day.  The recommendations are to get up every hour for a few minutes and work around or better yet, to get one of those standing desks.  Seriously, who the hell wants to stand all day and work?  I don't even want to sit all day and work.  Imagine standing?  Ugh.  You seriously can't win.

So, what is my solution?  I say, just fuck it.

No, that is not my solution.  I will still exercise and attempt to eat better and I will also do my best to stand up as often as possible to limit my sitting every day.  We tend to eat in our kitchen which has a bar area and I tend to stand through all my meals.  I figure this will help limit my sitting throughout the day.

I will not stand up and watch TV though.  That is just going to far!!

Here are my numbers for today:

Time: 25:00

Distance: 2.86 miles

Pace: 8:45/m

Max Pace: 7:35/m

Calories: 370
Avg HR: 140

Max HR:155

Of course I am sitting while I type this, so not only did I spend all week on my ass working, I am doing this on the weekend too.  I need one of those standing desks.  I doubt Honey will let me put something like that in our bedroom, but maybe if I tell her it will help me to live longer, she will agree...or fight me even harder to not get one.  Oh Honey...

Run for Life!!