Week In Review: Week #1, 2014

This week was a short one. I only want to keep track of things in 2014, so this week was only five days instead of a normal seven.  I hope to send out an update every week to chronicle the year.

1/1/14 Wednesday: I start off the year on a sour note.  I got on the scale and it read 222.8.  That is the biggest number I have seen for me in maybe ten years.  Not good!!  I had to work a few hours at school today so I drove in and worked on grades and planned for the new semester.  I then ran for four miles around the indoor track at school.  I did not time it, but it was slow, I guess around ten minutes a mile. I then rode my exercise bike for 30 minutes in the basement.  I went 11.3 miles.

1/2/14 Thursday:  I got up for work this morning and I turned my phone on to find a voice mail that announced that school was called off for the day.  I decided I needed to get out so I drove into Salina and did a treadmill run at the gym.  I went four miles at 9:23 a mile.

1/3/14 Friday: First day of school for the new year.  I decided to keep up the running today so after school I zipped back to the gym for another treadmill run.  Four miles again at 9:23.  I did notice some soreness in the achilles in my right leg. I decided a couple days off running was in order, better to baby it now and try to make up the mileage later.

1/4/14 Saturday:  I got a call from my good friend Chris this morning.  He wanted to know if it was time to start finishing my basement. We had discussed doing this since last Summer.  Last July while Lisa and I were on vacation in Colorado, a flood went through Lindsborg and I was one of the lucky ones that ended up with water in the basement.  It was about nine feet deep in there.  It was quite a deal cleaning and replacing things and it is still not done yet. Chris convinced me I could finish it myself with his help.  We bought lumber at Menard's and started in.  It went pretty well and I actually enjoyed it.  I am not the handyman type!!!!

This is a pic of the cause of all the damage. The Flood of 2013! My neighbors are floating out in a boat through my front yard.

Here is the basement with the weekends worth of work showing.  I did a little workout on Saturday. I rode the exercise bike for 30 minutes again.  I went 10.7 miles.  I do have to say my wife is not helping me on a mission to lose weight this week.  She fixed some really great meals. Her beef stew was amazing.  She also fixed this little number to start off the day.

1/5/14 Sunday: Chris came over again and we worked on the basement for a few more hours.  No workout today! I did sign up for a subscription on Netflix this week and I watched Skyfall and The Hunger Games.  It was an up and down week, but overall a good one.

Weekly miles rode: 22

Weekly miles ran: 12

Till next time, Remember, Live Life at Full Speed!!

Kendall