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2009 MLB Predictions

04.08.09

Ray over at almightyray.com threw down the gauntlet for 2009 MLB predictions. Here are my award winning picks:

AL East: Rays
AL Central: Indians
AL West: LA Angels
Wild Card: Boston

NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: LA Dodgers
Wild Card: Cubs

World Series: Cardinals lose to the Rays 4 games to 2.

Updates

04.08.09

I’ve been too lazy to post about my running, but I’m still running 3 times a week. Signed up for the Borgess Run (April 25th), and the Three Rivers Triple Creek Dash on May 2nd.

Push Ups!

03.18.09

I rested up for a couple of days and then did my 4 week pushup test. I can do 45 pushups now! Woo! I started at only being able to do 15 so that’s a pretty good jump methinks.

C25k Week Four Ends

03.17.09

C25k Week Four ended. It was more like 1.5-2 weeks. Changing it up a bit starting today by changing to a new program. Signed up for a running class at the gym. I had my first session today. Ran for almost 13 minutes without stopping! I didn’t think I would be able to do it, but it actually turned out to be pretty easy. I did a little extra running at the end and it felt pretty good.

Love the Shoes

03.12.09

I’ve only run in my new shoes once and I can really feel the difference. I had no pain, other than out of shape pains. I got my shoes from Gazelle Sports.  Also, they have some pretty awesome customer service. The lady who helped me find my shoes was very helpful. She spent  a lot of time with me trying on different shoes, and watched me walk so she could see what my gait was like which helped her recommend shoes. And then today I got a personlized thank you card based on the conversation we had. That is some A+ customer service right there. I think they just made a customer for life.

C25K - Week 4 Update

03.11.09

This week is all kinds of messed up due to external stuff. Tried to make up for lost time by getting up early, that was a big ol’ fail. I likes to sleep!

Day 1 - Pushups

Day 2 - Intervals constist of 3 minutes running, 90 seconds walking, 5 minutes running, 3 minutes walking. This was brutal on my

Day 3 picked up some new shoes.

Day 4 Pushups.

Test Post

03.11.09

Seeing if my blog will auto update facebook!

Upgrade

03.11.09

Yay, I upgraded my wordpress blog. I likes the dashboad a lot better. I need to fix my sidebar items, though those haven’t worked in a while. All 2 of my readers don’t seem to mind though!

update: though it seems to have fixed my archives! yay upgrade!

Sigh

03.09.09

This is a neat tool. A-Rod makes my annual salary in the time it takes him to put on his jersey for the first spring training game.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/salary/

C25K: Week 3 - Days 6,7

03.05.09

Finished up 2days of running and pushups. It was a little tougher because I’m starting to get sick. Mostly I just want to knap so it is hard to stay motivated. I managed to escape sickness the first time the girls got sick, but I am not so lucky this time.Week 4 really kicks up the pace. I can hardly wait!