Practically Kenyan

I have been neglecting my gym membership lately, but I have been running. I'd like to blame the fact that I'm not going to the gym on the fact that the gym closes too early - 9 p.m. on weekdays and at about 6 p.m. on weekends. Can you believe there is no 24 Hour Fitness in Cleveland?

In my defense, I have been exercising. I have been running quite regularly and I think it's actually been making a difference in the way my pants fit, and I mean that in a positive way. For the past two runs I have done 6+ and 5+ miles respectively and I have kept my average time per mile to under 10 minutes. I don't really care if you're not impressed, because I am.

Also, I gotta give a shout out to mapmyrun.com. It's a pretty cool site that allows you to calculate your run distance and time and workout stats, whether in advance or after the fact. It's pretty cool to figure out your route and then plug in your time to see how many calories you burned or your average speed. It also works for cycling or walking and other modes of ambulation from point-A to point-B.

The point is, I'm running sub-10 miles and I think that's pretty cool. Yay me!

It doesn't hurt that the area around our home is quite pretty to run through either. I'm going to miss it when winter makes it unrunnable ... I will have to go back to the gym at that point.