Running
by Tom
In a somewhat last-ditch effort, I have gotten back into running in an attempt to get into shape before I get married (in less than a month!!) Martha has been running longer than I have, so as an early birthday present, I got her the Nike+ package for her iPod Nano (she was also super nice & got one for me!) We started using them pretty quickly and it's been a lot of fun now that I know how far/how fast I'm running. You can actually see my last 5 runs in the flash widget on the left.
The second half of the story, however, is that Chris was so taken by the idea that he summarily purchased a Nike+ package for himself. Seeing as we all are participants in the upcoming wedding, he also thought it would be a cool idea to challenge us to really work before July 11. The result? The challenge you see on the right: the three of us must run 150 miles total by 6pm on July 11. This is a super-neat idea & I am very glad Chris came up with it -- it simply remains to be seen whether or not we can do it. The flash widget will automatically update as we add runs to it, so our progress may be tracked.* Pretty cool!
It's also been really nice to track my progress. I posted a screen capture of my Nike + iPod screen in iTunes previously, but here's where I stand now:
*What the widget doesn't say is that, at the time of this post, I have logged 10.03 miles, my wonderful fianceé has put in 6.29 miles, and our wonderful best man Chris has contributed a miserly 2.27 miles. 