My name is Rob, and I like to exercise. I practice/teach karate, and also study aikido. I am pretty physically fit, but am always trying new stuff. I plan to climb Mt Rainier next year, and also climb the 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks. I also have some other sites, including a travel site. I have been posting some stuff there, but decided to set up a separate site for fitness related stuff. This is it.
In my training to prepare for the Rainier climb, I have been working out on a treadmill. One day as I was doing a fast walk of over 6 1/2 miles at over 4mph, it popped into my head to try a marathon. The Boston Marathon is the big one, so I thought about doing that one. I saw it was in April, so I had time to train. I figured that at 4mph, I could do it in about 6.5 hours. But between now and then I could probably improve my speed. Then I saw I would actually have to QUALIFY for the Boston Marathon! I would have to run another marathon in at least 3 hours and 20 minutes for my age. Ouch!
I don’t think I am going to do that anytime soon, but I figure I can do a Marathon at least close to 4 hours within the next year.
