New years resolution update: Completed!

When I started this blog in the beginning of this year I wrote that I'd give you some updates on my new years resolution: running a half marathon in less than 2 hours. 2 years ago I couldn't walk up one flight of stairs without getting out of breath, and my kids could tell that I was coming home 3 minutes before I was actually home... cause they could hear me coughing my lungs out a long way down the street. As I've said before, we vapers are the best proof that vaping works (http://vapingiraffe.blogspot.no/2014/02/you-are-proof-that-vaping-works.html), and I've encouraged you to challenge yourself a bit and try to do something you couldn't do before. In that way you can show people what you can do now that you've done the switch. This is one of the reasons I set this goal for myself, and hopefully I could inspire others by writing about it here.

So this morning I went to the gym to do a 10k run, but after 10k it felt pretty good so I decided to keep on running. And it helped a bit that they had put a sticker on the treadmill announcing they had a competition going on where 21.1km was one of the exercises and I could win a bag of goodies if I completed. I have no idea what is in that bag... yet. It's just raffled among everyone entering I think, so with my luck I'm never going to either :) Anyway, after 112 minutes I was done, in all possible ways, and very happy that this years new years resolution is completed. I think this might be the only new years resolution I've ever completed as well.

So again, hope I've inspired some of you to challenge yourself a bit. It doesn't have to be running a marathon (or a half one), but find something you couldn't do when you were smoking and show people around you that vaping does work. Cause YOU are the best proof of this.

New years resolution update: Better feet today :)

Quick update on the new years resolution for those interested. Another 10K run this morning. Got a slight cold so decided to go for slightly less elevation on the treadmill. Time was then of course slightly better and my duck-feet felt a bit better afterwards. I guess it's all a matter of making the feet understand who's the boss and just buck up.

New years resolution update: I got fucked up feet

Got up early this morning and went to the gym, ready to start working on my running skills. Well, that's not exactly true... the reason I got those new Nike free-run shoes for Christmas was that I've already been doing some running for a while, and my brother in law had noticed my 15 year old shoes :)

Anyway, I'm happy with a 10K run in around 53-54 minutes before breakfast, and feel I'm pretty much on track for keeping my resolution. Only have to figure out how to keep this pace for another 11K now :) And not even the new magical shoes could fix my fucked up feet, I'm flat-footed as a duck. A 10K run I can handle just fine, but I can already feel what's going to happen after 5 more... I'm going to have blisters the size of Chuck Norris' balls, so I need to figure out some way of dealing with that as well.

Note to self: Eat just a bit of breakfast before you go running in the morning or you'll end up face down on the treadmill one day.

New years resolution

2 years ago I was, well to be perfectly honest I was a fat bastard with fucked up lungs. Walking up the stairs a couple of floors had me breathing like I had just finished a marathon, and catching a cold made me sound like I was going to cough up my fucked up lungs for at least 3 weeks. So... something had to be done or I'd be done. I switched to vaping and noticed the coughing and breathing getting better really soon, and now 2 years later my lungs are working pretty good actually. Being used to 3 weeks of pain when I caught a cold (and that happened pretty often) I still get the "oh not this shit again"-feeling when I feel a slight tingle in the throat... but now I'm happily surprised that it's over in a couple of days. Lungs fixed :)

So... with new lungs I figured I could get on with fixing the fat bastard part so I started running. In the beginning I'm sure some ppl found it strange that I looked like I was trying to run but was still traveling at walking speed. But it got better and I'm proud to say that I've lost around 20 kilos during the last year. Still got some kilos to go, and my brother in law bought me some friggin awesome nike freerun shoes for Christmas, so I'll keep on running. After watching "Run fatboy run" a week or so ago I felt especially inspired and might have said that I'd make it my new years resolution to run a marathon, but then I moderated myself a bit and said a half marathon :P But now I feel that was kind of weak, so I think my final new years resolution will be to run a half marathon in less than 2 hours. Wish me luck :)

Oh... and I think I might have thrown in some dancing lessons with my wife for good measure that night as well. You see I can't dance, but I think I can after some beers n' booze.