The Great Sports Desert

Have the Atlanta Braves been mathematically eliminated from the National League playoffs yet?

I hate the Great Sports Desert between the end of college football season and the beginning of the major league season.

Sigh.

The Great Sports Desert

Have the Atlanta Braves been mathematically eliminated from the National League playoffs yet?

I hate the Great Sports Desert between the end of college football season and the beginning of the major league season.

Sigh.

24 Weeks!

I just got my first mailing from the "Virtual Personal Trainer" system associated with the Susan G. Komen 3-Day For The Cure.

When you register for a 3-Day walk, you are asked if you'd like to receive a weekly mailing starting either 16 weeks or 24 weeks (or both, if you really want) prior to the event. The mailings give you a suggested training schedule and training tips, distances to walk, which days to walk, which days to cross-train, which days to rest and recover, etcetera, etcetera.

They're very helpful for people who have never done a 3-Day before and need a guide to follow so they'll be ready to do 20 miles a day three days in a row during the actual event. The prospect of hoofing it sixty miles along sidewalks and road shoulders in the hot sun can be a bit scary to a first-time Komen participant, but I guarantee that anyone who follows the recommended training schedule from the Virtual Personal Trainer will come through with flying colors. They'll have toughened up their feet and hips with ever-increasing distances. They'll have learned which sport drinks they like and which ones they can't stand. They'll have broken in their walking shoes so they won't be blistering from wearing brand-new never-used shoes during the actual event. And they'll have the confidence of having done all that walking. The training schedules usually conclude with a pair of long-distance walks of 18 miles and 15 miles a couple of weeks before the actual event. You do those and you're ready.

The weekly mailings are also helpful for people like me who've done a 3-Day who need a nudge to remind them that they need to get out and train and want a ballpark figure for how far they should be walking each week. I might actually walk a lot farther than a given week's suggested schedule but it's nice to keep getting those reminders, a constant nudge that the event is fast approaching.

In any case, new walker or veteran, it's a heck of a rush when you see those weeks-to-go numbers dropping and finally see "1 Week Until The Boston 3-Day" in your e-mail inbox. It's almost as good as seeing the subject line, "A Donation Has Been Made On Your Behalf". THOSE e-mails are the best.

24 weeks to go. THE CLOCK IS TICKING!

YAY!

24 Weeks!

I just got my first mailing from the "Virtual Personal Trainer" system associated with the Susan G. Komen 3-Day For The Cure.

When you register for a 3-Day walk, you are asked if you'd like to receive a weekly mailing starting either 16 weeks or 24 weeks (or both, if you really want) prior to the event. The mailings give you a suggested training schedule and training tips, distances to walk, which days to walk, which days to cross-train, which days to rest and recover, etcetera, etcetera.

They're very helpful for people who have never done a 3-Day before and need a guide to follow so they'll be ready to do 20 miles a day three days in a row during the actual event. The prospect of hoofing it sixty miles along sidewalks and road shoulders in the hot sun can be a bit scary to a first-time Komen participant, but I guarantee that anyone who follows the recommended training schedule from the Virtual Personal Trainer will come through with flying colors. They'll have toughened up their feet and hips with ever-increasing distances. They'll have learned which sport drinks they like and which ones they can't stand. They'll have broken in their walking shoes so they won't be blistering from wearing brand-new never-used shoes during the actual event. And they'll have the confidence of having done all that walking. The training schedules usually conclude with a pair of long-distance walks of 18 miles and 15 miles a couple of weeks before the actual event. You do those and you're ready.

The weekly mailings are also helpful for people like me who've done a 3-Day who need a nudge to remind them that they need to get out and train and want a ballpark figure for how far they should be walking each week. I might actually walk a lot farther than a given week's suggested schedule but it's nice to keep getting those reminders, a constant nudge that the event is fast approaching.

In any case, new walker or veteran, it's a heck of a rush when you see those weeks-to-go numbers dropping and finally see "1 Week Until The Boston 3-Day" in your e-mail inbox. It's almost as good as seeing the subject line, "A Donation Has Been Made On Your Behalf". THOSE e-mails are the best.

24 weeks to go. THE CLOCK IS TICKING!

YAY!