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Jul 12 2010

San Francisco Triathlon at Treasure Island

Published by Matt under Fitness

I completed my first ever triathlon this past weekend and it was incredible! I set a goal of finishing under 90 minutes, and came in at 82:08! The event started with a 500m swim in the San Francisco bay. I wore a wetsuit, but it was still very cold. The wetsuit [...]

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Nov 04 2009

Cycling and Studying

Published by Matt under Day-to-Day, Fitness

I’ve been incredibly busy writing code over the past two months in order to hit our big Code Complete deadline last week.  Now that we’ve hit it, I’ve got a more reasonable schedule, so I figured I should post up a quick update.
I’m loving my bicycle.  I have gotten in the habit of riding to/from [...]

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Sep 23 2009

Bought a Bicycle

Published by Matt under Fitness

As you might have read a while ago, I thought I was going to train for a marathon. That went pretty well, until I started getting horrible shin splints. I read a lot of advice about getting new shoes, but this is not the first time I have suffered shin splints, so I kind of [...]

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May 30 2009

Marathon Training

Published by Matt under Fitness

For the summer, Ashley and I have decided to train for one of the San Francisco marathons.  Our sites are set on San Francisco Marathon at the end of July, but there is also one at the end of October, called the Silicon Valley Marathon.  The one in July is coming up pretty fast, so [...]

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Apr 18 2009

New Year’s Resolution

Published by Matt under Fitness

Well, yeah, I have not been as hardcore about my fitness as I was in Janurary and Feburary. It was really all I could think about during those two months. However, over the past 6 weeks, work has picked up considerably and I have also been digging into a new hobby (card games). [...]

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Mar 05 2009

New Year’s Resolution – 2 Month Milestone

Published by Matt under Fitness

On February 28, I weighed in at 191 pounds. That’s another 7 pounds over the month, for a total loss of 14 pounds since the beginning of the year. I probably will not be able to hit either 180 pounds or 12% body fat, but I think I’m making great progress for such an aggressive [...]

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Jan 31 2009

New Year’s Resolution – 1 Month Milestone

Published by Matt under Fitness

On New Year‘s Day I weighed in at 205 pounds. Today I weigh 198 pounds. I ordered a body fat analyzer, but it hasn’t arrived yet. I know that on New Year’s Day I was at about 22% body fat. My goal is to get to 180 pounds or 12% body [...]

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