Karen’s Training Log

Passed the $1,800 mark

YIPPEE !!!!   Thanks to everyones generous support, I have passed the all important $1,800 mark.  My new goal is $3,000.  There are 68 days until the walk, so I am hopeful that I can reach it.  Jane and I are starting to walk after work to build up our weekly milage.

77 Days until the NY walk

Training walks going well

Just over 2 months before the walk.  We had 6 people on this morning’s training walk.  It was hot, but we did the 7.6 miles in 2 hours 10 minutes.  That translates in to 17.1 minute/miles.  Not bad considering the heat and humidity.

Maybe it’s time to bring back the double nickle speed limit

On a completely different note, we went to visit my husband’s grandmother in the nursing home today.  It’s a 190 miles round trip.  The traffic was very light and I decided to drive my pickup truck at 59 mph, in the right lane of course.  Usually I drive about 70 mph and in the past I calculated gas mileage at 24 mpg on the trip.  That’s a little better than the rating of 22 for the Toyota Tacoma.  Today, I averaged 30 miles per gallon!

Based on the 21 gallon tank and the 22 mpg rating, if I drive 59 mph, I could go about 170 more miles per tankful.  That translates to saving 5.6 gallons of gas per tankful… at the current national average price of $4.11, I am saving $23.01 per tankful ! ! ! !    Assuming one tank of gas a week, that’s a yearly savings of $1,197 ! ! ! !

I don’t know about you, but I would certainly prefer the money in my pocket instead of the Oil Company’s.  Next time, maybe I’ll try driving 55 mph and see if I can squeeze out a few more miles per gallon.

Why are we fat?

Interesting theories about why we are fat.  I find the one about climate control particularly fascinating.

From the LA Times online –> http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-stress14-2008jul14,0,2466326.story

By Karen Ravn, Special to The Times

SOME THEORIES

• Maybe we’re too stressed
• Maybe a virus is to be blamed
• Maybe the temperature is just right
• Maybe it’s all that high-fructose corn syrup
• Maybe low-fat foods made us eat more
• Maybe we take too many drugs
• Maybe we’re doomed before birth
• Maybe there’s too much pollution
• Maybe we’re not sleeping enough
• Maybe we shouldn’t have quit smoking

The Clayton Case Trailer

Jeremy is working on his latest movie. Check out the trailer on Youtube.

Casablanca meets Chinatown, where a disillusioned detective who’s lost faith in the system gets his passion back when the biggest case of his career falls onto his desk.

Filmed during his final semester in college, the movie features many of his classmates and friends.  It’s a fast paced drama.  Can’t wait to see the movie.