6 Goals

My Baby in his swing. Here are some sketches from my sketchbook. I should have uploaded some of these a while ago, but most of them are from this week. There are some other sketches but they're pretty bad - they were ones I was doing while trying to learn how to draw a turtle. A turtle I'm going to use in a web comic Some sketches learning how to draw a turtle Trying to remember how to connect the muscles of the shoulder to the arm (deltoid to tricept and bicept) Some more turtle sketches

I went for a run last night on a treadmill in a hotel workout room. My goal was to run 3 miles. It took me forever though, because I set the pace below 5 miles an hour for most of the run. I noticed most of the way through that I wasn't breathing nearly as hardas I do when I run outside. Also when I looked down at my feet I could tell that I wasn't running as fast as my normal pace. I punched it up to 6 miles per hour near the end of the run and that got my blood pumping. I hate running on

In this episode I explain what this podcast is about and talk about some of the goals in more detail. I go into a bit of my history as a runner, writer, and artist. Websites mentioned in this podcast: Running with the Pack Podcast http://www.parkedthoughts.com/blog/ NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) http://www.nanowrimo.org/ Blog for this podcast http://6goals.blogspot.com/ View some of my art http://danabsoart.blogspot.com/ My writing blog http://writingsofdan.blogspot.com/ Download

Went for a great run today. Too bad it's the only one I'll get in for this week. I took my dog and instead of pounding it out on pavement, I drove to a nearby park. There's a nice dirt packed trail that loops around the park for 0.8 miles. I was going to run it twice, but felt good so I did a third loop. There was a little league baseball game going and other people walking dogs and enjoying the sun. It was great. My legs and lungs felt great too! Overall it was wonderful. Here's the stats: 2.4

This first episode is more of a teaser of what isto come. I give a brief introduction and then sharesthree recordings taken after my firstthree runs. Stay tuned for weekly episodes every Monday from now on. The Goals: 1. Six miles run 2. Six short work outs 3. Six thousands words written 4. Six chapters of the bible read 5. Six water bottles consumed a day 6. Six sketches drawn in my sketch book The Blog for this Podcast http://6goals.blogspot.com/ Download the .mp3

I have now gone for three runs. I just finished the third, and it felt great! On my second run, I was really feeling it in my legs. After my first run I was really tight just above my achilles, both during the day and while running. Today my legs felt great. I noticed they weren't sore anymore and then during my run they felt really good. They weren't sore, they weren't getting tired. This is one factor I attribute to my faster time. Also, I never had dry heaves due to sinus congestion loosening up

Sketch 01 I went for my first run today. It felt great, but I am very out of shape. I have a 2.2 mile loop that I usually run, but it has a long steep hill and today I just wanted to ease into it. I'm running low on sleep because we just had a baby three days ago; I'm sure those who've brought home a newborn can relate. We got back from the hospital yesterday, and both need to catch up on sleep desperately. My wife is doing well, and our beautiful little baby is too. For those wondering we had a