Running Three

 

Indulge me for a moment while I refer to myself in the third person:  Today, 3/30, Andrew Laker, who is 33 years old, ran three miles – a feat he hasn’t accomplished since 1993. Okay, back to first person. I know it’s not that big of a deal. People run much farther than that every day. But considering I smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 11 years (a third of my life), I feel like I just scaled Mt. Everest. 

Many thanks to my pal Brittanie, who got me on the right track by telling me about the Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS watch and the Couch to 5k training program. Also, much love to my wife Amy for buying me the watch for my birthday and for putting up with all of my moans and groans and weird new runner speak.

More coincidental threes: It was 37 degrees when I began my workout, I traveled .33 miles in my 5 minute warmup walk, and the total time of my workout came to 33:53 (yes, I’m a tortoise). And hey! – it’s currently 3:23 p.m. Whew! Think I’ll go watch some Three’s Company and throw back a few beers.