Milestone

Two months ago it took me 45 minutes to run/jog 3 miles. Today I worked that distance up to 4 miles in the same amount of time. I know it will take more than two months to jolt the distance up to 5 miles in 45 minutes, but accomplishing this today makes that ultimate goal seem a little tiny bit more attainable.

The thing I am most proud about my run today was pushing myself through with only 1 walk break. Also, I ran a FULL 5k before letting myself enjoy that little break. Most of all, I feel great and untired. It's pretty awesome and amazing.

Perge!

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Risk

I recently attended a presentation where the speaker talked about evaluating risks. One of the more interesting ideas was that risks don't always have to imply a negative consequence. For instance, when you buy a Lotto ticket you are taking a risk that you may win lots of dollars. On the other hand, the traditional definitions are still valid; if you jump out of a plane there is a risk that some devilish cartoon-character has replaced your parachute with assorted silverware and pots'n'pans.

The interesting part is knowing how to evaluate the likeihood that a risk will be realized into an event that alters the course of events built into an expected plan. Also, how do we minimize/maximize the likelihood that a risk will be realized and how many resources are worth expending for that mitigation plan?

I think all too often everybody is living by the seat of there pants without any real plans in place. The world isn't really designed to make it easy to track how unknowns can effect the status quo. I wonder if there are any useful software packages that do a good job dealing with this sort of thing? Might be worth investigating. That is to say, it might be worth the risk to take 15 minutes searching online. :-)

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Workout Productivity

I think I focus during the workday better when I am regularly going to the gym after work. It seems like the flow of energy translates from the gym into the office. Thoughts are clearer and drastactions are less palpable.

I am willing to bet there is scientific evidence to backup these off-the-cuff claims, but I don't have the resources available at the moment to properly cite them. Nevertheless, I wonder why businesses don't compensate their employees who work towards fitness goals that ultimately increases their productivity. I think the answer is that businesses really want to try to get that extra productivity boost without paying for it. Think about it... during elementary school and high school they carved out a chuck of time to encourage active lifestyles. This little period of time was fittingly called "Gym Class". I would make the argument that the gym is just as important for adults as it was for children.

But there is a large enough contingent and a significant amount of pressure from society for adults to find time outside of their 8 hour workdays for the gym. I know some people workout during their lunch hours, but I've always found this time to be extraneous and unfulfilling. So, with 8 hours of work, 1 hour for lunch, and 1 hour for the gym a healthy adult who gets 8 hours of sleep everyday and commutes for 2 hours during the day is left with 4 measily hours of daily personal time.

I think because of the bump in productivity that I associate with working out that businesses should give their active-lifestyle employees 8 hours of compensation for only 7 hours of work during days where they make it to the gym. This work probably have the side benefit of reducing obesity a little bit from the people who would have a newfound excuse to get to the gym everday.

Anyway, these are not scientific findings... just my rambling thoughts. I could be wrong (but I doubt it). I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for businesses to pay extra for healthy lifestyle employees.

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