Earlier this year, I decided to pick up on my running again, after having almost completely ignored my Nike+ for most of the later half of 2007…

I started running a few years ago (about 2005-ish?) as a mean to another end (my 2005 mid-February resolution to improve my state of well-being), and since then, it has pretty much been on & off (& on & off & on & off & …) since.

At the end of last year, I decided to make the new year resolution running-centered. So, I set a rather ambitious goal for this year and publicly declared to a few people that if I do not make the goal this year, I’m going to quit eating beef for the rest of my life!!! (Oh why did I do that….?)

After a very successful January, a sluggish February and a very lackluster March, a quarter of the year has come to an end, and I have hardly made 21% of the goal I set. )’:

It’s become obvious that if I don’t pick up my pace, I’m probably going to have to hold true to my words and quit those juicy steaks. >.<

So, be my witness and help support me through this goal. (; I’ll keep my progress posted here as a way to motivate myself.

PS. And no… this is NOT an April Fool’s joke… I *will* really quit eating beef if I don’t make it to goal…….! d :