So, five years ago when my daughter was brand new, I was a runner.  In the time since then I've gotten into the worst shape of my life and keep meaning to do something about that.  By looking at me, you wouldn't necessarily think that I've got a got or anything, but it's there; I also have various pants that don't fit.  The necessary motivation came recently when everyone at CarSpot decided to have an Al's Run team.  Al's Run 2003 was pretty much the last time I intentionally did exercise of any kind.  I have gone jogging a total of One Times so far this year and two miles was unbelievably painful.  Combined with a newborn who's not sleeping very much I am not in a good place to start training, but today I bought some actual running shoes so now I feel committed.  When I quit I was able to do an 8k with an average mile time of around 7:45; that was a long time ago and I didn't like wine and steaks as much as I do now.  I'm going to pick a 5k in July as an intermediate goal.

I've long been a fan of Casey Chestnut, who calls his blog Brains-n-Brawn.  Now that I'm running again maybe I can claim "Smarts and Swiftness" ?