otrops: jeff van campen’s personal blog

There are a number of bad habits I have that I’ve wanted to change. I’ve narrowed them down to a list of six things that really bother me or that I need to change for one reason or another and will be tackling them one by one over the next ten weeks.

I went to go see the smoking nurse yesterday to get more nicotine patches (one day soon I will be completely nicotine free). Each time I go she takes three readings: carbon monoxide, blood pressure and heart rate. My carbon monoxide still hasn’t dropped to zero, which it should be for a non-smoker. [...]

We ran the 5k. Well, most of it. We ran around 4.25k with .75k of walking towards the middle of the course. Not too bad for a couple of people that were having trouble running more than a minute just a few months ago.
Thanks too everyone who sponosored us. [...]

My brother Mike (a.k.a. Mambrino) has launched a new blog. The new blog is to help him commit to several life-style changes. The goal is to get fighting fit again. He’s tied this into his love of T-shirts, and I’ve been having some fun recommending T-shirts that would make ideal gifts for [...]

Joanne and I will be running in the Trees for Cities Tree-Althlon 5k on September 15th. We’ve been working toward this for a few months now.