This is the week I really decided if I am going to do the half-marathon. I figure if I can do some running and mix it up with biking for cross-training, my body will tell me the answer.

Bicycling has always been something I enjoy and have done the most with in my life in terms of exercise. Starting in 1987, I’ve ridden at least 7 or 8 of the MS Society’s Best Dam Bike Rides (150 miles form Sun City to Parker Dam), and for 2-3 years I was an everyday bike commuter to work (11 miles each way from Scottsdale to my office in Tempe).

My riding has gotten more sporadic, but I’d been getting a few comutes in here and there. That’s a long winded way to say today I did my bike commute to work, felt great, and got my first bit of mileage under my belt, 22 miles of bike training.

And with this, I;ve rolled a new feature into my blog so I can enter my running and biking miles into a custom field, to generate the “Alanometer” you see on the right, which should do a daily display of my training miles.