I’m getting back to where I need to be. I was on the bike for two hours yesterday and a little over two today–the goal today was three but the weather looked like it was deteriorating, so I headed back a bit early. I’m sure I could have made it the three, which would basically […]
I’m trying. I feel like I’m without the time or energy to reach all of my goals–but I think I always feel like that. My weight is back down to 184 post trip, which is essentially the same as it was. I’ve done a couple of bike rides, I’ve gone geocaching, and I’ve run. I’ve […]
I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: My story, if nothing else, is about not giving up and just starting over. I’ve lost some fitness the […]
I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: I had modest goals during this past trip of a week to Kansas City, hoping only for two runs […]
I’m on vacation, finally, after a really long work stretch of eleven days, a relapse of a cold, and a lot of stress. I still have many things to do before I get on the plane on Monday night, including preparing enough blog posts to make sure I don’t miss any days while I’m on […]
No pain, no gain is the old saying as far as athletic training goes. Hurt after your workout? Yeah. It comes with the territory. But there are different kinds of pain, and ignoring pain is not the best idea. Much of the pain associated with working out is due to the fibers in the muscles […]
If there’s a golden triangle of qualities of an athlete–speed, strength, and endurance–I’m certainly lacking in the first. I’m a horribly slow runner. My times in the Great Aloha Run are about 13 minutes a mile–I’m the opposite of a sprinter there. While I don’t like running (okay, I hate running), I also know that […]
I realized I said I’d talk about food this time around, but I thought this was more important right now. I’m burnt. Not burned out–what sometimes happens to athletes, students, workers of all types when they experience long term exhaustion and diminished interest–but sunburned from multiple rides and runs this past weekend. However, there’s no […]
You know how I hate running? I don’t hate swimming, but as difficult of a time as I have running, I’m far worse swimming. It reminds me of the times I’ve spent as a beginning cyclist and a beginning runner, when I couldn’t figure out gearing or when the best time to shift was, or […]
I work two jobs–your typical full time Monday through Friday 8:30-5 deal (with the twist of working weekends and holidays four to five times a year) plus a class I teach on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. To fit in workouts, I need to do a lot of them in the mornings–at least two bike rides […]