I run, therefore I am…1081 kilometers farther than I was Dec 31 2007
Dawn on the run is helping others to run by running Running Clinics. Sorry, I could not resist that, ha ha. She had asked “Why did you sign up for the clinic?”, “Why do you run?”, and “So what’s your excuse?” That got me to thinking about these things and I had [...]
Today after work I ran 7 km in 47:15 for a 6:45 pace. I’m working really hard these days to lose more weight and I am beginning to succeed. We shall see. I make no quantitative statements until I see some genuine results.
Anyway, I got back from my run just as [...]
…are relying on a 10, 16, or whatever length of time program, and not being consistent. The two are related. This post really is targeted at older people who have been sedentary for a long time. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against a planned program to achieve a specific goal [...]
If you are tired of being out of shape and have been inspired to do something about it here are some tips to make you wildly successful at it:
1. As inspiring and sexy as the TV ads are for fitness routines and equipment are, don’t even think about it. If you think you [...]
It was a surprise because I felt no pain at all. I had promised myself to stay below 140 BPM this time around as opposed to my last 11 km where I stayed below 125 BPM. So I did the 17 km in 2:23:21 which is an 8:26 pace per km.
It was very [...]
Mistakes made = lessons learned.
Mistake number 1: Ignoring that first initial calf muscle pull August 12th. I rested one day and the next day it was gone. As you know it was never really healed and reoccurred on the flat less than 100 meters from the finish line of my August 25th [...]
OK OK. In hindsight (I am looking at my training log), I may have kept pushing too much after I pulled my calf muscle the first time on August 12th. I thought I was taking it easy but I see now that after that half where I pulled a calf muscle and also [...]
