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Author: Paul Radcliffe
July 14, 2014
Mondays are for starting over
I didn’t have a very good week last week: I missed Monday morning’s run because of a storm. I did a really intense weight training workout on Wednesday night which crippled me and left me so sore I couldn’t do my Friday or Saturday morning runs. I also didn’t feel too great all week. Coming off of vacation and getting back into a work routine is always hard. This week was particularly hard because of a heavy amount of work and long hours. Getting home after 9pm doesn’t leave me much time or energy to train. All in all, my[…continue reading]
July 12, 2014
Daniels’ Training Phase III: Transition Quality
I’m getting to the end of Phase II of my Jack Daniels Inspired Summer Training Program and was getting concerned that I didn’t have the plan for Phase III complete yet. I love executing plans, and was getting antsy that a plan wouldn’t be ready in time. But, I’ve had a little time to pour over his book and whipped up this plan for the next 6 weeks. This part is the real meat of the program: The most mileage weeks and challenging quality workouts. However, I’m quite pleased with the program so far and excited to see where this goes.[…continue reading]
July 11, 2014
Follow Friday: Manly Guys Doing Manly Things
On the links page of this blog, I list a number of webcomics that I follow regularly. Manly Guys Doing Manly Things is one of my favourites, but it doesn’t update very often. Based on the title, you’d imagine it was written/drawn by a hyper macho dude. Surprisingly, it’s authored by a lady, Kelly Turnbull aka Coelasquid. She says thinks that men should be allowed to be manly. And she references all sorts of video games characters from series I love like Dragon Age, Pokemon, Final Fantasy and pokes fun a typical tropes. I shared the link to her comic because of[…continue reading]
