paulradcliffe.me archive
Category: General Running and/or Fitness
August 9, 2014
Have You Ever…?
Last week, I went to my local Running Room and met up with a 10k Clinic for a 6k group run. I hadn’t been there much in the last few months so my notoriety and reputation have thankfully diminished somewhat. That’s a fancy way of saying there are some new faces there that don’t know me. A group of about 8 of us went out for the run. I wound up leading for most of the run at a pace I though was comfortable. After the run we did our usual high fives and light stretching on the curb outside[…continue reading]
August 7, 2014
July Review
I have updated my New Year’s Resolutions with some Half-Year Resolutions. This monthly review discusses the resolutions that continued from the original resolutions. Next month I’ll update the new ones too. There were some distractions and lousy weather that caused me to miss some runs. As a result, I adjusted my training schedule to accommodate and allow for a proper ramp in mileage. July could have gone better, but it’s probably better to miss a couple runs than get burned out and lose the season. I suppose the big highlight for me last month wasn’t running-related at all: I was a groomsman at[…continue reading]
August 4, 2014
Running Therapy
I get the Runner’s World Quote of the Day by e-mail every morning, and I usually see the “poster” version on my Facebook News Feed because I like their Facebook page. I particularly liked this one and thought I’d “reblog” it as part of my Monday Motivation series. It turns out the phrase “Running Is Cheaper Than Therapy” is very popular. There are products, blogs, tumblrs, and other paraphernalia touting this claim. And of course, Mark Remy pokes fun at it too. But, all jokes aside, I think exercise is a much healthier way to deal with personal issues than drowning[…continue reading]
