paulradcliffe.me archive
Category: General Running and/or Fitness
August 28, 2013
Falling into New Habits
Someone whom I care deeply about has moved a little further away for school. This makes me sad that it won’t be as easy to see her or see her as often, so I’ve decided I need to keep myself busy and distracted. In a morose way, it also give me the opportunity to redouble my training and organizing efforts. For the fall, starting September 1, I’ve decided to adapt 3 new habits: -Financial tracking -Nutritional tracking -Intense scheduling All About The Bling, Baby As I mentioned in a previous post, I expect some big bills in the next[…continue reading]
August 24, 2013
In Praise of the Swim
When I got injured and couldn’t run for a while, a lot of people recommended that I should swim to maintain my fitness. I was in such a mental funk that I didn’t do anything and lost a lot of fitness. For several weeks now, I’ve been swimming in the early morning once or twice a week. It’s really early, like 6am, which means waking up before 5am! This is nuts… But, I’m well-motivated: -I want to improve my fitness -The pool is on my way to work On a typical swim I would swim about 1600 yards in about[…continue reading]
August 8, 2013
Auf Wiedersehen Berlin
It is with genuine sadness that I am officially withdrawing from the BWM Berlin Marathon. There are a lot of reasons behind my decision, but the short version is that the cons outweighed the pros. I’d like to thank everyone who has been reading along as I mulled this decision, particularly those who commented on this post from last week. It’s really nice to have ‘fans’ that care so much and give friendly advice. Communication from the organizers has been quick, but their English isn’t super-clear. It looks like they’re almost directly translating their German documents into English, and[…continue reading]
