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Tag: Training
May 22, 2013
Jumping In!
I got a couple good doses of motivation last week. One of them was encouraging comments from you, my dear readers to a post I made. Thank you! When I went for a 6km run last week, my biggest limiting factor wasn’t my injury; it was that I was rusty. My body had gotten so used to rest that it resisted the increased heart rate and activity. I’ve made a conscious decision to get off my butt and get active again. I don’t know if I’ll be well enough to run a full-marathon in the fall, but I will soon[…continue reading]
May 17, 2013
Happy Retirement to Me!
No no! I’m not leaving my job as an electrical engineer. I love my day job and can see myself happily working here until I retire. I am announcing my retirement from being a marathon clinic instructor. I’ve had a great time with the Square One Running Room. In the fall of 2011 I started as a half-marathon clinic instructor with Dino DiBernardo. The goal race for that clinic was the Chilly Half-Marathon 2012. Dino transferred to full-marathon clinic instructor in early 2012 so I had that group mostly to myself. And through someone leaving, I picked up another[…continue reading]
February 1, 2013
Strength Training Dilemma
I don’t need to go into detail about how valuable strength training is for marathon runners. I can measure my marathon successes directly upon how much strength training I’ve done that season. And I know that such things will make me lose weight, build muscle mass, look better and hopefully be more confident. Since my trainer moved to Vancouver, I have had trouble motivating myself to go to the gym and work hard. I really enjoyed the bootcamp I did on the cruise ship, so I wanted to continue doing it at home. I’m great at leading others and following[…continue reading]
