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Tag: General Running and/or Fitness
January 7, 2015
Blue Pill or Red Pill?
This came across my Facebook feed a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was interesting to think about, and the reaction comments were even more interesting! The text reads: Take the “blue” pill and you will able to run injury free with your current abilities for the rest of your life Take the “red” pill and take 1.5 hours off your fastest marathon time, with an additional 5 mins each year afterwards, but you will stop running completely in 6 years. For those if you that don’t recognize it, the Red Pill/Blue Pill choice is a reference to[…continue reading]
January 5, 2015
Training Plan Jan/Feb 2015
To my surprise, the Chilly Half-Marathon is just around the corner! Less than 2 months away! So, I really needed to make a formal training plan for the next 2 months. Here it is! This thing probably requires some explanation: The red numbers with the “RR half” rows are for my the Half-Marathon Clinic I’m leading at the Square One Running Room right now. The blue numbers in the second rows labelled “JD full” are for a Jack Daniels’ ‘inspired’ full-marathon training program. Surprisingly, the late weeks of a half-marathon clinic match rather well with the early weeks of[…continue reading]
January 2, 2015
New Year’s Resolutions 2015!
Happy New Year to all my lovely readers! And welcome to 2015! It’s surprisingly similar to the start of 2015. But, it is a milestone and chance to start all over again! It’s an opportunity to make New Year’s Resolutions. They went so well last year (not), but hope always springs eternal in January. As I did with the half-year resolutions, they will be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Sensitive). LOSE 20 POUNDS OF FAT I will reduce my body fat to 35 pounds by the end of 2015. At the end of 2014, I measured my weight as 205.4 pounds and 26.8% body[…continue reading]
