4to4 Week 4
Workout schedule Monday – Wife off work so no workout Tuesday – Cross-training – 150m swim Run- 6 mile Tempo @9:30 min/mile Wednesday – 10 x 400m @ 1:50 4 x 800 @ 3:50 Thursday – Run- 6 mile Tempo...
View ArticleFive for Friday
Greeting to all my followers! I realized I passed my one year mark but I am incredibly grateful that I am still around. I am grateful for those of you who remain as well! 1. I ran my long run...
View ArticleTuesday? (Feels like Monday, or it would if I actually worked)
The first thing… On the way to take the kids to school today The Dictator decided to announce that he is going to marry mommy and Her Majesty is going to marry me. Her Majesty disagreed. She said she...
View Article2sday?
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the day…. The fifth thing… I forgot to get my garage door opener out of my car. Not really a big deal until you read the rest of this story. The sixth...
View ArticleSwimming
Well, the last 2 weeks have been all but a wash for training. Vacation, parent-teacher conferences, and just days off school have effectively erased any time I had to work out. I have to just continue...
View ArticleWhere the hell have you been Wednesday.
I have been missing the iPad. I wrote some blog/journal entries over the last couple of weeks. I just either did not put them on the computer or in writing at all. I still write blog entries in my head...
View ArticleThankful Thursday
I am thankful for my friends. I am thankful for The Goofy Kindhearted One, the Righteous One who has bad taste in football teams, The Ubernerd who is also an athlete, The Hobbit, The Missing One, The...
View ArticleLet Food Be Thy Medicine
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates The stuff we eat in the West these days is so often not food. Food is something you can identify. You know where it came from and...
View ArticleI’m going streaking!
Here is a little motivation for anyone struggling with finding a reason to run. This stems from an article in the recent issue of Runner’s World which talks about a guy who has an insane streak of days...
View ArticleThanksgiving, Hanukkah, and running….oh my!
Thanksgiving was last week. It was nice. We actually had Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving this year. I use the empirical ‘we’ because I was out getting a laptop at a good price for my wife so she...
View ArticleThursday Quickie
I spent yesterday working in my spare bathroom. The toilet broke over the weekend. I discovered a large crack that went through the tank from top to bottom. Apparently the previous owners ran into the...
View ArticleRIP Nelson Mandela
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela A man with true strength of spirit. His life is a testimony to the strength of truth and the weakness of what we call reality. His truth was true power and...
View Article200 posts
This is my 174th post. I am aiming for 200 posts before the end of the calendar year. Given my past record, this will be a task. If I get a job I might have a tougher time of it but I will give it a...
View ArticleSaturday snippets
So I missed posting yesterday. I should be able to make that up. continuing the streak and also some core workout yesterday. I did not do much yesterday. Been feeling very lazy lately. Part of this is...
View ArticleSunday’ smusings
Not a typo. I was just being clever and creative in my alliteration. Watching football today I was jealous of Philly and Pittsburgh fans who got to sit through that awesome weather to see those games....
View ArticleAre you hurt or are you injured?
Just hurt. Not much working out today. I fell while running yesterday and hurt my toe. Planks were difficult. Did not feel it much until I got up this morning. I started to run but after a mile I was...
View ArticleAnother day
I thought my days of sleep deprivation were over, or at least down to a minimum. Shows what I get for thinking. The day after I posted that I was goin to start running twice a day, the kids decided I...
View ArticleSaturdays 2013
It has been an interesting year. My Saturdays have been spent tending to family needs. Getting about 500,000 cupfulls of apple juice. Tending to 750,000 gallons of tears. Giving out 3,000,000 tickles....
View ArticleFridays 2013
What were Fridays like this year? The year started with working those days with one or two off. Starting during the summer, Fridays were spent with the kids and so not much cleaning or yard work was...
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