Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I ran fourteen miles on Saturday.
Our marathon training group met at Portland’s Duniway Park, just below OHSU and the Veteran’s Hospital. We ran up and over the hill, down into Burlingame, across the freeway, and into Tryon Creek [...]

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The pushups just keep on coming. Many of you are starting the third week of the one hundred pushup challenge. Others (like me) will be doing the second week. (If you’re starting or repeating the first week, go here.)
Here’s the schedule for those of you in the third week. Remember to pick the column based [...]

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Yesterday was my first full marathon training run since returning from my injury. I did fourteen miles of rolling hills. When I finished, my body was beat. I was sore all over, especially my left hip and my right calf. But I came home and took a twelve-minute ice bath and then was right as [...]

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Last week when I posted my 30 pound milestone, a couple of people asked for some “before” and “after” pictures. Well for me, there is no “after,” but I’ll be happy to post some “before” and “during” pictures for those of you who would like to see what an extra 31 pounds on a [...]

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Pushups and running, running and pushups. Sometimes I feel like that’s all we’re writing about here lately. Fear not! We have no intention of letting the site become so mono-thematic (or duo-thematic, as the case may be). There’s lots of good stuff coming up that has nothing whatsoever to do with running or pushups.
But right [...]

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One month ago today, I ran my first 10k. That run was a mess and I injured myself. I’ve slowly been recovering. I’ve been biking. I’ve been stretching. I saw a doctor. Today I had my first-ever massage (with an emphasis on the IT band) — not frugal, but wow! And this afternoon, exactly one [...]

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This is a guest post from Jericho Hill, economist, statistician, and personal finance forums administrator!
“Don’t be scared.” At least, that’s what I told myself. In truth, I was scared. I hate medical appointments. I have an overwhelming fear of needles. If you couple that with a fear of the unknown, a [...]

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Are you ready for the fifth day of the Get Fit Slowly one hundred pushup challenge? Monday went well for me — I maxed out at ten pushups in the last set despite resting only 30 seconds between sets (because I can’t follow directions). I have high hopes that today’s results will be just as [...]

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I took Pam’s new Garmin forerunner out for its first test run today. It was a tough run–5.1 miles on hilly terrain around my house–and I was longing for the Lazy River course about 10 minutes into it! When I came home, I told Pam that I thought I was destined to be [...]

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For the past month, I’ve been unable to run. An injury to my IT band has made even walking painful sometimes. But after a visit to a sports injury doctor last week, I was cleared to return to marathon training on Saturday. Naturally I was very excited.
I’ve been biking moderate distances (12 to 20 miles) [...]

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