Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It’s 7 a.m. Together this morning, Mac and I will run our first-ever 10k road race. I’m excited, but also a little bit scared. I realize I’m only racing against myself, but I’m still anxious to do well.
I’m gradually [...]

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I’m getting a lot of milage out of last Saturday’s marathon workout session, aren’t I? Well here’s a little more.
As we were reaching the end of our biking path, Susan pulled a daredevil stunt. Sitting upright, riding with no hands, she turned sideways for several seconds and snapped a few photos of me, including [...]

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There are many interesting things about writing a blog. For one, when I’m completely honest, my successes are there for the world to see, and so are my failures. For another, I’m able to learn from the feedback of dozens (or hundreds — or thousands!) of readers.
At my personal finance blog, my public life is [...]

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It is Sunday. I am exhausted. But I don’t mind. Yesterday I exercised more than I ever have before in my life.
In 1997 and 1998, I would make long bike rides, but never longer than fifty miles. These rides took about three hours to complete. And I’ve hiked several miles at a time, but again [...]

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Last week, we were out of town again. Just like with Hawaii, being out of my home element was difficult on the fitness and diet fronts. On Thursday after preschool, we jumped in the van and headed south to Pam’s parents house in Lincoln, CA.
I had a very active week: I played [...]

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Driving home from this morning’s workout, I craved cereal. Sugared cereal.
I don’t keep sugared cereal in the house. That’s dangerous. In fact, the only thing we have that’s close is Trader Joe’s “blueberry morning” instant oatmeal. Blueberry morning instant oatmeal is a poor substitute for Lucky Charms. So although I knew I shouldn’t, I [...]

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Yesterday was lower-body day at the gym. I did leg extensions, leg presses, leg curls, seated knee raises, and more. The workout felt good. I had taken the day off from my last lower-body workout because I felt like I was overworking my legs, so it was nice to do some more exercise.
When I got [...]

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Greenman2001 sent me e-mail the other day:
We haven’t heard much about your workouts in the blog lately, and I’m curious how they’re going.
I haven’t written much about my workouts recently because I’m trying to “mix it up”. I think a blog full of workout reports would be boring, so I also write about pouring salt [...]

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At her personal site, Mac’s wife — Coach Pam — has the story of her recent 20-mile race. She’s a life-long runner. Reading her story gives me insight into the mind of a veteran. I particularly like her approach to the end of the race, where she keeps telling herself she can walk in a [...]

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I received this email from J.D. yesterday morning:
Yikes. I just got up. It’s my swimming day, but I do *not* feel like going. Is it wrong to skip a workout? I’m not sick — just lazy. I could always go for a run in the afternoon…
–j.d.

My first thought after reading this it was: “Why [...]

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