I didn’t do a ton of exercise over my long 4 day Thanksgiving weekend. My pescatarian Thanksgiving meal included a Tofurkey and lots of vegetable items. I actually like Tofurkey, believe it or not. I had a lot of other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I had the Tough Mudder on Saturday. You can read a full recap of the event on my regular blog here. Let me just say it was tough but more wet than muddy. I almost escaped injury free but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Sunday I once again tried to complete a 10 mile run which mentally I see as a requirement for doing the Tough Mudder. Last week you may recall I tried to get 10 miles in around a 400 meter […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My girlfriend Cindy is very athletic and strong, so much so that in certain athletic activities she can give me a run for my money. This weekend was one of those examples. On Saturday we went running at the local […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over the weekend I managed to badly slice the top of my right ring finger on the very sharp and fast moving propeller of my RC plane. The cut appeared to be very deep as it bled like mad. As […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This weekend my main organized exercise was running the 10K loop that kicked my ass something like 3 weeks prior. I haven’t done any running since then but I did of course manage to hike to the bottom of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I have been on the road for nearly two weeks on a western road trip, the highlight of which was hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back up top in 9 hours. Despite being in good […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I trimmed my normal Sunday brick down to just a single endurance activity, swimming. Since I didn’t pre-fatigue with running or biking I felt pretty strong in the water. I swam three 500 yard segments, averaging around 10:30 for each, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I kept my Sunday training brick in house this weekend. I trekked 4 miles on my treadmill, most of it at 6.8 mph (8:49 pace) until the last 1/4 mile where I kicked it up to 8 mph (7:30 pace) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Started a 10K training run around 9AM, way too late for August in Florida, I literally felt like I was melting. Covered the 6.25 miles in a slow but labored 9:44 pace. Followed up with 1200 yards in the pool. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
