Summer Fun leads to Fall Festivities (aka races)

It’s been awhile since I shared  a post.  Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.  The culprit is being busy at work and play. So it’s been a summer of fun – I wish I could race every weekend.  Not possible due to other events and budget (hence the busy with work).  I did enjoy [...]

Lincoln Marathon 2011 Report

The Lincoln Marathon was ten days ago – May 1st – so was I too beat up to write a blog post?  Nah, just busy, really. . I’ll call this my marathon PR – 4:00:17 by the chip.  I’m still 4 minutes off my 1996 all time best – but after my PR article a [...]

How far back for a PR to be a PR?

The PR: Personal Best, Personal Record (PR) – in swim/bike/run/row/adventure race/CrossFit worlds a PR is about your victory over yourself.  Whether you’re a back of the pack, middle of the pack or top dog – it doesn’t matter.  PR’s are celebrated by friends and competitors alike. As I’ve reprogrammed my training over the last year [...]

The long run – not so slow or just say NO to LSD!

Just say no to LSD! Sunday had a great long run – 15 miles (maybe .1 short but was done when I hit home). Held a 8:53 average with 9:37 for slowest mile and 7:31 for fastest.  At mile 5 I joined in with some freaky fast runners, who were soaking in the mid 60′s [...]

4 Exercise Myths from Dave Fatula – SEPI

Good article by someone I respect – Dave Fatula from SEPI. 4 myths that can hinder longer term gains: Women shouldn’t strength / weight train (no, all people all ages need to build strength – muscles, ligaments, tendons yearn for it) Aerobic only exercise will get ‘er done (no, you’ll find fast declining, diminishing returns [...]

Pull Up – Basic

Like the push up, there are dozens of variations of pull ups.  In terms of body weight exercises, the push up is the “bench press” for pecs and triceps.  The pull up is the “curl, lat, back and tricep machine”.  If you haven’t done a pull up this video is a good place to start!