On the Up-and-Up

May 17, 2012

Please forgive me for the downer tone of the last couple entries. I generally try to stay upbeat in the face of injury, but last week got me down. Reading about my wallowing might not have been super fun, but you know what? Sometimes you just have to wallow. It happens. At any rate, that’s [...]

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The Long Walks

February 22, 2012

At this current time, as you know, I’m limited to doing workouts that don’t cause pain in my idiot of a right foot. This means that I can do virtually any workout…except run. Well, let me clarify. I can run, but roundabout the three-mile mark (actually, exactly at the three-mile mark most times as of [...]

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#1 Protip for All Runners Ever: Get Strong Hips and Glutes

February 20, 2012

You read it in the title. The #1 serious, all-time, do-not-ignore-this advice that I have for every runner is right up there. Work on your hips and glutes. If you don’t, you’ll regret it. Every single injury I’ve had that lasted longer than a week can be traced directly to my weak hips and glutes. [...]

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New Plans

October 28, 2011

So. Sorry I haven’t been keeping up to my usual daily posting habit. The truth is that I haven’t been doing that much for the past couple of days. I’m trying to think of ways to make this blog better and more interesting, so any thoughts on that would be much appreciated. On Monday afternoon [...]

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Nike Training Club App: Review

May 3, 2011

If I haven’t mentioned this before, I’m a big Apple person (and yes, that’s the company, not the city; I don’t care for big cities). Over the years, I’ve owned something upwards of six iPods, starting with the original version and most recently procuring a few replacement iPod shuffles (I have a tendency to put [...]

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The FitDesk Pro: Miracle Invention

April 25, 2011

Today I am writing to you from my spare bedroom, looking out over the parking lot of our apartment complex (which, by the way, is bordered by quite a bit of green grass) and listening to the sounds of my not-terribly-well-oiled spin bike. Because, as I write, I am pedaling on that thing. Last week [...]

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