Cross Training

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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Ripped in 30: A New Jillian Michaels Adventure

March 22, 2011

If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you probably know that I’m a complete sucker for pretty much any DVD that Jillian Michaels comes out with. A couple of years ago I realized that, although I’d lost a bunch of weight from running, I was still fairly pathetic in terms of [...]

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The Best Way to Start the Day

January 10, 2011

So, the very graceful waddling I mentioned last Friday continued on into the weekend. Saturday morning we attended an extra martial arts class, which was super fun. By the end I was pumped to tackle my 10-miler, having not done a long run the weekend before. The day was bright and sunny and awesome and [...]

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Overzealousness

January 7, 2011

So, occasionally some people wake up one morning and decide that IT IS A BRAND-NEW DAWN AND I SHALL CONQUER THIS DAY. Then they set about doing a strength-training video using weights that are a smidge too heavy. In the afternoon, they follow it up by running to the bank—three miles in the snow, two [...]

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