Author: seanv2
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Fitness goals for the year
They say you should set outlandish goals for yourself, that will power isn’t what we think it is and that small manageable changes are a better bet than big insane goals. Well, whatever, I like insane goals, and here they are: 1. Work out every day of the year for at least twenty minutes. 2.…
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Training Totals 12/28/09 – 1/3/2010
RECAP: I swear to god, I am going to get back in the habit of writing these updates every week. This week saw the beginning of my plan to work out, every day, for a year. This is going to be a tricky balancing act, I need some of these workouts to be hard enough…
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My Active Year
Someone sent me a list of things you shouldn’t tweet. Number three on the list is “Your workouts”. Well, whatever. This year, I am trying to take my exercise regime up a notch and plan to work out every day. I know most people think this is a bad idea, that the body needs rest,…
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Training Totals: 12-14-09
Still here, still running. The tendinitis in my foot has proven to be a more annoying injury that I had originally thought and I have had to keep my running to a minimum as of late. Regardless, I do want to get back into the habit of writing here, at least tracking my weekly totals.…
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Training Totals – 11-08-09
RECAP: I had a week of serious ups and downs. I had some bad news which means I will have almost no time to post here for a while, and some very good news – I got engaged. Both of these meant that I didn’t have the time to work out as much as I…
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70s Hero: Ron Hill
Some lessons learned from the runners of the 1970s stick with us today. Perhaps the two most important are: 1. You need to get in the mileage. 2. Short shorts are most comfortable. Nobody epitomized getting in the miles more than Ron Hill. Hill won the Boston Marathon in 1970 in 2:10:30 and the Commonwealth…
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Nativist / Racist / Enough of This
For the people out there who know me in real life, you know I am a pretty political person. I have spent most of my adult life working in political organizations. But this blog isn’t suppossed to be about that, it is suppossed to be about running. And then, Meb Keflezighi has to go and…
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Training Totals 11.01.09
Recap – I had a really great week exercise wise. Joining the local gym was the best investment in fitness I have made in a while. With my running so limited recently, I need to be working out in the gym or I am going to get enormous and out of shape. Anyway, the take…
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New York Marathon
Congratulations to Lindsay from Chasing the Kenyans setting a new PR in 3:33:02 Derartu Tulu winning the women’s division in 2:28:52 Meb Keflezighi becoming the first American in 27 years to win the NYC marathon, finishing in 2:09:15 I am especially moved by Meb’s performance. The American running media has expended gallons of ink on…
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70s Hero Bill Rodgers
A couple of weeks ago, a friend forward me the outrageous and funny weightlifting site 70sbig (warning – sexism abounds on this site). The site is basically an ode to getting really big to be able to lift heavier weights. It’s funny, and I love the motif of 70s weightlifters. Anyway, 70s big got me…
Milo and the Calf 