Category: Friday Inspiration
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Friday Inspiration – Yurt Dwelling Ultra Runner Fantasies
Ever have one of those months where you’ve spent so much time in the office that you start to forget what the park looks like? Where you’re barely squeezing in a run on a treadmill late at night? And suddenly while you’re eating dinner at your desk you find yourself watching a video of a…
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Friday Inspiration – The Lessons of Play
Last weekend I went climbing with my young niece. She took to it immediately. With little fear, a lot determination, and weighing next to nothing, she did wonderfully. There were times at the beginning when she got nervous – when five feet off the ground she asked me to lower her down. But as the…
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Friday Inspiration: Two Great Climbers
Last weekend was my first time at the climbing gym in well over a month. I was a little rusty, but happy to discover that I hadn’t lost all my fitness. I’ll be back there on Sunday, slowly working my way back up to the level I was at this fall. I’m involved in a…
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Friday Inspiration – Training the Pistol Squat
It is hard to find a good video tutorial for the pistol squat. I think this one by Al Kavadlo is pretty good. Nice progressive exercises, though I wonder if it is possible to get the straight leg at a more perpendicular angle to the ground? I’ve been working this exercise (and the handstand) this…
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Friday Inspiration – Winter Running
I spent the New Year in Vermont doing more cross country skiing than running. Still, the cold months of running ahead have been on my mind. This week, back in Brooklyn and back to the grind, I was up and out for some chilly morning runs. Its that time of year when getting out the door…
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Friday Inspiration – The Long Road
‘Tis the season to start thinking about goals for next year. 2012 has been a bear for me. Injuries, a demanding job, and the endless paperwork of a home purchase have seriously cramped my exercise and study regimes. I am looking forward to putting it behind me and to setting new goals for the next…
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Friday Inspiration – Jordan Jovtchev, rings training, and getting old
I can only post videos of skinny guys running in circles for so many week before its time for a change. This week, let’s watch some videos of a Jordan Jovtchev* the 39 year old Bulgarian gymnast who competed in his sixth Olympic games this year in London. As an old dude, I always root…
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Friday Inspiration – The Long Run
My road to recovery continues. I’ll be running my first legitimate “long” this weekend – twelve miles of Brooklyn adventure. I’m really looking forward to it. When I think of long run videos, I always return to this one of Ryan Hall and Josh Cox from back in the day when they both ran in Mammoth Lakes. Hall…
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Friday Inspiration – Mo Farah
Unlike other more expensive pursuits, cost isn’t much of barrier to becoming a world class runner. Take Mo Farah, a poor kid from Somalia who is now a Olympic champion and gets hugs from Prince William . He’s also appears to be a great guy. Check out this interview with him.
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Friday Inspiration – Limits?
There must be some limit to what we can do. Surely our ability to run fast or climb hard has some outer edge beyond which the laws of physics will not allow us to go. Whatever that is, we haven’t reached it yet. This week, Adam Ondra set a new standard in sport climbing by…
Milo and the Calf 