Tag: video
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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 – 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: Pre
Awesome vintage footage of running legend Steve Prefontaine. Love Pre’s aggression in his running… he died far too young.
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“But since I was the only one who could do it, I tried my best.”
Extremely moving article in the New York Times today about Max Fuchs, the man who was the cantor at the first Sabbath service in Germany since Hitler came to power. “We bring you now a special broadcast of historic significance: The first Jewish religious service broadcast from Germany since the advent of Hitler.” Mr. Fuchs,…
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Friday Inspiration
The return of friday videos to get you excited for weekend long runs. Here is one of Anton Krupicka who long runs are looooong. Like a hundred miles long. Krupicka is definitely a dirty hippie, also a really interesting character. Check him out customizing his shoes to make them more light weight and unobtrusive at…
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Friday Inspiration
So this has been a bit of a bummer week for me. Its been raining nonstop in D.C. for days and I have missed two of my scheduled runs. Plus, I didn’t get in to New York as I had hoped. But today is a new day and with a twelve mile long run scheduled…
Milo and the Calf 