I’ve decided that I want to try something new in the blog for a few weeks. I’m going to try to do a weekly fitness recap each Sunday night of what I’ve done during the prior week. I’m looking for this to be a way to capture, not just the numbers and stats of my […]
Read moreFitness week recap – 6/24/2019
I’ve decided that I want to try something new in the blog for a few weeks. I’m going to try to do a weekly fitness recap each Sunday night of what I’ve done during the prior week. I’m looking for this to be a way to capture, not just the numbers and stats of my […]
Read moreFitness week recap – 6/17/2019
I’ve decided that I want to try something new in the blog for a few weeks. I’m going to try to do a weekly fitness recap each Sunday night of what I’ve done during the prior week. I’m looking for this to be a way to capture, not just the numbers and stats of my […]
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Some fat bike adventuring
My wife has a side gig as a section leader in a church choir up in Anoka, and sometimes when she’s doing a solo, I’ll go up there to listen to her. Today I decided to make an adventure out of it by riding my fat bike the ~12 miles to get there. Normally, this […]
Read moreWeight and sick update
One of my goals for the new year was to get back down to the weight I want. It’s never easy to lose weight, no matter how successful you’ve been in the past. It doesn’t matter that I lost 40 lbs. back in 2010. When you gain 15-20 of it back, it’s just as hard […]
Read moreBack to the gym
My wife and I have been talking for a while about picking up a gym membership again. I know I could benefit from some swimming and a bit of strength training, and my wife has various goals of her own. We spent some time looking around, and although I’d love to be a member at Lifetime […]
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Cross Country Ski Lesson
One of the things that I lament in the winter time is my lack of dedication with cross training. Indoor exercises with machines are fine, but when I don’t have a gym membership, and don’t really want to take the time to use the fitness room at work, I’m left with coming up with other […]
Read moreCES 2016
It’s been fun again to watch all the announcements coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. In addition to all the regular TV and automobile announcements, this year has already seen a lot of health and fitness related news. My favorite fitness gadget site, DCRainmaker, is at CES this year, and has been […]
Read morePlaying the calorie game
When I first lost weight in 2010 I didn’t use any type of calorie tracking tool. I simply ate a lot less and started running and walking a lot. Because I was single at the time, and 4 out of 7 nights a week I was all alone without my kids, it was easy to […]
Read moreBack at it
For today’s creation I have a treat. I threw together a video to kick off the new year of working out and getting ready for a bunch of races. Cover of R.E.M.’s Finest Worksong by Auturgy Music http://www.auturgymusic.com/ (iTunes, Amazon, Google Play)
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Second Runnings 