ELEVEN SECONDS. That's all that now separates me from my goal of running a 5K in under 20 minutes. With my new personal record (PR) time of 20:10.9 in the Ann Arbor Turkey Trot 5K last Saturday, I got ever closer to the magic number. I'd say I feel like Roger Bannister trying to break the …
Author: RunBikeThrow
By day, I'm a mild-mannered Director of Training at a software company in Ann Arbor, MI. By night - I sleep, mostly. In between, I do other things I feel the need to write about. Check out fitnessat50.net to view my thoughts on running, cycling, Aikido, and other things that keep me going.
What We Do When Teacher Isn’t There
The aim of Aikido is to develop the truly human self. It should not be used to display ego. - Morihei Ueshiba (O Sensei), founder of Aikido In last night's class I did what I believed was my best effort to date at teaching a technique. I covered all the points I had practiced, demonstrated …
Putting the P.I.E. Together
IT'S BEEN A QUIET FEW DAYS at the Fitness at 50 household, primarily because I'm spending a lot of time writing. It's National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and my goal this month is a novel, from scratch, of at least 50,000 words. I'm trying for an average of 2,000 words per day, which is tough …
New AnnArbor.com Post: Runners take to the streets to support public art and Proposal B
Last Thursday evening I put on running gear, pinned a "B4Art" bib on my shirt, and joined twenty or so other people outside the PR Fitness studio for a six-mile run through downtown, local parks, and campus, stopping every so often to admire a sculpture, monument, or mural. The Public Art Awareness Run was a fun, low-key …
