"You are a machine this year!" - Coach Marie, after hearing my Road Ends race result I'VE BEEN COMPARED TO A MACHINE BEFORE (*), but this time I accept it as a compliment. …
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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.
Feeling No Pain
I KNELT FOR THE START OF ADVANCED CLASS WITH ONLY MYSELF TO BLAME for being there. Wednesday is usually a running day, but as this is my final week of heavy training and I hadn't been to the advanced class yet, I shuffled my schedule around and went to the dojo tonight. After the first …
A Good Week on the Mat
LESS OFFICE WORK AND MORE AIKIDO? I could get used to this. Three weeks and 37 classes into my April goal, and I've learned so much that I'm almost reluctant to return to a normal schedule in May. And with my body adjusting to the extra training, I'm feeling much better than I did after …
A Different Runner
"YOU CAN DO THAT IN YOUR SLEEP," COACH MARIE SAID when I told her my goal of finishing the Martian half marathon in under 1:40. A bit surprised, I pointed out that I'd have to average under a 7:30 pace, and my best half in 2011 had been at 7:42. "You're a different runner now," she …
