TONIGHT I WAS GOING TO POST SOMETHING PROFOUND AND INSPIRATIONAL about my plans for 2014 and the difference between intention (wanting to start a new, healthy activity) and dedication - making the activity into a habit that you continue when the novelty has worn off, and even when you don't really feel like it. It …
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.
A New Year: Training and Traditions
First run of 2014: Late afternoon, 15 degrees, snowing, and four inches already on the ground. But my training goes year-round, and running on New Year's Day is one of my personal traditions, so I layered up, strapped on my new headlamp, and went out for 4 miles and change. Most non-runners I know are …
Coffee Thoughts: Sharing, Preparing, and Size Matters
Coffee-related conversation overheard during the holidays: "First I lose my sushi - now I have to share my coffee? This is Christmas? What the hell!" DD #1 was lamenting the results of the Christmas Eve gift exchange, where she'd opened a do-it-yourself sushi kit, only to have it "stolen" by her equally sushi-minded cousin in …
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