WE ALL NEED A LITTLE INSPIRATION NOW AND THEN. It was below freezing outside on Saturday morning and I needed something extra to drag myself out of bed and go running with PR Fitness. It didn't help that my upper body was stiff and sore from my Body Specs workout on Thursday. Fortunately, the enjoyment I get from …
Talking (Iron) Turkey
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 …
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 …
