Toh-Fooey

QUESTION FOR YOU ALL. How many of you have a food philosophy similar to the following: I want to eat better. I won't give up chocolate. No problem. The two statements aren't mutually exclusive. Chocolate is one of those rare gifts, like sex and anything by Monty Python, that both bring us pleasure and are …

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A New Look

Welcome to RunBikeThrow! If you were expecting the "Fitness at 50" site, you are in the right place. Starting today, it has a new name, but its purpose remains the same: to post my adventures and lessons learned in running, biking, and Aikido, and to encourage people to get up and get active. Why the …

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Ringing in the Changes

Continuing the stooooory from last time about my lost wedding ring and my attempt to make lemonade out of the proverbial lemon. Trouble is, I like lemons. But I digress. So what happened? Some time ago I was introduced to the idea that we should never attach too much feeling to the objects we own; …

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Father’s Day: Letting Things (and Rings) Go

My Father's Day weekend, while perhaps not as memorable as last year's, was a full one nonetheless. On a day where the emphasis seems to be so heavy on "buy stuff for Dad," I was instead given several opportunities to reflect on letting things go, one in particular a better gift than any "thing" I …

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