Last month at my favorite writers retreat, I was talking with a friend about my running, and that I'd just run my first 50-miler (hey, she asked). She shook her head. "How did you ever do something like that?" she wondered. I told her about my "year of being 50" activities and the stuff I'd …
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2012 – The Fitness at 50 Year in Review
IT'S STILL A BIT HARD TO BELIEVE that 2012, my "year of being 50" is over and done with, even as full a year as it was. As a forward-looking guy, I'm more interested in what I'm doing and learning now, and training for events to come. But readers who joined me during the year …
Have You Seen This Man? And other Miscellany
JUST WONDERING IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS GUY RECENTLY. I realize that old T.J. doesn't 'circulate' much these days, but I'm doing my best to keep him visible. The $2 bill is my tip of choice at coffee shops and other such places. I've been doing it for years as a sort of schtick, and this …
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Warming up for Cold Weather
TEMPERATURES MAY FINALLY BE FALLING, BUT IT'S PLENTY HOT in the Fitness at 50 world. There are several events yet before the year's over, and they're coming up fast. For instance: Running - The weekly miles continue; this is something I do year round, and almost never inside. I'd rather be out in the cold …
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