June Goal: Read and Run

NO BIG FITNESS GOAL FOR JUNE. After 55 Aikido classes in April, and 50 towns on the bike in May, it's time to do something I haven't done much of this year: sit and read. My 50-related goal this month is to visit at least 50 blogs I find interesting, and make some sort of meaningful …

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Good News, Sad News

THE BEST NEWS FIRST: I AM NOT IN PRISON IN PERU. Should you get a phone call, as my uncle did today, from someone who says I wrecked a car in Peru and need $1,800 wired to get bailed out, you can safely laugh and hang up. However, if you wish to send me the …

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Talk of Relationships, and the May Goal

MEN CAN SAFELY READ THIS POST - it's not about that kind of relationship talk. My month of intense Aikido training is complete with a grand total of 55 classes, 110% of my goal of 50. I feel surprisingly good, considering at the end of the first week I wondered how I could survive three …

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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 …

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