Category Archives: Exercise

When your body speaks, do you listen?

Well you haven’t been hearing much from me this week. I large part of that is because I pulled back on my exercise. This past Saturday, I tried to do a little bit of speed work. Nothing crazy, just moving … Continue reading

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Run: 4.25 miles(~34.5 minutes)

So to get ready for my race on the 21th, I decided to put in a long distance run last night. Got home from work, laced up my shoes, grabbed the ipod, and out the door I went. And about … Continue reading

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3.4 miles, 33 minutes

My run today was great. I wandered off the Greenway’s a ways, and followed a dirt trail for about 10 minutes. There is something to be said for running trails. Besides the feeling being alone with your thoughts, the uncertainty … Continue reading

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Exercising to Podcasts

A while back I mentioned listening to podcasts as one way I make exercising more fun and more consistent. I personally find podcasts much more interesting than music for exercising for three main reasons: Listening to people talk is much … Continue reading

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Creating one’s motivation

So as I say elsewhere here, I lost most of my weight by running. And I was steadily increasing my distance. My longest distance was a little over 9 miles, I think, and averaging around 20 miles a week. Then … Continue reading

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