March 2009

head below heart

March 25, 2009

today i was supposed to do a 45-minute medium intensity run, but i decided to switch days. i made today a cross-training day and will somehow fit in a run tomorrow. after my first half-marathon last november, it was painfully clear that my quads weren’t strong enough for the race. they were so sore and [...]

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Cross-training

March 24, 2009

i can’t lie – that run from yesterday left me sore. today my legs were tired. thankfully, according to my schedule, day 2 involved no running – it was a cross-training day. i started out at 6 am with a free weights class. in the first half of class we used the coreboard with free [...]

Tagged as: Motivation, Strength Training

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no one has ever been humbled by jogging

March 23, 2009

“if all we want to do is feel good about ourselves, jogging is the ticket. it doesn’t challenge us. it doesn’t test us. it doesn’t exact a physical or psychological toll. worst case scenario is, jogging may cause mild persperation on color-coordinated sweat suits. but if we’re willing to push ourselves into unchartered territory, a [...]

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