Pushing It
I tried an experiment today. I decided to run harder than I thought I could. And I did! Many months ago, when I was just starting to run, I discovered that pushing too hard was hurting me, and causing me to have to walk more, rather than eating up [...]
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Doping For Better Performance!
I finally caved in. After decades of resisting the urge to use drugs to improve my performance, I could take no more. Exercise induced asthma, you win! Since the first day I ran last June, I’ve had a bit of trouble breathing while I was at my maximum exertion. [...]
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Much More Believable Inconsistency…
Well, between bad weather, life’s little surprises, and winter grumpiness, I missed a whole week of running. I got out there this morning fully expecting a slow, painful run full of suffering! I was right about the pain and suffering, but surprisingly, not about the slow. I actually beat [...]
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I’ve finally done it! After four and a half months of beating the crap out of myself, today, for the first time, I ran my two mile course without any walking at all, and my heart-rate never passed 98 percent of maximum, so I know I wasn’t hurting myself. 3.1 [...]
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Finally, results!
I just got back from my physical exam. It was all quite routine, until my doctor commented, “If your blood pressure gets much lower, we might consider taking you off your blood pressure medication.” *blink* He said it like it was nothing, just a casual observation, but he [...]
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Walk-Be-Gone
So I finally began losing some of my walking on my morning run today. With my pacing under control, I’ve been able to increase the length of my running segments every run for two weeks. today, I only increased the running a little, but decreased my walking segment lengths by [...]
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Asymptotic Walking
I’m noticing an unexpected glitch in my running. I can’t seem to decrease my walking, no matter how much I’ve increased my distance or percentage of running! For reasons that seem a lot less logical in retrospect, my original number of walking steps (after a few days of fiddling [...]
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Changing Things Up
I’ve been doing a lot of research on the internet about how I should train my body to achieve the most fitness I can from the running I do. It turns out that most folks recommend varied effort for best results. Quite by accident, many of the things they suggest [...]
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Back In The Saddle
Two days of alternate activity seems to have done the trick! I managed my full course today, at my original run/walk ratio. I had the pace turned down a bit, just to be careful, but I got it done. Weight-loss: So obviously, part of this whole fitness-kick is my [...]
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