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December 2007 - Posts

Monday, December 31, 2007 12:12 PM

a short week

With the holiday last week I only had five days of training, but I was able to start running again! 3 swims totalling 12300 yards 3 bike rides totalling 140 miles 3 runs totalling 7.5 miles 3 strength training sessions Despite a rainy forecast, I did
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Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:05 PM

Seniors using Wii to stay active

Over the holidays I taught my grandmother how to play skeeball on my brother's Wii. She got the hang of it rather quickly but had to take a break after every round or two to rest & recover. What seemed like a rather small amount of activity to
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Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:16 PM

Back on my feet

This morning the doc cleared me to start running again. Look out, I'm back! Well technically I'm back to 20 minutes of walk+jog but I should be back to real run training within two weeks. I am sticking with my 6:30am swim routine after a 4-day
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Saturday, December 15, 2007 7:39 PM

Nutrition Tips

As part of my Winter Cleaning on this website, I am consolidating content in the blog. Here is an article on nutrition that I wrote last year. Enjoy! Nutrition There is a lot of info out there around nutrition but here are the basic principles that I
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Monday, December 10, 2007 1:32 PM

warning: this can be habit-forming

Two weeks into my fabulous new 2008 training program I've pretty much gotten used to the "up at 6, in the water by 6:30" schedule. Today I woke up at 5:56am without my alarm going off. It can be a bit tough to get to bed at a responsible
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 11:58 AM

a minor(?) setback

I went to see Dr Adams today about my foot and while the x-ray was negative he recommended that I don't run/jump/pound on it for three weeks and we'll see if the pain goes away. So it's better news than "6-8 weeks off plus a bunch of
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Saturday, December 01, 2007 11:01 AM

Snow Day

Trying to learn from last year's mistakes , I'm going to take a Trainer Day today. There is snow on the ground and the wind chill is 20 degrees before you even account for bike speed. My first work-week with the new training schedule has gone
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