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Why 100 miler and why now? How does one decide to run 100 miles? These are excellent questions as I find myself, somehow, inexplicably, registered for my first 100 miler. How did this happen? It happened as I was thinking about something I could do this year that would challenge me in a real and …
Counting Calories The final frontier. “I can’t lose weight.” “It’s just not my body type.” “I have a really low metabolism.” “I’ve tried 100 different diets and none of them work.” “I don’t burn very many calories – I’m just too efficient to lose weight…” These are the voices in your head. There may be …
Be a mad scientist to improve your endurance sports An experiment of one. I am involved in an ongoing experiment. I have this complex physical and mental system that I own. I try various controls on the inputs to this system in order to test what the outputs are. I start with a theory; let’s …
Spartan Fit Overview of the Spartan training and race I signed up for a Spartan Beast Race this year. That’s the first step right? Register. Then you’re committed. Then you have that event anchor and the rest is details. The first detail is “So what the heck is this Spartan race thing anyhow?” If you …
The track and speedwork for beginners Why you should see the track as a great way to grow? The track can be a scary place, especially for beginners. There are people down there doing strange things. There are real athletes there. There are walkers. There might even be the local expatriate footballers practicing. What’s a …
