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Tale of two workouts. Living with the bad days I have bad days. I have low days. I have blue days. I have days where I set myself up to fail and then berate myself for failing. That’s life. Life is dirty and scuffed and used, with patches of the good earth hanging in giant …
I am accepting donations for the race if you want to throw some coin at me but only if you’re sick of losing friends to cancer and you can afford a couple bucks. The link is on my website and right here in the show notes. http://www.m2epc.com/chris-russell.html First one to donate $100 after Sept 5th …
Why I love Boston I’ve been accused of being an elitist when it comes to the Boston Marathon. It is because I would rather stand at the start of the Boston Marathon than at the finish of any other road marathon. I suppose without further information it could sound like I’m thumbing my nose at …
Hampshire 100 – Race report The sickening crunch left no doubt in my mind. As tired and fatigue ridden as my mind was after 4 ½ hours of hard riding, relentless climbs and decent, it was a visceral sound I felt. It was like a part of my own body had been rent and torn. …
Flow States What are they and how do you get them? I just finished an interesting book called “The Rise of Superman” by Steven Kotler. It examines the science behind what are known as flow states. The book uses extreme athletes as the case studies for how attaining and manipulating the flow state enables these …
