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Category Archives: Fitness
Don’t Get Hurt – Six Ways to Prepare Your Body For Adventure
Check out the article I wrote for Garage Grown Gear! What can you do to prepare your body for adventure? 1️⃣ Build Gradually – Do something, but less is better than too much. 2️⃣ Train Specifically – Do or mimic the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Enterprise, Fitness
Tagged coaching, Garage Grown Gear, log your training, prepare for adventure, Training for adventure
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F*ing Weirdest Hardest Easiest Adventure
It would have been a good day for anything else. I could have spent the day ticking off the endless overwhelming tasks of the self-employed. Or considering we’re eight months into the pandemic; it would have been a good day … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Fitness
Tagged pandemic goals, ultra running, urban ultra, weird adventures
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Personal Urban Ultra Challenge
I’m doing this big thing tomorrow! Well, it’s quite a bit smaller than the REALLY BIG thing I want to do. I suppose it’ll take about as long as my Ironman Triathlon I did in 2015, and that’s a big … Continue reading
My Running Journey
I have a long and complicated relationship with running. I grew up a fish, swimming before I could walk, and winning fists of ribbons by ‘91. My running coach dad convinced me to run because he said Janet Evens (‘88 and … Continue reading
Cooking fitness
Moving is like eating. Regardless of conscious choice, you will do both of these things. So the only question is what will be the quality of your eating and moving life? I think we can all agree… Eating only processed … Continue reading
Use The Ladder
“If I can’t _______ then it’s not worth it.” Is one of the biggest pitfalls in sustaining a long athletic life. It could be a certain pace, distance, weight, or time. But the thought is that if it’s not a … Continue reading
Posted in Enterprise, Fitness
Tagged athletics, coaching, fitness, goals, training, Type 2 Fun
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Handstand Breakthrough & 4 Keys to Being Coached
It’s magical! Suddenly I’ve got a handstand! That I can control! That I can do again! Well, ok, it’s really not magical. Unless you count a ton of research, a bunch of handstand friends, 3 years of preparation, and 1 … Continue reading
