This year I’ve adopted a new running training methodology and so far I’ve been very pleased with the results. Last year I was running a training plan prescribed by triathlete coach Joe Friel. It had me running four days a week, cycling through tens of different workouts. I made decent progress and set a fewContinue reading “Running Smarter Not Longer”
Category Archives: Health & Sports
Summer Track 2015 PRs
Another summer track season has come and gone so it’s time to look at how I did. Below are my PRs from this year’s events with last year’s PRs in parentheses: 100m: 13.1s (12.7s) 200m: 28.54s (27.69s) 400m: 1:03 (1:04) 800m: 2:31 (2:37) 1,500m: 5:23 (5:21) 1 Mile: 5:51 (5:52) 3,000m: 11:39 (11:57) 5,000m: 20:19Continue reading “Summer Track 2015 PRs”
Tarheel 4 Miler Race Report
Last weekend I took second in my age group on a very hilly Tarheel 4 Miler course. This was my second year running this race and I was pleased with the improvement in performance. Last year unfortunately my GPS watch wasn’t working so, while I had a baseline time (29:03), I didn’t have any moreContinue reading “Tarheel 4 Miler Race Report”
Should Your Kid Be Allowed to Play Football?
The football world was rocked this week when Chris Borland, a promising, young linebacker for the SF 49ers, decided to retire rather than risk lifelong injury. As more and more evidence has been mounting that repeated head trauma (even when protected by a helmet) can have a lifelong, cumulative effect, this early retirement calls theContinue reading “Should Your Kid Be Allowed to Play Football?”
Fittest Entrepreneur Again
Last Saturday I won my second consecutive Houston Fittest Entrepreneur Challenge! That turns out not to be very impressive as there weren’t many entrepreneurs competing this year, but I still took second among all male competitors and improved on my performance from last year, so I feel very good about the results. This year’s eventContinue reading “Fittest Entrepreneur Again”
First Trip to Oregon
This weekend I took a quick, but very active, trip to Oregon – my first time to visit that state. I arrived Thursday and was met with exactly what I expected from the Pacific Northwest: gray and rainy weather. One thing I didn’t expect, though, was that the drivers would not be very good atContinue reading “First Trip to Oregon”
Chestnut Ridge Trail Race 2014
Yesterday I ran the Chestnut Ridge 4-mile Trail Race for the second time and did pretty well, placing sixth overall and second in my age group. Chestnut Ridge was the first trail race I ran in North Carolina last year and was it ever a shock to my system. Having been used to flat roadContinue reading “Chestnut Ridge Trail Race 2014”
Running for a Reason
This weekend I had a phenomenal experience that has changed running for me forever. I ran my first race as a volunteer for Ainsley’s Angels. It is an organization that promotes inclusion for and awareness of the special needs community by pairing up runners (“angels”) with those who can’t run the races by themselves (“captains”).Continue reading “Running for a Reason”
Final Summer Track PRs
As I detailed in my previous post, I have been running track meets this summer and steadily improving in all these new (to me) events. Here are my final PRs in all events for the summer track season: 100m: 12.7s 200m: 27.69s 400m: 1:04 800m: 2:37 1,000m: 3:19 1,500m: 5:21 1 mile: 5:52 3,000m: 11:57Continue reading “Final Summer Track PRs”
Rollin’ and Tumblin’
This morning I tripped on a root and took quite a spill while trail running. Usually I am quite attentive while running and very deliberate about picking my feet up for exactly that reason. This morning, however, I was listening to an audiobook while running and I suspect that that was the culprit – IContinue reading “Rollin’ and Tumblin’”