My lifetime record in 10k races is 0-1. When I was a kid (7 or 8, maybe?), one of my mom’s friends was an avid runner. He was going to run in the Huntsville Cotton Row Run (10k) and, for whatever reason, I decided I wanted to run too–despite never having run more than aContinue reading “10k Training”
Category Archives: Health & Sports
5k Training
About a month ago I posted the following way-too-long blog entry on my 5k training at THE SHOP, an awesome nutrition & fitness blog run by one of the most avid enthusiasts around. I am now reposting it here as I will soon follow it up with a new blog on 10k training in preparationContinue reading “5k Training”
Winter Olympics are Over
Last night marked the end of the Winter Olympics and we’re sad to see them go. At least they ended with a bang, Canada’s 3-2 overtime win over USA in men’s hockey–a riveting game that unfortunately came out with the wrong victor. Next time! The final weighted medal scores (Gold 5, Silver 3, Bronze 1)Continue reading “Winter Olympics are Over”
Sports Season Transition
There were two reasons to be depressed following the Super Bowl this year. The first was that Peyton Manning failed to win a second league championship. Colts special teams were poor and Manning couldn’t get any help at all from his receivers. Kudos to New Orleans, which played a great game of ballsy calls andContinue reading “Sports Season Transition”
Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics have begun and I once again find myself captivated by numerous sports that I don’t understand at all. There’s just something so fundamentally interesting about assembling the best in the world for fair competition, no matter the sport or event. Relative to the Winter Olympics of 2006, these games have more meaningContinue reading “Winter Olympics”
Running
A good friend of mine, fitness/nutrition enthusiast, and national champion Division I-A college athlete runs an awesome blog called The SHOP. I encourage anyone interested in fitness and/or nutrition to check it out. Occasionally he allows guest columnists. After a mutual acquaintance posted a recap of his half marathon experience, I was compelled to postContinue reading “Running”
GoWear fit
Having completed one week with the GoWear fit on my arm nearly 24 hours/day, I now have enough data to begin drawing conclusions about its usefulness. I’ll break down my review into nutrition, exercise energy expenditure, non-exercise energy expenditure, and sleep. Nutrition GoWear Fit’s nutrition functionality is hardly unique. It provides a web-based mechanism forContinue reading “GoWear fit”
Sound Body, Sound Mind
Blogger’s note: I no longer use the term “Redskins” but am leaving my prior references intact in the spirit of learning. This was a busy, but exciting week at Enistic Inc! We secured our first client–an office building owner here in Houston–and now we’re ready to raise some money to get started. This will beContinue reading “Sound Body, Sound Mind”
Team Poken
Yesterday some coworkers from Poken and I played beach volleyball after work until it was completely dark out–around 9:30 these days. It had rained during the day so there weren’t many other people there and we had no trouble taking the court we wanted. It wasn’t exactly the highest level of play, but it wasContinue reading “Team Poken”
A Bad Week for the NFL
Blogger’s note: I no longer use the term “Redskins” but am leaving my prior references intact in the spirit of learning. This was a terrible, terrible week for the NFL! It started when Peyton Manning was knocked out of the playoffs. With no Peyton, no Favre, and no Redskins, what possible interest do I haveContinue reading “A Bad Week for the NFL”