20240605 – Forward Roll (W1/D3-50K)
Motto: Quit Trying = Failure Which is to say, when you stop trying to reach the goal, you fail at the effort by default. So, I keep going...even if it's…
20240407 – One Long, Two Short (W4/D7-27M)
Since it takes me so long to organize and write a post, and I make them too long anyway, (No. No. I own this writing faux-pas.) I'm going to cover…
20240329 – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (W3/D5-27M)
The Good I’m continuing my training streak into week 3. It’s day 5 and I’ve ran everyday the training plan called for it. Today is the seventh day of a…
20240326 — Procrastination and Avoidance (W2-W3/D2-27M)
Procrastination and avoidance. I've been struggling with both over the past month. Neither are conducive to a “prioritized” training schedule…nor to regular blog updates and posts! 😕 Speaking of which--…
Taking on Atomic Habits
Clear, James. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. Narrated by James Clear. Penguin Audio, 2018. Audiobook. Back in April 2021, I…
20240209 — Still trying! (W6/7D5-Stay Fit)
Or should that be doing? "Do. Or do not. There is no try." Yoda from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). (Love that universe!) Well, I…
“Pie-in-the-sky”
It's OK. Go ahead and roll your eyes as you read through this post. Really. Even I can't help grinning stupidly at the audacity of it. Go big or go…
It’s a process
That's something I came to understand and appreciate last January while recovering from rotator cuff repair1,2 on my left shoulder. This January (2024), I find myself going through the same…
20231029 – Post starvation training (W8-50K)
Tuesday, October 24, was the first run on the schedule after having to skip training for most of week 7, including skipping the Palo Duro Trail Run. (One of my…
20231022 – 2 Week Catchup (W6/W7-50K)
I've gotten behind on my training log/blog so I'm going to cover the last two weeks leading up to the Palo Duro Trail Run (that wasn't). None of it was…