20250215 – Getting Creative (W15/D5–26.2M)
As I mentioned in my last training update, my training took a definite hit in January. With the cancellation of a trip to Oklahoma City trip to work on family…
20250122 – Problem or hiccup? (W12/D3–26.2M)
(I'm hoping hiccup.) When reviewing my workout logs for this update, I noticed a worrying trend. I completely skipped my strength and conditioning workout during week 10. Then almost missed…
20241225 – Still On It (W6-8/D2 -26.2M)
Merry Christmas! I decided to keep the training updates going to help me stay on track even though I really need to get another Year of Writing essay completed and…
20241213 – “New” Plan (W3-6/D5-26.2M)
I suppose it’s easy to tell I didn’t finish my last training cycle—no updates since that first overly optimistic report about how “consistent” I was being. Not! I was still…
20240901 – Consistency (W2/D7-25K)
September. Can you believe it? Okay. So I'm calling this week 2 in my 25K training cycle. That 25K, in case I haven't mentioned it, is less than 4 weeks…
Failing
I’m failing. No question about it. Failing at a lot of things. 50K training, weight loss, healthy nutrition, life planning, professional development, maintaining a productive daily schedule, getting my butt…
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…
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…
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…