I’m disgusted with myself, but I realize the only way out of this is to get my act in order. My weight has been creeping up to the point I’m about seven pounds more than I’d like to be. I hold my going out to eat too often as the culprit. But it’s never too […]

I battle periodic, but not debilitating, pain in my knees and hamstrings that gets worse after high effort events. I’m not much for medication, so my number one method of dealing with these is ice. Icing down my knees–and I try to do this for maintenance, meaning daily, rather than acutely, or only when I’m […]

I think that one thing after another is an issue. The weather. Social obligations. Work. Injuries. And just laziness. Recently I’ve been having cascading equipment issues, from needing new wheels to a worn out rear tire to changing chains to changing shifters and brake levers. Now my bottom bracket needs replacing, and I still haven’t […]

I went for a group run on Thursday night; while I have had a training partner at work when Twitterless E was stationed temporarily where I am, since she’s left I’ve been training alone, which I almost always did before she came. But on Thursday I met up with a few of my Twitter friends […]

I’m not quite there in terms of my training. The weather has, again, played a part this week, as well as changes in routine. Events are coming up, and I have other obligations, like my podcast and my coding, which are adding to the usual time issues of a couple of jobs and a few […]

A blog post on why endurance athletes don’t always lose weight was linked to on Twitter the other day, and while (1) it was more of a rant on some television show I’ve never seen and (2) I think that the logic of calories is flawed (I’m no less than a zillion percent convinced that […]

I’m finding socializing is not helping my training. Yes, I’m known for being anti-social, but those few times I do go out cuts into training time and sleep time. I need to figure out a way to address that. if there’s nothing else I’ve learned from training this year it’s that rest really helps. I […]

I’m still not a fan of running. I don’t think I ever will be, even if I’m doing it better than I ever have before. But I will say this: running is likely helping to save my life. There’s no more time efficient and cost efficient aerobic exercise for me than running. Putting in half […]

I’m trying to motivate myself to swim again. The weather is more than warm enough–it’s downright hot at this moment–but Thursday nights seem booked, even if they’re not. It’s just a matter of me getting it together. Last week was a Tweetup. This week it’s another one, albeit a running one. The next week I […]