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Reaching New Heights – My 3 Goals for 2010
I like new. I like new ideas, new projects, and new years. And this year is a whole lot of new. Not only is it a new year and a new decade (numerically), but it’s also a new stage in my life: I’m returning to work after nearly 8 months on disability. I’m hoping I have a new lease on life, too. I have very high expectations for this year, and decade.
Set Limits to Achieve Goals
Setting limits and having focus is critical in all areas of our lives, especially when it comes to running. Paradoxically, limits help us achieve our goals. They help us focus and keep us from spreading ourselves too thin. Instead of chasing numerous dreams, decide exactly what it is you want to achieve and then set limits where necessary to enable you to focus on your goals.
The Runner’s Body – Workout Sheets
While I was training for the San Francisco Half Marathon earlier in 2009 I discovered a four part series of videos on the Runner’s World website titled The Runner’s Body. The videos contained explanations and examples of stretches and exercises that target various areas of the body with running in mind. Being a visual learner I needed to create cheat sheets that I could glance at to help me remember each exercise.
Just Make a Good Decision…and Move On
As I ran down the trail Saturday evening on South Mountain outside of Phoenix, Arizona, I was struck by how trail running resembles life. In particular, it was having to quickly choose where to place my foot in a split second as I danced down the rocky path and by cliffs that made me think this. As I passed over over sharp rocks and found a safer landing spot, I remembered what my life coach had explained to me the week before. “You don’t have to make the best decision, just a good decision.”
Learning to Not Push Too Hard
I went for a run last week. It was my first one in almost a week since I caught a bad cold, or possibly even the dreaded piggy flu (fever, sore throat, hacking cough). Whatever it was, I was completely out for a few days and didn’t feel up for much of a walk or run for a few more after that. I don’t suppose I was necessarily all better the other night when I went out for a run, either.
Dealing with Demons On a Halloween Eve Trail Run
Last Friday night was Halloween Eve. Without coincidence, I found myself running away from demons on the trail in pitch dark. It turned out to be good practice for exorcising the demons that play havoc on your mind while you run near exhaustion. At least that’s what I’m writing it off as. Let me explain how this dance with the devil on Halloween Eve came about.
10 Things I Learned from Barefoot Ted
If you saw a strange, motley looking crew running in Palo Alto Saturday with naked feet, that was us. Contrary to what surely was the conclusion of most passersby, we are not the latest new age cult to hit California. We’re merely fans of natural running. Brought together by a common interest in running without shoes, we had gathered with Barefoot Ted (of Born to Run fame) to learn, practice, and improve our running form and have a good time. Both goals were met.
12 Step Program to Run Barefoot – How I plan to go barefoot while staying injury free.
There are many tips out there on how to run barefoot, with more being offered up on a daily basis. Some of these tips can be confusing or downright contradictory to one another, though, which can kill curiosity and interest in giving it a try. Or worse yet, people end up injuring themselves and giving up. The confusion can make putting a barefoot running program together for yourself rather difficult. Here’s the training plan I put together for myself to run barefoot.
Running Backwards is Better!
Scratch everything you’ve heard from me about barefoot running. I had it all wrong. I have just found infallible proof that – this is huge, folks – running backwards is better! Recent studies have shown that you can save more energy and run faster with less injuries if you run backwards.
Training Once Again
I saw my physical therapist today for the first time since before my back surgery. After she showed me the exercises and stretches I am to do, I mustered up the energy to ask a question I thought I didn’t want to hear the answer to. I hesitantly mentioned that I had my eye on a 10k trail race in December. I cringed, waiting for her to tell me there was no way in hell she was going to let me run any time this year.
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