Category: stick and carrot

Week One: One great tempo run, and new shoes

.Reading time 7 minutes.

Week 1: Monday: 25 min. yoga Tuesday: 3.83 mile run (easy) Wednesday: 50 min. bike (about 9.5 mi); low resistance/high rpm Thursday: 4.07 mi tempo run (1 mi warm up, 2 miles at tempo, 1.07 mile cool down) Friday: 17 min. bike (about 5.25 mi) warm up; leg workout: single-leg squats (4×10); regular squats (4×10); […]

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A not-so-easy 10, and how not to be hit by a car

.Reading time 8 minutes.

The nerdy boyfriend and I had one plan for today: get up around 8:30 or 9 a.m., run an easy 10, take a steamy shower, drink hot cocoa and make chocolate chip pancakes. Then curl up and have a West Wing-athon, hopefully finishing season 5 (finally) and maybe dabbling in season 6. We have accomplished […]

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