Run to Win

This may seem obvious as a workout tip, but plan your workouts before starting. Figure out what your goals are for the months ahead, so that you can figure out the general types of shorter term goals to set. That way you can set specific goals a week or two ahead of time, and have a workout planned out before starting it. Sometimes you won’t be able to follow that workout, but most times you will, and the times that you plan a workout and then can’t follow through will be far fewer than the times you don’t plan a workout and then half-ass it.
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Karen König is the first of 137 former German Olympic athletes who may sue over being forced to take performance enhanding drugs in the mid 80s. The former East German sports system forced their athletes to take the drugs, but the committee no longer exists since the fall of the Berlin wall and the collapse of the German Democratic Republic. They were folded into their counterparts from the west, and now the current Olympic committee is being held accountable for their enemies’ crimes. (Click here to continue reading…)

I have added Site Meter to this website in the footer. I will let you know how it works out once it has had a chance to go to work. In the meantime, feel free to click the link and see statistics for this site. Obviously, there will not be any prior to today.
Update:
I especially like the World View statistics!

After a layoff of some months without lifting weights, it is inadvisable to just jump right back into it. What I do is spend 2-4 weeks on a specific workout that gets my muscles used to the motions and stresses that are unique to lifting weights and which are much different from pounding out miles with my running. This workout is good for people who have not lifted for some time, or who have never lifted before, and want to ease their way back into it safely. The downside to this workout is that it is not a short one; expect to spend about 20-25 minutes per circuit not counting warm-up.
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The Chicago White Sox swept the world series last night, beating Houston 1-0. (Click here to continue reading…)

The Mystic Places Marathon last weekend was a bit quicker than I had intended to run. Check the full post if you want to see my splits. If you would like to see a few, I have pictures of the race online. (Click here to continue reading…)

I ran the Mystic Places Marathon this past weekend, and managed to knock almost 15 minutes off of my PR. My best race so far was in Cleveland where I ran a 3:07:05. My goal was to run under 3 hours, but I did not even run at 3 hour pace until mile 19. (Click here to continue reading…)

The Mystic Places Marathon was yesterday, October 23. Alene Reta and Dzmitry Sivou won the men’s race, coming in a minute apart at 2:25:51 and 2:26:56. Abeba Tola and Elivira Kolpokova won the women’s race in 2:46:21 and 2:47:05.
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