Run to Win

Christmas has come and gone, and for some reason I had to get sick over the weekend. Oh well. I went back to the gym today and had a great workout, but it left me exhausted. Well worth it, though. One more week of my current 3 days a week workout and then on to something new. Which means I have a week to write it up. Which also means I have a week to write up what I am going to have the fiancé do.

Here’s where you come in. What suggestions would you have for me to work in for either of us? I am going to be concentrating on core fitness for January, with a lot of swiss ball work. I will be going to the gym, but she will be workout out at home. I am not going to have her do a lot of lower body work since it is not really important for her goals. She gets plenty in from her other activities. Available tools include a weight bench with standards, dumbbells, a curling bar, a swiss ball, and a sit up board. Everything else is either in storage or been lost over the years.

Merry Christmas.
No news today.

I am playing with my ad scheme on the site. I will no longer be showing ads on the current days posts, and will be showing more ads on things that are more than a month old or so. I am going to play with how that all works over the next few weeks, but the general plan is to not bother the people that check the site every day.

If you are doing straight sets during your weight workout, then stroll about the room between sets. Do not just sit idle and allow your heart rate to go down. Stretch your arms a bit, walk around the room and stretch out your legs. This will keep you looser than not moving around, and will provide a small bit of variety. Your muscles will be warmer after you have done a set or two and will respond better to being stretched.

Another elite athlete was killed while training last week. Chen Lihong of China was a triathlete training with the Chinese National Team when a car hit the group.
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Johnny Damon has decided to wear pinstripes and has joined the New York Yankees. So far, the Red Sox have no idea who they are going to replace him with.
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The Quotable Runner: Great Moments of Running Wisdom, Inspiration, Wrongheadedness, and Humor. I first bought this book in 1998, and it was written/compiled by Mark Will-Weber. He was one of of the few coaches to actively try to recruit me when I was interviewing at schools.
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Jank pointed out an article about goals and losing focus after meeting those goals.
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