Best Marathon Training Run…ever!

by | Fitness, Personal

For the last few weeks I have had great Sunday runs. While I was here in town, I hooked up with various folks to get about 8 miles in the middle of my 17(ish) mile training runs that were quite a bit faster than I have been doing (6:19-6:24 the first week and 6:20ish to 6:30ish the second week). I went up to visit my uncles last weekend, and wanted to get a good workout in.

My uncles live, appropriately enough, 17 miles apart. Last year, I missed a turn and it wound up being a 28 mile run (which I ran 27 of), but this year I made sure I knew which direction I was going. The fun part comes in with the motivation to run faster; my girlfriend was also doing her long run.

Cut out sugar water to reduce weight gain

by | Food & Beverage

Many people turn to exercise and diet control in an effort to lose weight (Disclaimer: I am not one of those people). I was reading how sugar water equates to weight gain, which links to a Los Angelos Times article on the subject. Early research shows that your body...

New England Patriots defeat Oakland Raiders 30-20

by | Sports

The New England Patriots defeated the Oakland Raiders last night in Foxboro, in a 30-20 match that ended about as was expected. The Raiders had a nice opening drive, and Randy Moss had a joggled 73-yard touchdown pass, but they just could not bring everything together...

Thomas Harrion died from a heart attack

by | Sports

The autopsy determined that Thomas Herrion’s death was caused by a heart attack. His former coach and all of his teammates all thought that he was in great shape, but apparently his large size of 310 pounds at only 6 foot 3 inches caught up to him. That is the...

Brett Favre will start despite ankle injury

by | Sports

Brett Favre will still start against Detroit on Sunday, despite having hurt his ankle. He has started 225 consecutive regular season games; every single one for the past 12 years. That is no small accomplishment. What I don’t get is why he seems so old; he is...