Getting faster…

April 22, 2010

Today I took a nice easy jog around my neighborhood with my little guy in the stroller.  It was a nice 4 mile jog at an easy pace.  The cool thing is that my splits were roughly 10:30 miles.  For a guy that couldn’t run a mile 6 months ago, and was cheering when I [...]

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Absolutely Brutal

April 19, 2010

That is the only way that I can describe the Art of Strength Newport Workout. Absolutely Brutal; yet, amazing. This morning, I got up to hit the kettlebells and decided that I would do Newport on Monday and Friday and the Ropes Gone Wild Workout on Wednesday.  Let me tell you something, Newport is a [...]

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The day after…

April 18, 2010

And I feel great. Yesterday I ran my longest run ever at 13.25 miles.  This morning, I feel fantastic.  I’m a little tiered, but I’m not sore at all.  My wife, son and I took a couple mile walk this morning to just enjoy the weather.  We were registered for a 5K, but Megan (my [...]

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Ran my first Half Marathon training run today

April 17, 2010

It was awesome. As I’ve said on the blog a few times, I’m training to run the Chicago Marathon in October of this year.  Technically my training program for the Marathon doesn’t start until May, and I’m not supposed to be anywhere near the distance I’m running right now. But… I just love running and [...]

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Running the trails, and swinging the bells

April 14, 2010

This weekend I went on my first trail run, it was awesome.  My house is just a short 5 minute jog from a forest preserve and it was just a blast to run through the trails.  I did the run (approx 9 miles) in my VFFs, they were great to run in. I’m doing my [...]

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Week 2 – AOS Resolution

April 2, 2010

Well, I’ve successfully completed my second week of the AOS Resolution routine.  It’s a smoker! I’m doing this at the intermediate level with as much weight as I can handle or find in my basement. Here was today’s workout - Five Rounds: 5x 80kg Dead lifts 5x 24kg 2 bell clean and presses 40 yard 80kg Farmers Walks [...]

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AOS Resolution

March 26, 2010

For the last two weeks I’ve been doing the Art of Strength Resolution workout, it is a rocking workout. This week I’ve completed one of each of the three phases, and am having a blast.  This is a killer workout, that is challenging both my strength and stamina.  It isn’t as much of a cardio [...]

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A little more Providence and some warm pavement

March 2, 2010

The weather is starting to get nice!  Well, nice is relative I guess.  Here in IL, we are starting to see temps in the high 30′s and low 40′s! After spending 4 months running in sub-zero to teen temps this is a wonderful thing. Anyhow, with the rising temps and the EVO’s on my feet [...]

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The EVO has landed – and I LOVE IT

February 27, 2010

A M A Z I N G That is about all I can think to say about Terra Plana’s new shoe the EVO. On Friday evening my pair arrived via UPS and I promptly took them out for an 8.5 mile run on Saturday morning.  It was like running in heaven.  The EVOs are simply [...]

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Back on the pavement – sweet.

February 25, 2010

These last two weeks have been challenging to run in due to schedule issues and weather.  I was able to get a nice 8 miler in last weekend, but that has been about the extent of my running in for about a week and a half until this morning.  The weather was fairly ugly, and [...]

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