Category: Health
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Goals, April 2015
April was an active month. I ran my second half marathon of the year early in the month, and set a second personal best this year. I also rode my bike a decent amount. Mostly 20 mile rides with a couple shorter loops of the lake, along with one 45 mile ride. We got into…
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2015 Three Creeks Half Marathon
I ran my third official half marathon over the weekend. Even though this race was only two weeks after the Spring Fever Half Marathon, I signed up for it because it was at Cherry Creek State Park, just down the road from my apartment. The course was on roads and trails I run on often,…
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Goals update, March 2015
March went well for me. The weather turned nice and I started riding more often. Maybe not quite as much as I wanted, but I got a few really good rides in. Including following up a 40 mile moderate effort ride on a beautiful Saturday with a 30 mile easy ride to one of my…
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2015 Spring Fever Half Marathon
I ran my second official half marathon today (though it should have been my third). This was the same race I ran last year, on the same course. I signed up for it again because I wanted to see how much I have improved over the last year. It turns out to be rather a…
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Goals and adventures, February 2015
It’s been a month since I wrote anything, so I thought I’d put together a little ski trip report and summary of what else happened in February. Other than the ski trip it was a pretty ordinary month, just snowy. Not a lot of cycling, but I still kept running. Whistler ski trip The fun…
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Goals, January 2015
One month of 2015 has passed and I’ve made a good start to the year. January weather was mild and I tried to spend a lot of time outside. I’m in the middle of training for a half marathon in March. I also somewhat foolishly signed up for a second half marathon two weeks after…
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Goals for 2015
I set a few goals last year, and all things considered I did pretty well at working towards them. I blew my running mileage goal right out of the water. I met and exceeded my cycling goal too. And though I didn’t achieve my ambitious weight loss goal, I did make good progress. As I…
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Goal update, December 2014
This is my last post of 2014, and something of a wrap-up of the whole year before. December was mostly good, but I did my fair share of holiday eating and so have lost no weight this month. But that’s fine. I’m going to set up new goals for next year, and I’m confident I…
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Goal update, November 2014
It’s getting colder, and so it’s getting harder to lose weight. I tend to want to hibernate and eat when it gets cold. But I still made progress; I’m down 2 pounds and feeling pretty good. We had some very cold weather and the first snow of the year, but I kept running. Then it…
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Two years running
It’s an anniversary of sorts. Two years ago today I put on a cheap pair of running shoes and stepped out the door on a cold November morning. I made it just over two miles in half an hour, and I felt like I was dying. But I made it. And then I did it…