Tag: fitness
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2015 Austin Half-Marathon
Running a third half-marathon the day after Valentine’s Day isn’t a recipe for disaster.
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One Man’s Journey
You don’t have to be on The Biggest Loser to lose a lot of weight. Just do it.
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98% Women
Vanessa and I are running a half-marathon in October. I mentioned this yesterday, but what I failed to mention was which half-marathon we were running. See Jane Run is hosting their first Austin event on October 9th. The event includes a half-marathon, a 5K, a Stroller 5K for joggin’ mamas and a kids run. The finisher […]
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Go Big or Go Home
The crowning achievement of my athletic life was the 2008 Austin Marathon. Ran (more or less) 26.2 miles. If you’ve met me in person, I would be the last person you’d expect to run a marathon; nevertheless, I did it. That was also my last major exercise achievement. I ran a half-marathon in 2010, […]
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Bike Day
I took my weekly day off this week and decided to make it a bike day. I haven’t jumped on the two-wheeler in a couple of months and it needs some work (it won’t shift down to the lowest gears), but the weather has been too great and I’ve really been itching to ride. I […]
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if we thought of heaven as a marathon
I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 Training to run a marathon is not unlike our training efforts towards our eternal reward in heaven. Each Saturday morning, despite it being my day off of work and there is nothing that I must do, I wake […]