Category Archives: Working out

Still Learning: Trainer Or Not, And Does Pain Equal Gain?

Following up on Daoust’s Guardian feature: To use a trainer, work out in a group, or go solo: If you find a trainer or instructor you like and you can afford the sessions, go for it. Check with your city or county parks and recreation services for inexpensive rates before signing up with a privateContinue reading “Still Learning: Trainer Or Not, And Does Pain Equal Gain?”

More from Daoust’s Feature: Resist, And Ignore Experts

Still reading and learning from the experience of Peter Daoust and his zigzag journey to changing himself: Experts are interesting and may help, but it’s about you: If you are looking for an exercise program, you can scroll endlessly on the Internet on what might work best for you, based on medical and health websites,Continue reading “More from Daoust’s Feature: Resist, And Ignore Experts”

More Things I Learned: Anytime Is Right And Sweat Is Good

To continue with Phil Daoust’s words to the wise from The Guardian article: The best time to exercise? When you can: If you search “best time to exercise” you will get thousands of results. This article does a good job of the pros and cons of different times of day for exercise. But studies, research,Continue reading “More Things I Learned: Anytime Is Right And Sweat Is Good”

Rehab Is Done; Normal Lives Again!

Twenty-four physical therapy sessions. The hardest work I’ve ever done. And they’re over. And I am running again. Not hard or fast but at least back to 5K distance. I am also retired from full-time employment, I’ll take both of those as a mark of success. I am looking for part-time work while I buildContinue reading “Rehab Is Done; Normal Lives Again!”

I Don’t Exactly Hate The Holidays

But I admit to being tired of some aspects of them at this point, Please take your pumpkin spice everything and do unspeakable things with it. Christmas music starting in November? There is only so much Bing, Burl, and Mariah a person can handle. Christmas music part 2: turn down the level in retail stores.Continue reading “I Don’t Exactly Hate The Holidays”

Two Weeks And Counting Down…

The first race of the season is coming. September 2 and it’s a tough 8K trail run. For me, it’s sort of like doing the Super Bowl first thing, and the other games after that seem easier. I did this race last year and wanted the challenge again. Oh, and the swag was awesome. Let’sContinue reading “Two Weeks And Counting Down…”

Injected With A New Lease On Life

I finally did it. After decades of nagging back and hip pain, I saw a neurosurgeon and a pain management specialist. And got an injection that literally hit me in the sacroiliac. I did not even know I had such a body part, never mind knowing where it was or what it was for. IContinue reading “Injected With A New Lease On Life”

Congrats, Cheapskate. You Made A Kid Cry And An Old Person Mad

I get that road races are hard to do. Not the running part. The management part. Being a race director or volunteer anything at a race can stink. Trust me. As a runner, we mostly love you. Unless you cheap out and screw people over when they’ve paid for the race and the swag thatContinue reading “Congrats, Cheapskate. You Made A Kid Cry And An Old Person Mad”

Land Of Lost Running Socks And Planning The Next Season (!)

My house is a shrine to single socks. For some reason, it’s the expensive running socks that seem to get separated from one another. Never the cheap-o, ten-per-pack knock-around-the-house socks. Only the nice, padded ones. Eventually, the missing sock does (usually) turn up, stuck to something else, courtesy of static cling. I had one sock,Continue reading “Land Of Lost Running Socks And Planning The Next Season (!)”

Going From Stressed Out To Surviving Better

It’s been a helluva two weeks here. From hacked credit cards to four weeks straight of competing to the dreaded “Check Engine Light” glowering from the dashboard to a daylong hospital stay. And I only signed up for the four weeks of competition. Not the rest of it. The credit cards were shut down, theContinue reading “Going From Stressed Out To Surviving Better”