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Archive for January, 2008

29 Jan

Exercise and aging

I saw a report on the news last night about aging and exercise. It talked about a study on how exercise affects your cells by keeping the cells “young”. Regular exercise seems to keep you biologically younger. The study found people who exercised vigorously 3 hours each week were biologically 9 years younger than people [...]

22 Jan

Getting them in

It is still cold here but I am getting the runs in. I have to. My daughter the Marine is on leave and she has told me that if she can run in this I can. Running with a partner is different. The advantage is I am pushed harder than I would normally run. The [...]

18 Jan

No run today

We had a snowstorm yesterday so I couldn’t get out to run this morning. I miss that morning run. The weather is supposed to clear later, become sunny with highs in the 40′s so I will try to get the run in this afternoon. Training in the winter is not always easy and running in [...]

15 Jan

Cross Training

Before I went back to seriously running I used to lift weights as one of my primary training methods. As I started to run more miles and more often I found changing weights and moving barbells and dumbells was more than I wanted to do. I looked for and alternative and discovered the total gym. [...]

14 Jan

Cold Weather Training

It was cold out this morning. Getting up at 4:30 am to run 5 to 8 miles isn’t always motivating. I also have to warmup more than on warmer days. I consider cold 20 degrees or below. The lowest temperature I have run in was 7 degrees. If it isn’t real windy I don’t mind [...]

11 Jan

A little history

I have been into fitness since I was kid. I played the usual school sports (football, wrestling, track(one year). I ran mostly for conditioning for the other sports. When I got out of high school I joined the Marines. I started to run more (Marines run a lot). When I got out of the Marines [...]

11 Jan

First time

This is my first time “blogging”, but I am going to give it a shot. I’d like to thank the people at PTS. Since I hadn’t done this before their support and help was excellent. When I wasn’t sure what to do I called them on the phone and they walked me through everything. It [...]

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