Got up early Saturday morning and hit the track for a nice run. I did 7 miles and kept an average pace of 13 minutes per mile. That seems to be my sweet spot in running. The way I do it at the track is jog two laps, walk one lap, then repeat. It seems […]
November 2014
22 posts
Thanksgiving morning, my brothers (Mike and Justin), a friend (Eder), and I decided to go for a little trail run in order to burn off some calories before the night’s feasting would begin. We went to the Anaheim Hills trails and explored some new trails that we hadn’t been on before. Some of the trails […]
“It was a beautiful day, The sun beat down…I was flying.”- Tom Petty Got up super early this morning because I wanted to do a long run. But I didn’t want to go just anywhere, I didn’t want to go to the track again, and I also didn’t want to run on pavement. So I […]
Well, it is official! I have signed up for my very first 100 mile race. I will be doing the Born to Run ultramarathon in May 2015. That’s 25 weeks from now. I told my boss I was training for a 100 mile race and he says “it runs in your family, everybody runs in […]
Another great day for a run. Had a meeting at work, double shot espresso, and then it was straight to the track for a training run. I was about 3.5 miles in when my Cousin Chris showed up to join me. Running sure is a whole lot easier when you’re talking about WWE’s Attitude Era. […]
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know neither victory nor defeat.”- Teddy Roosevelt, as seen on a statue in the movie Red Dawn. I hit the track early this morning and the sky was red. The first thing I thought of (probably because […]
This morning I gave myself every excuse I possibly could to skip my workout but I finally dragged myself out to Heartbreak Ridge for another 5+ mile run up and down the hills. I put my headphones on and started blasting Billy Idol’s “Dancing with myself.” If that doesn’t pump you up when you’re working […]
One of my favorite scenes in Home Alone (tis the season to watch that movie again) is when little Kevin, home alone, realizes that only he can stand up to the bad guys about to invade his house. He’s scared as heck but knows that sometimes a kid’s gotta do what a kid’s gotta do. […]
If you haven’t seen the movie “Chasing Mavericks,” I highly recommend it. It is kind of like “The Karate Kid” for surfers. In the movie, the main character Jay, has a dream of surfing the huge waves at Mavericks. His mentor, Frosty, lays out a plan for him and tells him that before he can […]
4 weeks until the weight loss competition at work ends. 19 weeks until Tough Mudder. This week, aside from 2 good running days I didn’t do much else. I didn’t even lift any weights. So training was not that good this week. At least I maintained my diet. I took my measurements today. I weighed […]
“Get up in the morning, gotta thank God.”- Ice Cube. Got to the track and did 4 miles today. Felt better running today than I did the other day but I wasn’t sick anymore today and the track is flat so no steep hills (any hills) to deal with. I kept it at 12:30 min\mile […]
View from the top of the Hearbreak Ridge. Went for a morning jog today at a place we (my brothers and I) like to call Heartbreak ridge. Heartbreak ridge is a 2.5 mile loop which has you climbing up for the first mile and then gradually declines on the back end before flattening out […]
Pretty much most of my adult life, whenever I decide it’s time to start working out again, I say “I’ll start on Monday.” Then I eat another slice of pizza. Monday comes around, then Tuesday, then Wednesday, and I haven’t done anything, and “I’ll start on Monday.” Since I’m gonna start on Monday, I take […]
Last night, I went to eat at Roscoe’s chicken and waffles (what, it’s my cheat meal!). It was my first time there and it was delicious. It was a lot of food though and all I wanted to do afterwards was go and lay down. On “The Boondocks” Grandpa called it “the itis.” So this […]
I started week 2 of my strength training program. I lift weights 3 days a week, (usually Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday) with the same workout on Tuesday & Saturday, and a different one on Thursday. The program is five sets (2 warmup sets, 3 working sets) of each exercise, going heavy and staying within the […]
Went for a run this morning at my old high school track. This is my favorite track to run at even though there is another one just a short walk away from my house. It was a nice, cool morning. The sun was just coming up and the air smelled nice. I just bought a […]
The polling place is down the street from my house so I decided that I would walk there. Now, I’m the kind of guy who drives everywhere but I figured I’d get some sunshine, some fresh air, some exercise. It was nice. Took about 20 minutes round trip. Only objection- the sun was right in […]
That’s me a few years ago finishing an 12 mile adventure race through rivers, mud, hill, mountains, and a bunch of obstacles. It’s been a long time since I’ve done any real running and it wasn’t until a couple months ago that I got into lifting again. For the most part, I’ve just been surfing…channel […]
What kind of nutrition plan do I need to follow if I want to be big and strong and have the energy to go on long runs? I went online to find out. There are countless articles of bodybuilders who eat 10,000 calories a day in order to keep up their massive physique. When I […]