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Day 27/63 - August 16th, 2008 Workout - Running

Went for a 5k run this morning and it felt sweet.  I’m changing up my program so that instead of trying to run as long as I can each time, I do two runs where I focus on improving my speed and technique and then one long run where I just go as far as [...]

16Aug2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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Day 25/63 - August 14th, 2008 Workout - Running

The weather just did not want to co-operate with me tonight.  I was looking forward to a nice long run, but as I was getting into my shorts, I heard the ominous sounds of thunder in the skies.  Panicked, I ran downstairs and took a look outside.  A little bit of drizzle, but nothing too [...]

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Day 23/63 - August 13th, 2008 Workout - Running

Went out for another late night run and got up to 6.1km this time - took 42 minutes including a quick stop at the house.  I’m going to stick to this distance for a little while and work on getting my times down.  When I get a bit under 40 minutes I’ll up it to [...]

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Day 22/63 - August 11, 2008 Workout - Muay Thai

I’ve been in a somewhat pissy mood today since finding out it’s going to cost $500 to fix my car window that got smashed while I was in Ottawa.  But after getting to Muay Thai class I feel a lot better and got my head straight.  I’ve had a lot of good things happen in [...]

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Day 18/63 - August 7th, 2008 - Running

Scheduling and other real-life crap kept me from Muay Thai tonight and I was itching to do something, so for a change of pace, I went for a midnight run!
I actually quite liked it - the weather was cooler, the streets empty and there was a certain peacefulness about running in the dark that I [...]

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Day 16/63 - August 5th, 2008 Workout - Heavy Bag

Work ran longer than I expected and I couldn’t make it into Konditioning class today, so I did some work on the heavy bag here instead.
I did a quick warm up of jumping jacks, crunches and knuckle pushups.  Then I did six three minute rounds on the heavy bag with one minute of rest in [...]

5Aug2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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Mental Clarity Day - Follow-up

My mental clarity day went really well.  I got everything on my list done except for taking the dog to the park, because we went for a run instead and he was completely exhausted.
It felt great to get all of that stuff out of the way - now I feel like I can concentrate with [...]

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Day 15/63 - August 4th, 2008 Workout - Running

I went running today and I hit my 9 week challenge goal already!  When I started a couple of weeks ago the most I ever ran was 2.2km.  Today I went out and ran 4.7km and only stopped once!
I adjusted my running technique a bit and now I feel like I run forever.  I could [...]

4Aug2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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Revelations / The Future / Mental Clarity

I’ve had a feeling building inside of me that recently has gotten to the breaking point.  I’ve come to the realization that I’m at my happiest when I’m working for myself.  I am going to find my own way and make my own future that does not involve the traditional idea of a career.  I [...]

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Day 13/63 - August 2nd, 2008 Workout - Running

This morning I woke up and I felt good - I got a full night of sleep and ate really well yesterday.  I’ve been running to work on my low-intensity endurance and so far my longest run has been 2.5km.  I watched some videos on proper running form the other night and now it feels [...]

2Aug2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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