Thursday: Plan: non-run, cross-training workout. Modification: expected to take the day off. Completed: approximately 1.5 miles of hiking and close to 400 steps. I flew into Denver on Thursday, and by some divine stroke of luck I managed to score a single ticket to the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers concert at Red ...
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Double Workouts, or Maybe I Should Follow the Plan
Tuesday: Plan: An evening track workout with the coaches. Completed: The evening track workout plus an hour of kickboxing. Wednesday: Plan: 30 minutes of non-run workout. Completed: An hour of low-impact, low-speed walking. ~~~~~ I've probably already mentioned that the scheduled cross-training (a.k.a. non-running) days of the plan don't coincide with my Tuesday and Thursday kickboxing class. No problem, I ...
How Do You Handle a Crisis?
Last Thursday, I was on a cross-country flight from EWR-SFO. Less than a third of the way into the flight, somewhere over Indiana, the unthinkable happened: my sweet, charming boy had become the vomiting preschooler. In an instant, we went from being the subject of smiles and waves to being that nightmare in-flight story. By the ...
Still Training
As I look at the date of my last training post -- May 8! -- I wonder how 10 days have passed so quickly. I have been training plenty, although not in the last two days while I've been traveling solo with the boy. Some highlights from the past week: Three kickboxing classes, including the Friday night ...
The 3rd 40: Day 33
A couple of weeks ago, I had a fairly successful (read: balanced) trip to Chicago. I ran every morning and stopped at Starbucks for oatmeal, a much healthier start to the day than a giant pastry from the continental breakfast. Because of the success of that plan, I decided to scope out the nearest Starbucks ...
The 3rd 40: Days 29-32
It has been an unusual week. I don't know when the professional karma pendulum swung my way, but I received more requests for proposals in the past week than I did in the six months prior. And these aren't just returning clients; a full two-thirds of them are new clients referred by existing clients. I'm ...
The 3rd 40: Day 27
It was a 100% work-free day (with the exception of the time I spent jotting down ideas into an email on my iPhone at the A's game... yes, I have problems). Every Sunday I wake up with the intention of going to kickboxing at 9:00. The problem with that plan is that it interferes with Sunday ...
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Chicago
Coming to the PRSA Health Academy conference in Chicago was a mostly last-minute decision, but I decided that as long as I could get a cheap flight (thank you, Southwest) and a decent price on my hotel room, it would be worth it. The conference is being hosted at ...
What I Learned on Vacation
We have a habit of vacationing at Christmas. This year, thanks to Alaska Airlines' direct service from Oakland to Kona, it didn't take much arm-twisting to convince us that the Big Island was the way to go. It was, of course, fantastic to be away, but this vacation also taught me some valuable lessons.
Another 40: Days 22-32
Yes, I've been terrible about following through on the documentation of this 40-day challenge. Since we last spoke, I went on vacation. For anyone who wonders if they should skip the hoopla of the holidays and head for the tropics, my answer is an unequivocal yes. In the course of a week, I read a