Tag: out of shape
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10K
Way back in February when I first started hearing about Runfos and it was mentioned that one of our big goals for the next few months was to participate in the River Bank Run in May, I was a bit daunted. Doing a quarter mile at an 11:30 pace was a challenge. How I was…
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Taco Bell…foodstuffs…and that weight loss post
I promise, it’s a coincidence that these two topics are being conjoined into one post. By now most people have probably heard about the lawsuit against Taco Bell for calling their tasty meat-like filling beef. When I had heard on NPR that you needed your beef to be at least 70% beef, I figured Taco…
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Activites I have latent skills in
Soccer Ultimate Frisbee Dodgeball Underwater basket weaving? (I’ve never tried) Malware detection and removal (in most cases) I suppose that’s why we practice these things. Including running. My showdown with the treadmill was this morning, and I managed to hit my goal. I did two quarter-mile “laps” at a reasonable pace (read: brisk jog), then…
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Man vs. Treadmill
I’m not much of a runner. Let’s just start with that. I can bike or walk briskly for a good distance, I can usually last a couple of intense rounds of ultimate frisbee, and I can push myself pretty hard in soccer, but if you pointed at a treadmill and told me to log a…