Category Archives: The Journey

The path to fitness in mid-life

Bucket List vs Lifestyle Changes

  When I was 49 I decided that if I didn’t start getting serious about my goals I might miss out on doing things that I spent a lot of my adult life wishing I had done. It was that … Continue reading

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Re-emerging from the Desert

I could spend a lot of time and space reviewing the fits and starts of my fitness journey over the past year and half; rationalizing and chatting about “re-booting”, injury recovery, feeling a lack of motivation but that would just … Continue reading

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Finding My Groove

    It seems the year has a few different starting points. There is the traditional January 1-New Year’s Day-make all your resolutions start. Then there is the Sept 1-Back to School time where everyone seems to get back into … Continue reading

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Re-Booting: Starting again

          I’m not different than most. Sometimes I succeed at my goals and other times I crash and burn. It is easy in today’s social media dominated life to get caught up in other people’s successes. … Continue reading

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The Big Re-Boot – 4 Realizations

I have little doubt that every athlete has a period of disillusionment Injury, sickness or life can erode the progress made in training. When things are going great it is easy to think falling behind in training will never happen … Continue reading

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Cape Cod Rail Trail

I might be one of the luckiest riders around. I get to train on one of the most beautiful trails in the Northeast; the Cape Cod Rail Trail. The trail begins in Dennis and winds its way up through Harwich, … Continue reading

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Long Winters Make a Difference

What I learned (or, rather, realized) today is that weather truly makes a difference in my level of motivation. Cold weather equals unmotivated; warm weather gets me up and going! While my brain works really hard to make a case … Continue reading

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Setting New Goals

I thought for sure that the success of my holiday challenge (the commitment to run a minimum of one mile every day from Thanksgiving to New Years) would solidify my commitment to training for an ambitious event schedule in 2014. … Continue reading

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Downtime

Race recovery and downtime is something I have found to be one of the most perplexing parts of learning to become an athlete. I may not be at the front of the race or an elite athlete but I train … Continue reading

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Magic Bars

Today, I fell off the diet wagon. The hunger and fatigue were gnawing at me. I couldn’t fathom counting another calorie or WW point. I didn’t care about my exercise or activity. I just wanted food. A full mouth followed … Continue reading

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