What started last month as a planned 2 week reduced training and tracking break, ended up being 4 weeks of inconsistency and stagnation in my Project 2018 progress.  What happened?  3 key things: I’m way overdue for a holiday.  I’m not fatigued from a training perspective, but from a logistics […]

The calendar was overflowing again this week and I struggled (and failed) to get my 5 training days in.  Only 1 run and 1 hike got logged, but Emily and I celebrated her birthday in the mountains with plenty of fresh air and sunshine.  Now that the 8 weeks of […]

After a few weeks of consistent training and fitness increase, I finally hit a wall over the weekend.  I managed to get in a run on Saturday afternoon, but entered zombie-land by evening.  I slept 10 hours on Saturday night and another 90 minute nap on Sunday.  Looking at my […]

I’m learning that often the hardest part of doing a training session is just getting out the door.  Galileo and Newton were right, my body at rest likes to stay at rest and it’s far more difficult to get started than to stay moving.  Once underway, I rarely have ever […]

No big changes this week, just keeping up with training, nutrition, and lifestyle and improvements on my Daily Habits scorecard.  Ended the week with a full 45 points on Sunday…I’m not aiming for perfection everyday, but it’s good that I can bring it all together.  More of the same next […]

It’s the first of 6 weeks of the new Habits Phase and I’m focusing on the big items on my Daily Habits scorecard: Nutrition Quality and Quantity, Training and Daily Movement, Water, Bedtime, and Regular Adventures. Onwards to week 2… What went well Nutrition quality and hydration are both very […]