Bad Runner

I hate running. But I'm committed to it. This is the blog of my progress.

Continuing to do HIIT on the exercise bike

I haven't been completely disciplined this summer, but I've probably done a HIIT workout at least 2-3 times a week this summer. There have of course been a few weeks where I was sick or out of town or something, but for the most part, I'm doing 25-30 minutes on ...

Exercise makes running easier

I recently got some new shoes, the Nike Air Triax+. They're Awesome. So comfortable, so squishy, so supportive. I threw in my iPod+ pod and headed out for a run. It's the first run I've done in a while, and I was super excited to find that since I've been ...

Getting beyond 30 second training intervals

Since I've been riding on the exercise bike, I've been doing 60 second intervals. Yesterday I did 10. The way the program on this bike works, there are 60-second intervals followed by 60-second rest periods. They alternate every 60 seconds right from the beginning, but increasing in difficulty before slowly ...

HIIT Training on an exercise bike

After battling shin splints for too long, I've taken the search for alternative ways to do HIIT lately, especially at the gym. I can do it on an eliptical machine, but I really hate them, and I feel like a complete freak while doing it, so last week I ...

Took some time off, now back to the running

So, things got pretty busy at work for a few weeks, and my running/workout partner moved, so I was low on motivation. However, all last week I was in Moab, Utah mountain biking, and now I'm ready to get back on the wagon and start going for my goal again. ...

Running a little differently kept shinsplints away

While it seems completely obvious in retrospect, I changed my running style slightly this week and had an immediate improvement in the amount of pain in my shins immediately after my run. For the past few weeks, I've been running uphill whenever I do HIIT interval training, partly because it ...

Run up hill, walk down hill. Rinse, repeat.

I got up at 5:45am, drove 20 minutes to my buddy's house, got out, knocked on the door, and was not greeted by anyone. He's babysitting his wife's sister's son, and so I figured they stayed the night at that house, so the boy could have his own crib. Drat! ...

Running up Hills is easier and way harder

So after a few weeks off, I finally returned to Interval Training. After lifting weights with my good friend yesterday morning, we both did four intervals of sprinting, but to make it interesting, we ran up the hill right outside his house. This was both excruciating AND much easier. I ...

Momentum is key in running

I don't mean forward momentum, which many people say is important, I mean daily momentum. Up until Christmas, I was committed and motivated to work out at least 3-4 days a week. I even ran the day after Christmas (which is pretty much a slacker day in my family). And ...

Endurance Training with Weights improves Fat Loss

Wayne Wescott, Ph.D conducted a study in 1991 comparing two workout methods over the course of 8 weeks among 72 over-weight individuals. The two groups exercised for 30 minutes per workout, however, one group did steady cardio for the full thirty minutes on a stationary bike. The other group did ...

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No More Running

I found this image, titled "No More Running" and it just resonated with how I've felt for years.Image from Flickr-used with the Creative Commons License

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August 27th 2007
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Continuing to do HIIT on the exercise bike

I haven't been completely disciplined this summer, but I've probably done a HIIT workout at least 2-3 times a week this summer. There have of course been a few weeks where I was sick or out of town or something, but for the most part, I'm doing 25-30 minutes on ...
June 6th 2007
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Exercise makes running easier

I recently got some new shoes, the Nike Air Triax+. They're Awesome. So comfortable, so squishy, so supportive. I threw in my iPod+ pod and headed out for a run. It's the first run I've done in a while, and I was super excited to find that since I've been ...
May 30th 2007
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Getting beyond 30 second training intervals

Since I've been riding on the exercise bike, I've been doing 60 second intervals. Yesterday I did 10. The way the program on this bike works, there are 60-second intervals followed by 60-second rest periods. They alternate every 60 seconds right from the beginning, but increasing in difficulty before slowly ...
May 14th 2007
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HIIT Training on an exercise bike

After battling shin splints for too long, I've taken the search for alternative ways to do HIIT lately, especially at the gym. I can do it on an eliptical machine, but I really hate them, and I feel like a complete freak while doing it, so last week I ...
May 2nd 2007
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Quick check in: Running still sucks.

So, it'd been a while since I strapped on the sneakers and went for a run. I've been bad. Period. But not as bad as running is. I still can't stand it. My legs hurt today, but more of a slow, ache. I know I'm just not used to asking that ...

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