Last week reached its fitness culmination on Saturday morning at the Kansas City Corporate Challenge 5K. After completing the Progress Series of races, which included the Cupid 5K in Febrary with a time of just over 24 minutes, I went into the 5K with the intention of finishing in 24 minutes, yet feeling that I … Continue reading Fitness Update: Corporate Challenge 5K
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Fitness Update: Cupid Run 2017
Those of your following my weekly fitness updates know I have committed to a four-race series this spring in the Kansas City North metro area. Sponsored by The Running Well Store, it started last month with a Personal Record mile in Parkvill in January, and the Cupid Run 5K this past Saturday in North Kansas … Continue reading Fitness Update: Cupid Run 2017
Fitness Update: tempo continues
(Note: Another week of writing progress as the week goes on.) Monday: Wife opened at work, so I got up when she left, ran a 5K, biked to YMCA, swam 1,000 yards, and biked to work. At end of work day I completed week 8 (final week) of the triathlon training challenge at the work … Continue reading Fitness Update: tempo continues
Fitness Update: 11 miles and a competitive 5K
For today's post I decided last week to follow through on another of my goals: write down my fitness observations as I exercised throughout the week, instead of trying to remember when I am trying to get it ready for publication on Sunday evening. So here goes: Monday -- I'd call this another one of … Continue reading Fitness Update: 11 miles and a competitive 5K
KCCC 5K
Here's three connected shots of me running in the 5K today. Don't know my official time yet until the website updates. But yo u can see the sea of people that run in the KCCC. I'm there near the beginning of the first two clips (right after the start, and coming of the first corner), … Continue reading KCCC 5K
Fitness goals updates/reflections
Last week I commented on my fitness goals and my first 5K run. This week I took This week I took my second 5K on Friday afternoon. Knowing the temperature drop for Saturday, I chose to get the run in on Friday. I was prepared for the same sort of afterwards soreness lasting a few days, … Continue reading Fitness goals updates/reflections
Running is different than biking…
Or swimming... On Friday I listed some of my goals for the year. One of the fitness goals was to run 52 5k's this year -- not competitions, but all runs -- workouts and competitions. Since I only have done two in a year before, that is quite again. Well, on Saturday I decided to … Continue reading Running is different than biking…
At The Rainbow 