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Without going into too many details (this is a registered program and I won’t share the specifics), first day was AWESOME! The hour was a constant movement of cardio and strength and each exercise could be adjusted to individual levels. There is plenty of room for individual improvement and tons of motivation to do so. …

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Tomorrow starts a 4 week session of exercise/nutrition boot camp. I’m taking part of Adventure Boot Camp of Tuscaloosa and I’m very excited about this. If anybody in town has been thinking about doing this, SIGN UP for the next session. I haven’t attended the first day yet, but after meeting Mallory Cargile today, I …

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Well, the weather was supposed to be BAD today, but it wasn’t supposed to start until around noon. FAIL! We are lined up (all 900 of us) and ready to go when the Mayor announces that storms are a little over an hour away so we had better scoot fast! The wind was already blowing …

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I woke up and got in 3 miles without any pain, just some stiffness in my hip. I have a race on Saturday so that will be a good test of how it’s feeling. I’ll need to get in some more miles on Sunday or Monday. My Earth Day breakfast strawberries raspberries mango spinach Amazing …

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XT: Body Pump Run: 3 miles Stress is high, the knee is cranky, and I’m not very optimistic that I’ll get my last long run completed this weekend. I often forget how dependent my mental outlook is based on my running. Doubt is such brain drainer. I hate the “what ifs?”. I hate being crooked. …

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It was rough. Work was unusually rough. It seems there’s a thief among us and it has knocked quite a few of us out of our sense of security at school. I did start the morning off right with 3 miles and this omelet! Spinach and cheese with chicken. Moving on to Wednesday!

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Normally, I hate Tuesdays. Yes, I used the word “hate”. Bad things happen on Tuesdays. 9/11. Hurricane Katrina levee breach. Challenger Explosion. Haiti Earthquake. “Achy Breaky Heart” release date. Need I go on??? So I usually dread this day. Mondays are too busy to spend time lamenting. Wednesday-Friday are to the finish line. Tuesday just …

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The day started off with a beautiful trail run. The trail was a little muddy, but the canopy of trees filtered out a lot of pollen so the air was cleaner. I ran 10.7 hard miles. I felt good, though. No pain, the knee and hip were quiet. It seems I’m finally out of my …

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must have gotten in a boat and paddled to Tuscaloosa Alabama during the middle of a heat wave and supervised 80 children on a giant moonwalk bouncy torture thing, got in his boat and paddled back to pen the Inferno. I’m sure of it now. I have reached the Inner Circle of Hell. It’s hot …

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