Posts Tagged as ‘fitness’

June 23, 2008

Country Run…

Creeping over the ten week mark of consistent running, I noted in some of my light research, that taking a few shorter runs during the week can actually help the body.  That’s what I did Saturday.  I was down at a friend’s farm in Green County, quite wonderfully in the middle of NOWHERE, and I [...]

June 13, 2008

STEPS…

…and no, I don’t mean by Snapcase. (By the by, if ANYONE got that reference let me know so I can buy you a coffee or rootbeer and we can discuss our commonly held mental damage.)
Yesterday, the 12th, I did another good 30 minute run.  By the time I got back to my house I was [...]

May 13, 2008

Tennis anyone? // What’s on the BBC?

About a month ago, Q and I started playing tennis again.  I say “again” because we used to play with at least a little frequency back in the bad old days at York College of Pennsylvania.  In addition to the other stuff I’ve been doing (footy, running, boxing training) this has been a welcome addition.  [...]

May 8, 2008

Addendum: Running…yet again

A friend asked me if I was going to write about my running in a journal.  I didn’t really know what he meant.  Later on I read about keepi a running journal.  I suppose that this is a common thing.  Who knew?  If this serves as something akin to that, so be it.
I did my [...]

May 8, 2008

The Quiet…Part Two

Back in February, the dead of winter in the Steel City, I happened upon a post from the Piper’s Pub website talking about organizing an Over 30s team.  I love to watch soccer (from now on in this blog called football), and I used to have a great time playing in pick up matches with [...]

May 7, 2008

The Quiet of the Short Distance Runner (and other stories of movement) Part One

As mentioned in my last entry here (which will hopefully be a more regular occurance), I have been exercising.  Indeed, this started a little over a year ago. 
Why? 
Well, originally it started out with a little boxing training.  I have really enjoyed watching boxing for about a decade or so.  I decided last Spring to do [...]