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Monthly Summary – April 2015

It took me about nine months, but I’m finally starting to feel like “myself” again. Thank goodness for that. Nine months was a long time. I’m not sure if it was the time “off” or the focus on swimming or the recent (last 2-ish months) of consistent strength training that I’ve been doing or some combination…

Monthly Summary – March 2014

Riding the Big Shot at the Stratosphere in Vegas with a couple co-workers. And yes, I really was that scared! March was a good month. As is probably obvious to anyone who reads this blog, I do best when I get into a routine and can stick to it. In 2013 and the first half of…

100 Fewer Things – Part 4

100 Fewer Things continues. March has been a busy month and productive month and Elizabeth and I have put in some serious time in the decluttering effort. Elizabeth hasn’t set a goal like my “100 things”, but she definitely has her share of stuff she can get rid of so I’m happy she’s participating. As…

Monthly Summary – February 2015

Another up and down month. February started with some rough personal stuff that I’m not going to get into in the blog right now. It’s nothing permanent and we’re getting through it, but it made for a tough couple of weeks. I’m very thankful that I was running and swimming, both of which are good…

Monthly Summary – January 2015

One good month into 2015. It’s taken a long time, but I finally feel like I’m back into a rhythm with my training and with life in general. January was a busy month, but I was able to fall into – and keep – a regular schedule. We had a bunch of free weekends and…

2014 Annual Summary

(Better late than never, right?) 2014 can be split into two very different halves. The first “half” of the year (actually the first eight months) was all about running and traveling all over the world. The second “half” was all about recovery from all that activity. When the year started, I was tapering for the…

100 Fewer Things – Part 2

I haven’t forgotten about my 100 Fewer Things goal. I spend a fair amount of time thinking about what else I’m going to get rid of and then go in bursts around the house, collecting stuff and piling it up to go bye bye. I had one of those bursts last weekend and ended up with…

100 Fewer Things

I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions. I don’t have anything against resolutions, I’ve just never found them particularly motivating. But this year, I’m making an exception. This general idea has been brewing in my mind for a little while but I’ve never gotten it off the ground. The start of a new year seems like…

Monthly Summary – December 2014

And with that 2014 is done. Overall, it was a pretty great year. I’ll do an “Annual Summary” post next week (hopefully). In September, I started framing my monthly summaries with a few goals. These days, my training isn’t what it used to be and I don’t have epic runs or other craziness to write about…

Monthly Summary – November 2014

The highlight of the month was only tangentially related to training. I officiated my first wedding. Becky and Ankur asked me to do it and I had a blast. I’m not a natural public speaker so I was as nervous as I can imagine but I pulled it off and was even mostly happy with how I did….