Posted on Nov 28, 2010 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back |
Late this afternoon, I drove out to Fort Gordon and parked the truck at one end of Barton Field. I slipped out of the New Balance walking shoes I wore to drive there and into a new pair of Nike Free Run+ minimalist shoes. Then I fired up the Gymboss Interval Timer app on my iPhone and proceeded with the first of four weekly workouts from the ten-week schedule I outlined on my Starting Over… Baby Steps page.
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Posted on Nov 22, 2010 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back |
I finally got around to changing the default pictures in the three little squares in the banner for my blog. Working with such a small size for photos was a little constricting, but I managed. So, now I have some images up there I can not only live with but that also are more deeply personal and really do much to help keep me motivated.
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Posted on Nov 15, 2010 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back |
My participation in NaNoWriMo this year is totally in the toilet. I’m not going to complete my NaNovel and I’m not feeling too broken up over it either. Something’s gotta give, and it’s just gonna have to be NaNoWriMo… ‘cuz it ain’t gonna be the training, more rest, and better diet now that I feel I’m settled into that pretty well now.
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Posted on Oct 12, 2010 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back |
I’m trying again to get my act together here… yeah, yeah, whatever: second verse… same as the first. I know, but I feel like I’m making some decent progress, slow and steady, and I’m in no huge rush, really.
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Posted on Oct 02, 2010 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back |
Roughly a month ago, I discovered Oikos Organic Greek Yogurt and I had to (rightly) conclude that its nonfat, low carb, mighty superior extra-high protein content is just too damned good to pass up. I can’t believe I never found this stuff before. This stuff is like yogurt with cajones, I mean it, really… some serious stones — not some foo-foo frilly custardy stuff.
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Posted on Sep 27, 2010 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back |
If you were one of the only few people to frequent this blog back a couple of years ago, you might notice the Nike+ stats are missing. I’m not going to be playing with the Nike+ iPod this early this go-around. Probably much later on, yes. Right now, no way.
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Posted on Sep 22, 2010 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back |
Ah, hello there… again. I bet you’re surprised I managed to find my way back here, aren’t you?
Well, I am surprised that I did. Though it’s a damned shame I can’t just pick back up where I left off, wandering back in from where I got lost and resume as if nothing happened. Ha! Human bodies — especially old, out-of-shape human bodies — just don’t work that way. Pity, I know, but consequences are harsh and we reap what we sow, and quite deservedly so.
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Posted on Sep 29, 2008 -- posted by Ric under The Long Road Back |
Yeah, I’ve been absent for a bit. Nobody to blame but myself, of course, but here I am, back again.
It was pleasantly cool this morning when I woke up a little after 6:30 a.m., so I put on the shoes and shorts, grabbed my Nike+ iPod and took a 20-minute walk. NaNoWriMo is on the horizon and I’m starting to think about story again, but I also figured I’d better get a little more air into my lungs so I can not only survive NaNo for another year but have enough oxygen in my brain to think and actually write something worth a damn this time.
Am I really, really returning to tackle getting back into running shape again after giving in to gaming and laziness such that I’ve pretty much ruined all my progress? (I weighed 192 pounds after my walk this morning!) Time will tell, I guess. But I think that maybe if my theory about oxygen to my brain proves successful in helping me to turn my story idea into a solid novel, then I’d have to be an even bigger idiot than I’ve already been to not continue this time, wouldn’t I?
