Tag: running
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Durability After 50: How I Train for Endurance in Sport and Life
Durability After 50: How I Train for Endurance in Sport and Life Endurance Training After 50 | Trail Running, Zone 1–2, Aerobic Decoupling, and Aging Well I’m 59, I trail run in the Black Hills, and have stopped chasing speed. This post is about durability and aging — and what it means to an aging…
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La Sportiva Jackal vs Bushido: A review from an aging trail runner
La Sportiva Jackal vs Bushido: A review from an aging trail runner Wider toe box, rock plate, and cushion—without losing trail feel. An alternative to the Bushido. I’m 59. I don’t chase race calendars—aside from one Montana ultra at summer’s end. These days, I love heading out with my La Sportiva Jackals as I run…
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Winter running trails in Spearfish
Lookout Mountain is a good place to trail run, and ride, dirt all year So here it is, the end of November. Local cross country ski trails and fat bike trails are groomed and riding in The Black Hills of South Dakota. Terry Peak ski area just opened, it’s earliest in several years. And here…
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The benefits of exercise on mental health
11.18.22 Depression in men my age is real. Suicide in our demographic is also real. I suffer from the former and do not consider the latter. This post isn’t about that, but for anyone who is searching the internet, looking for answers, and is considering just what is wrong it’s important to know you are…
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Training to Run Fast Downhill at Bear Butte
10.30.22 Downhill Running Fast downhill running is something that no longer comes naturally to me. As I ‘ve gotten older I’ve found myself looking for the easier runs, less aggressive physical exertion on the ups and less risk on the downs. As for the downs, I’ve become increasingly more fearful of the thought of just…
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Fifty and Fit & Hating High Aerobic and Anerobic Workouts
Weights, Attitude & Rate of Perceived Exertion [RPE] Slow Rollin’ & Strollin’, how can I be fit beyond fifty like this? That is how I would best describe my summer of riding and running. I’ve been proud of my aging body and my level of fitness at fifty. And in previous years worked hard to…
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Fit at Fifty
Who is Rob and what is it fit at fifty? Half Life was supposed to be about me, living on the backside of fifty, trying to be fit and understanding the world around me. What my body is doing to me and how I’m dealing with it. What good training is and how, as a…
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Best winter running traction, and it’s cheap and easy
Find out the best way to get traction on snow and ice when running in the winter – it’s cheap, easy, and doesn’t require Yaktrax or other expensive devices!
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