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Running On The Moon

February 27, 2012
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Way back in August, I was contacted by Outside PR about getting a chance to run on a really cool treadmill called an Anti-Gravity Treadmill. These cool machines are made by a company called Alter-G. The offer couldn’t have come at a better time because at that time I was trying to run through some [...]

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Introducing The Mind Body Finder

June 8, 2011
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I’ve been doing this blogging thing for a long time at varying levels of intensity. My motivation to blog waxes and wanes like the moon (or like my weight used to do). I’m constantly going through periods (like the last few weeks) where I can’t wait to sit down in front of my computer and [...]

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Ask The Readers–What’s On Your iPod?

November 25, 2009
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Lately, I’ve been completing most of my runs outside. And when I’m outside, I’m passing the time chatting with T, listening to the rhythm of my feet, or watching what comes around the next bend in the road. In fact, when I’m running outside, I’m never bored and don’t need to distract myself–I’m totally in [...]

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New iphone App: The Daily Burn

September 10, 2009

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know I’m a gadget guy.  I’m motivated by numbers, and data, as well as outside perceptions of my progress.  I’ve used heart rate monitors, stopwatches, GPS watches, ipods, iphones, websites, TVs, treadmills, elliptical machines, and countless other technological gadgets to help me along my journey. [...]

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Data Geek Loses Weight

February 2, 2009

During the month of January, my goal was to establish one fitness habit: tracking my calorie consumption. At the same time, however, I did something I always do. Any time I focus on fitness, I also track my weight. We have a bathroom scale that measures weight in half pound increments. It also does a [...]

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