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When I was 27 years old I picked up cycling as a hobby. After a few rides around town on my own, I decided to try ...

So a few weekends ago we ran the Ragnar Relay, So Cal version. Here are some of my thoughts on the event. This relay race ...

"You make different decisions running uphill than you do running down hill."- Chris Patterson Running Wisdom.

The above words jumped into my brain at ...

It happens super often when I am rolling frequently that I'll start dreaming of jiu jitsu moves. Yvette has been assaulted on more than one ...

Ever since reading Tim Ferris' book, The 4-Hour Body, we have switched our diet over to high protein and lower carbohydrates.  I cover the complete ...

Today, as I was out for my Saturday morning cycling session, I was, once again, struck by just how amazingly adaptable the human body is. What prompted this thought, other than the fact that the Music program on my Droid phone wasn't working so I had no music to distract me, was a 5 minute stretch on a hill climb where I passed someone like he was standing still, then was, ...

I don't remember it hurting so much to wake up when I was in my twenties. Now that I am forty, there are at least two days per week that are sure to be an adventure when I roll out of bed in the morning. Those days are Tuesday and Thursday; not coincidentally these are the mornings after my Monday/Wednesday jiu jitsu class.

If you look closely in the ...

Last night's grappling practice was marred by the fact that I kept getting winded and could not recover. This was odd because, up until last night, my conditioning had been improving. But last night I was huffing and puffing even during the simplest drills. I am going to go ahead and hope it was an anomaly and that tomorrow night will be better.

Aside from the fact that I was ...

For whatever reason, I had to talk myself into going to jiu jitsu class tonight. I had to remind myself that I always feel great afterwards and that I love it, but let myself get nervous today and the little voice in my head started telling me to blow off class. It makes no sense, but I typically do get nervous on class days and it usually kicks in around ...

I am going to be adding a new direction to my blog posts that is necessitated by the fact that I need more time to enjoy all of the sports that I write about here. So, I will be working on some projects to provide automated income in order to free me up.  I'll posts these under the category of Lifestyle Design, which is a term I first heard coined ...