#Janathon Day 7 – Curvy Roadrunners’ Treadmill workout from hell.

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Robinson — 4 Comments

Day 7!!!!

As you can see from my wonderful image to the left, it was cold out today when I went to work out (though, this was actually taken AFTER I worked out.)

These are the sort of temperatures I faced in upstate NY.

I left upstate NY. In fact, one of the key reasons I left upstate NY, was the fact that we had temperatures like this regularly in the winter, and I don’t really like these temperatures. With that in mind, today was obviously going to be an indoor workout.

Up at 5:30 AM, and off to LA Fitness! I had decided that Wednesdays should be my speed-work day. Going on the treadmill isn’t going to change this. That means its time for: Read more ›

Tagged with: Janathon, running, Speedwork, Speedwork on the treadmill, Treadmill
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Whole 30, Day 5 – First day of Whole 30 on the run, and Whole 30 info for Athletes!

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Robinson — 2 Comments

Since my Janathon and Whole 30 experiment seem to be going through the same time period (both end on the last day of January), it seems a good idea to post both! This way, if my wife ever suckers me into doing this again, I have visual evidence that it was a good experience.

Breakfast of Champions!

Yesterday was interesting as far as the “Whole 30” is concerned, because it was the first day of our usual hectic schedule, while trying to eat well. Now,I don’t want to say that my wife is spoiling me with this meal-plan…. But she totally is. I came downstairs to a per-packed bag of Whole 30 compliant foods. So after driving in to work, I had breakfast!

This included more of her MARVELOUS home-made chicken sausage. I didn’t bother to re-heat it, as it was just as tasty cold! Though I have to admit, the hard-boiled eggs did not make as fine of a companion to the sausage as the over easy eggs the day before had (#firstworldproblems.) Read more ›

Tagged with: Whole 30, Whole 30 for Athletes, Whole 30 for Runners
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#Janathon Day 6 – Personal Training. (I promise to run a mile later today)

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Robinson — 3 Comments

This is why they invented gyms. That are warm inside, and have no snow.

So, Janathon Day 6 – a rest day for my legs! it also happens to be Tuesday Morning, which is the personal training day for my wife and I! I had not doubt today would be interesting as we had taken the last two weeks off (My wife has some back issues going on, and my hip needed to improve,) but our personal trainer was surprisingly kind. Apparently injuries bring out a more protective side! She was very careful on back/hip flexor potential items, modifying any exercises to ensure we didn’t ~~whine more~~ get hurt worse.

But it was a nice chest workout, with a wee little bit of plyometrics. Between the injuries and time off, she really kept it at a reasonable pace and didn’t over-push us.

This does mean I owe a run of some sort (a mile on my treadmill most likely) before the end of the day – just to keep my run-streak going.

Really.. This is the entire blog posting today.

Tagged with: I hate snow., LA Fitness, Personal Training
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#Janathon Day 5 – the treadmill

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Robinson — 1 Comment

So, running on the treadmill means no cool multi-colored maps, or neat charts showing splits.

That’s it… that’s my picture. I used the first tenth of a mile or so to warm up (aka set my music up,) and then set the speed to 7mph. Read more ›

Tagged with: Happy New Years, Janathon, running, treadmill run
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The Whole 30.

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Robinson — 4 Comments

So, I try to be a supportive husband. I do so for a couple of reasons, for one – my wife puts up with me, and that shows she needs all the support she can get, and secondly, she is simply an awesome woman and I am proud to be able to support her. So when she came to me, and suggested we do the Whole 30 diet starting January 1st, I immediately agreed. Now, I will admit, that MAYBE, I should have done some research into this before agreeing. It wouldn’t have changed my answer however, so I suppose it’s worked out just fine the way it is.

Now we did push it off until the 2nd as our start date, because the only food we had in the house on the first – was the left over items from our in-house family New Years Celebration. ~~It’s not like those chips were going to eat themselves you know!~~ We did get out and get the food required to start our new plan (By we, I mean her) and kicked it off on the 2nd.

Slow roasted roast beef

So what is the Whole 30? Well, I won’t lie – I’m still figuring it out myself regarding all of the specifics, but in general it is an attempt to remove any foods from your diet that might be having any potential negative impact on your health/lifestyle for 30 days. This includes Sugar, Dairy, Grains, Legumes, and a bunch of stabilizers/additives. Read more ›

Tagged with: diet, Food, Gluten Free, Healthy Food, lactose-free, New Years Resolutions, Whole 30
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#Janathon Day 4!

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Robinson — 5 Comments

Hadn’t posted a picture in a while.

So between Janathon, and this diet-thingy my wife has me doing… It amazes me that it is only the 4th of January. Feels like I have been doing this for a week or two! I think tomorrow I will get a post up about the Whole30, which is the diet we are on. So far it seems to involve my wife making extremely awesome food, and giving some to me.

I’m a fan.

But back to Janathon, today is day 4 and a Sunday! That means LONG RUN DAY!!! Read more ›

Tagged with: Janathon, running, Whole30
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#Janathon Day 3! A Nice run/walk with the boy.

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Robinson — 2 Comments

Ahh… Day 3. My legs were a we bit tired from the previous day’s runs, so today was a slow recovery run. My son hadn’t run with me since the bridge-run, so I decided he needed to stretch his legs on this rainy day. I let him know ahead of time, we could walk as he saw fit or needed, since he was just recently a member of the flu epidemic going around the country. He (grudgingly) agreed, and off we went! I apologize, there was supposed to be a picture of the two of us in our running gear here, but we both forgot about it.

The plan was our old two-mile loop that we have done so many times!

He held out for the first loop quite well, though right before the one mile marker, he asked if we could walk, his sinus pressure was getting to be a bit much. Read more ›

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#Janathon Day 2 – A Little bit faster, a little bit further.

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Robinson — Leave a comment

Ow, ow, ow… err… I mean Janathon, Day 2 is complete! Yesterday I was suprisingly not sore, so I thought the same 3.3 mile route would be nice. The temperature was about the same, so I headed out in shorts and a jacket. My lungs felt much better than the previous day, and I was really enjoying the run. My legs were happy, I was happy!
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What Are Added Sugars?

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Robinson — Leave a comment

I’m going to be posting some items regarding eating soon – as my wife has convinced me to try something out.. This post is both interesting – and pertinent to future posts of mine!

Cooking with Kathy Man

The major food and beverage sources of added sugars for Americans are:

regular soft drinks, energy drinks, and sports drinks
candy
cakes
cookies
pies and cobblers
sweet rolls, pastries, and donuts
fruit drinks, such as fruitades and fruit punch
dairy desserts, such as ice cream

Reading the ingredient label on processed foods can help to identify added sugars. Names for added sugars on food labels include:

anhydrous dextrose
brown sugar
confectioner’s powdered sugar
corn syrup
corn syrup solids
dextrose
fructose
high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
honey
invert sugar
lactose
malt syrup
maltose
maple syrup
molasses
nectars (e.g., peach nectar, pear nectar)
pancake syrup
raw sugar
sucrose
sugar
white granulated sugar

You may also see other names used for added sugars, but these are not recognized by the FDA as an ingredient name. These include:

cane juice
evaporated corn sweetener
fruit juice concentrate
crystal dextrose
glucose
liquid fructose
sugar cane juice
fruit…

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#Janathon Day 1 – Running after the Flu and Hip-Issues.

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Robinson — 1 Comment

So a new year brings a new… JANATHON!!!!!!

So what is Janathon? It is a commitment to do something physical for every day in January. Yesterday, being January 1st – was the first day of Janathon – so off on a run I went!

Now, December was a bit of a rough month. I got the flu that was going around, which knocked me down for over a week. Then, as I recovered from that I started suffering from some hip pain. I’m still not entirely sure what it is, and it is still there (although it has lessened.) From talking with my wife, the symptoms are very similar to her IT Band issue (I have hip pain, knee pain, leg all together is tight..), but it is also reminiscent of the pain I felt when I had my hernia. The good news is, running didn’t make it worse – which is different from my hernia issues… Read more ›

Tagged with: hip pain, Janathon, Random Tag, running
Posted in Janathon, janathon, running

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The major food and beverage sources of added sugars for Americans are:

Reading the ingredient label on processed foods can help to identify added sugars. Names for added sugars on food labels include:

You may also see other names used for added sugars, but these are not recognized by the FDA as an ingredient name. These include:

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