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Personal Training – Overview & Catchup

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Robinson — Leave a comment

I suppose I should give some specifics on the personal training, before I start an update. When we signed up, we met with the “head” of personal training, that talked about how we wanted to turn our bodies into “Fat…

Tagged with: Bootcamp, Cycling, LA Fitness, Personal Training, Weight Lifting
Posted in Personal Training

I’ve been quiet again.. Let me catch you up..

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Robinson — 2 Comments

Usually my quietness means that I have been sitting around eating bon-bons.. Before I vanished, I mentioned that this was the year I was really going to get back in shape. Not just running shape mind you, total full-body shape. …

Tagged with: Cycling, LA Fitness, Road Bike, running
Posted in Cross Training, Cycling, Kids

Spinning the wheels on the ‘ole antique.

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Robinson — 6 Comments

The logical follow-up post to yesterday’s blog is…. I went for a ride last night! The first thing I noticed… Is my seat is very, very hard. I think my butt may be bruised today. Now fortunately, the part of…

Tagged with: Bicycle, Cycling, plantar fasciitis, raliegh, Really Old Bike, Scholls
Posted in Cross Training, Cycling, Plantar Faciitis, running injury

Fixing the Antique.

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Robinson — 2 Comments

I’m sure you have been wondering all day… What did the Once and Future Runner do yesterday, since he (probably) still can’t run, and is incompetent when it comes to basic bike repair? Did he do another long boring walk?…

Tagged with: Bicycle, Bike Doctor, Crofton Bike Doctor, Cycling, Local bike shop, Road bicycle
Posted in Cycling, Other Exercise, Plantar Faciitis, Technology

Walking takes a long time…

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Robinson — 6 Comments

So, last night I pulled out my bicycle. I knew that running was a bad idea – the feeling of a nail being driven into my heel made it a bit of a no-brainer.. But I wasn’t going to let…

Tagged with: Bicycle, Cycling, le tour 12.2, running, schwinn, Tire, Walking
Posted in Cycling, Plantar Faciitis, running, running injury, running shoes

Running is fun.. The other options? Seem lacking….

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Robinson — 3 Comments

This not running has been a severe downer for me. As you can tell from the lack of recent posts – I have not been doing much in the exercise/work out department. I can honestly say that I do not…

Tagged with: Cycling, Foot, Plantar Facia, Plantar Faciitis, running
Posted in running, running injury, running shoes

Running and Biking Oh My!

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Robinson — 6 Comments

Couple of days to catch up on.. But since I haven’t posted about them it must not have happened right? I decided that it was finally time to face my fear, strap on my running shoes and head out the…

Tagged with: Cycling, Presta Valve, Running with Plantar Faciitis, Schrader Valve
Posted in Cross Training, running, running injury, running shoes

A new era in training… Using rather old technology..

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Robinson — Leave a comment

So, with my penchance for injuring my calves – leading to down times of running of several weeks – I have decided I need a bicycle. So doing the wise thing I posted on Facebook and Craigslist that I was looking for a…