http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit Fitness Advice and Musings from a Regular Guy Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:11:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are as tired as I am of how long this blog takes to load, then you will appreciate the fact that I am moving this blog to a faster server.  I have taken some of the better posts and added them to the new blog and will be ... http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit/im-moving/ Sunday afternoons are my time to leave a little early and do a longer or more challenging run. Although quite short distance wise, the run from the Elena Gallegos Picnic Area to Domingo Baca Canyon presents the challenges of a rocky trail, altitude and then the limited "visibility" of the ... http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit/twa-canyon-adventure-run/ As I have mentioned before, I am a late adaptor, meaning, for instance, that I just learned to send myself an email on my phone. That's late. But because I was able to do that, I could share with you a couple of pictures that I also figured ... http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit/are-you-bim-active/ I guess that a good portion of the population can say, “I once was” about something. As we get older, it is usually about something that we used to do better than we do now, but across generations, wonderful stories can arise from positive things like, I once was poor ... http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit/i-once-was-fast-and-now-im-slow-2/      The first clue that I'm not a blogger is that I never write in my blog.  I'm old, tired and just not in the mood to take on another task in my life.  I used to do a newsletter every week, but then, even though I cherish having so ... http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit/why-im-not-a-blogger/     If news headlines, reports and statistics are true, then one of the greatest challenges that this country and world faces is not from without, but from within. Day after day, we are self destructing - destroying our own bodies and minds by ignoring the fact that we are first ... http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit/are-we-self-destructing/ Runner's World Magazine writer Julie Upton provides us with some insights on why your morning runs can sometimes go bad. She writes, "You are out the door cruising around the neighborhood. Nothing can stop you--except maybe that dead feeling in your legs. And that empty feeling in ... http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit/a-full-morning-eating-before-your-morning-run/ I have never understood why people are so protective of what they write. I enjoy sharing with you the wisdom and knowledge that I have gained and continue to acquire. When I saw this article on AOL, I felt that it was important to ... http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit/got-arrhythmias-read-this/ I went for a run along the Rio Grande on the Bosque Path yesterday afternoon and was thoroughly enjoying my run. Perhaps because it was 88 degrees, I didn't see another runner in my 40:00 run, but saw plenty of cyclists. Cyclists and runners have a tenuous relationship ... http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit/oh-that-stings/ Although that sounds like a very long jail sentence for a celebrity, what it is actually is how long it took for me to develop a habit. No, not the type of habits celebrities have, but rather my habit of working out (in my case running) seven days a ... http://www.focused-on-fitness.com/how-to-be-fit/30-days/