Jan 182011
Jan 172011
Michael Nunez has joined The Running Brothers team. Mike has been one of my best friends since High School. He’s the type of guy who would do anything for you and is quite handy as well. Today, we completed our first run, a 2.4 mile run around Chino Hills and the guys in pretty good shape. I still dusted him in our run, but he gave a valiant effort.
Michael runs his own business, Adaptive Flooring, where he installs all types of flooring. He has been doing flooring for nearly 8 years now, is personable, adaptable and works hard to make sure that his customers are happy.
We are always looking for more people like Mike to add to The Running Brothers Team so if you are interested in exercising with us, don’t be shy, just ask.
Jan 172011
Jan 152011
Throughout this process of running, and blogging, I knew that I was going to come across new things that I had never encountered before. In my interview with Mitch Roberts, I came across a new term that was previously unfamiliar to me . . . The Farmers Blow.
In all honesty, I have used this technique before, but did not know that it had a specific name.
If you are unfamiliar, here is a picture . . .
David Beckham Farmers Blow
Yes, Farmers Blow . . . disgusting. The term refers to plugging up one nostril and blowing out mucus through the other. Sorry if you planned on eating before reading this, but I had to share my newfound knowledge with you.
Jan 152011
Jan 142011
Jan 142011
I love to view comments made our posts in order to check out other blogs, one such comment sent me to a series of blogs called Sweat365. I asked one of these blogger, Mitch Roberts, about his affiliation with Sweat365 and how it works. According to Mitch, Sweat365 is a social networking blog used to log workouts and connect with other athletes.
Mitch typically uses Sweat 365 as a way to log all of his times, but occasionaly includes blog posts. He has made many friends through Sweat365 and actually has kept in contact with other athletes to help motivate each other.
On his website, mitchr.sweat365.com, Mitch uses several Side Bar Widgets, which can be found on the Dashbord. He uses Logbook 2 to record the distances for his workouts and a countdown timer set for Cour d’Alene where he plans on completing his next Ironman event. (Rocky, these look like really cool widgets, we should look into getting some for our page)
Sweat365 looks like a good way to meet others who like to run, bike and swim. If you plan on running, biking or swimming, it is worth looking into as it’s a community of like-minded individuals who will keep up on their workouts and try to motivate you to keep up on yours.
Jan 132011
Jan 132011
I completed my goal for this week . . . are you impressed?
Weekly Amount:
- Running = 10 miles
- Biking = .1 mile
- Swimming = 4200 M or 2.6 miles
Total Amount:
- Running = 19.8 miles (17.5 miles to downtown L.A.)
- Biking = .1 mile (37.2 miles to downtown L.A.)
- Swimming = 8300 meters or 5.1 miles (32.2 miles to downtown L.A.)
- Total = 25 miles (12.3 miles to downtown L.A.)
Jan 122011
This past weekend my brother said he wanted to start the middle leg of his IronMan training, the Bike. When I think about the IronMan the swim scares me cause I swim like an anchor but the bike is what I would fear the most, for no reason than my rear can not handle 112 miles. But none the less we need to get Zeb turning those pedals as part of his training.
A few years ago, when I was a struggling college student I really wanted to start cycling but couldn’t afford a decent bike and on my way to work I saw a garage sale which had a road bike siting out. I immediatly pulled over and asked about it. It had flat tires, no seat, no brakes, a rusty chain, rusty sprokets, rusty handle bars, rusty….. rusty…… you get the picture. AND SHE ONLY WANTED $2. SCORE!!!
Back then I started my project to restore the bike to brand new condition. $80 later and several hours of taking it appart and scrubbing away rust I had a very nice bike. It was a little small for 6 foot guy but it did the job.
Now, several years later the bike has been sitting for a long time and bike has regrown its rust and lost all the air in its tires but its time to get it back. It’s behind a none working lawn mower and covered in spider webs but my brother and I can still see its speed. We wheel it out, clean it up and start checking how it works. We try to turn the pedals and it doesn’t turn but that won’t detour us. So we align up the chain and lube everything up. EUREKA!!! its turning. we put air in the tires and Zeb gives it a ride
It still needs some work but it gets my brother started on the middle leg of his Ironman. Good Luck Bro.