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Monday Afternoon 5 Miler
Managed to get out and back from a five miler before darkness set in this afternoon. It was still very cold (high 20′s) but at least the wind wasn’t too strong tonight. My goal was to run for five miles total with a couple of faster miles thrown in for good measure. The first mile [...]
Essential Abs: Weeks 5 & 6
Some time over the weekend I’ll be starting Level 3 of the 6-Week Essential Abs Program. Weeks 3 and 4 turned out to be quite challenging in the end – the number of abdominal exercises increased from three to six and a more advanced lower back exercise was introduced. Level 3 (Weeks 5 and 6) [...]
Triple Bike/Run & The End Of Essential Abs Week 4
Wednesday evening means a midweek bike/run workout, so I decided to do a similar workout to last week – 10 minutes on the bike, followed by 10 minutes on the treadmill, repeated three times. The only thing I did different was incorporate alternate minutes of standing on the bike – great for the quads and [...]
Tough Love, The Treadmill & Essential Abs
I wanted to make a positive start to my training week today, so decided on an indoor bike workout, treadmill session, followed by the second workout of week four in the Essential Abs program. I tend to log my workouts Monday –> Sunday which allows me the opportunity of making up any shortfall in my [...]
Another Brick & Ab Workout
Time for another bike, run workout tonight, so I decided to do the same workout as last week – 10 minutes on the bike, followed by 10 minutes on the treadmill, repeated three times. I must say, I felt stronger on the bike tonight and was able to push a bigger gear for a longer [...]
Spinervals 10k Strength Builder & An Ab Workout
Last night’s workout was just an indoor bike ride for about 35 minutes with no running or strength work. The recovery day left me feeling refreshed and ready to tackle a treadmill workout, and I decided to follow Troy Jacobson’s 10k Strength Builder from the great Runervals series. Here’s a review of the workout from [...]





