Ordinary Marathoner

It’s been a productive week for me this week. Dropped 4 pounds, got a lot of quality workouts in, woke up early 4 of 5 days – setting myself up for a good weekend… unless the Patriots win.

Up and at ’em early today and feeling great about it. Got a good 8-miles in last night and made some changes to the workout schedule to focus on the next 2-3 weeks before the Phoenix Marathon. Now if you’ll excuse me… I must go cook some bacon. WHERE’S THE PARKING LOT PIC, BACKOSKI???

Good morning! Yesterday was a busy day and very efficient – got my bike ride in, did a great podcast with Ken Nowell, and opened registration for the Ordinary Marathon, which went better than we even expected. Wanted to thank everyone for registering for the event, whose proceeds will be going to such a great … Continue reading "Podcast #121 – Ordinary Daily, Jan 16, 2019"

Our latest podcast guest is a co-founder of DIRT (Dads Indoors Riding Trainers) – a team of cyclists on the Zwift platform. I found these guys on Facebook a few months ago and have watched the group grow at an incredible pace. It’s a very supportive and fun-loving group who are taking advantage of all … Continue reading "Podcast #120 – Ken Nowell"

Well… another streak ended this morning. I’m blaming Steve Jobs, even post-mortem, for my iPhone’s battery dying overnight even though it was plugged in! But I’m still up and at em – busy morning. Ordinary Marathon opens for registration today!!!

Up and at ’em early on this very cold Massachusetts Monday. Had a fairly weak weekend of training followed by a weak swim today – and the excuses are getting me nowhere. Recognize it, turn it around… let’s get after it this week.

My guest this week is TSean Laws, who was able to squeeze this interview in between his Sunday morning run and the playoff game this afternoon involving his beloved Eagles. TSean turned to running to help ease his hypertension and has gone from the Couch-to-5k to running half-marathons! We wish him the best of luck … Continue reading "Podcast #117 – TSean Laws"

This morning was a bit interesting… I didn’t have an AM workout planned, but still got up early to get ready for the day and put out a podcast. Fighting for the routine! I’m going to beat the hell out of myself until I become a morning person.

I’m up, I’m up… the alarm clock rang and I answered. I swam, I made a friend, I got coffee, and now here we are.

Well, my streak of waking up early to do a workout and then a podcast is over. I was able to make it to 1 day. As someone on Twitter put it, at least the streak will be easy to break! So on a good note, maybe I’ve set myself up for success!?!? The good … Continue reading "Podcast #114 – Ordinary Daily, Jan 9, 2019"