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8/27/2012

I never call myself an expert. I just refer to myself as a person with a little bit of knowledge and experience. Often times people ask me for advice about exercising or about nutrition. I’m usually hesitant to offer my suggestions. I feel like the things I have to offer are common knowledge or obvious. This is a habit I need to get away from. I noticed the ideas and concepts I thought of as obvious were new to some folks. And the people that already knew what I was talking about appreciated the refresher.

I have decided to start from square one for the people that want to add fitness to their life. There are so many facets to leading a healthy happy lifestyle. Different people have different goals. I’ve decided to start with nutrition...

8/25/2012

I’ve been putting in regular mileage every day for the past week. Today I decided to focus on something many runners neglect. I spent two hours working on upper body strength. Like I’ve said time and again, everything is about balance. To be a better runner it is important to strengthen the core for stability, the shoulders for posture, and arms for speed. To keep my blood flowing in between sets I would run a quick half mile run.

At the moment, my body feels good. Even though I took time away from extreme training I never abandoned fitness. I knew that I would want to resume the journey at some point in time. Jumping back into a rigorous regiment without keeping the muscles strong would have resulted in injury. For many people a fitness routine is cut off before it even begins...

8/24/2012

I should start by writing to my readers that I never meant to neglect my blog for such a long period of time. I guess the run took a lot out of me. Besides, I felt as if my everyday event couldn’t really compare to the adventure of the road.

You will be happy to know the time away was not wasted. Everything I did over the course of this past year was to build upon the foundation we laid in 2011. We influenced over 20,000 kids in 2012 already and the year is not finished. We are also planning The Great Reading Run 2. The new adventure will stretch over 11,000 miles around the perimeter of the United States. Honestly I’m trying hard not to think about what I’ve agreed to do.

I learned so much over the course of the first expedition and I made so many good friends...