Getting back in shape is a long project if you were very fit once and not at all fit now. Here are the steps I’ve used so far. Set a challenging goal. Mine is the Dirty Kanza in June 2017. The definition of challenging is that you are afraid that if you do not train right you will end up somewhere you really don’t want to be as a result of not meeting that goal — like stuck in the hot sun…..
The Rio Olympics may be the athlete’s big event, but for those watching they can inspire a new beginning. As Katinka Hosszu of Hungary shows us what it its like to come back stronger than ever and smash a world record, we can dream. As Oksana Chusovitina competes for Uzbekistan in her 7th Olympics at age 41, we can say like her as we are given another day to wake up in the morning, “I can do more.” One way…..
When I wrote Shadow of Denali I wondered if I should add a warning label at the point I jumped off the cliff. Soon after publishing it I got a tweet to the effect of “jump and plan how to land on the way down.” That is just not so not the whole story, if you want to reliably survive. Even in an fast moving world. Here are ingredients: Preparation. In the case of jumping off the cliff that means…..