Again, the Hospital Hill run is set for this saturday, June 11. Our 15th annual…again starts at 8AM. 5K walk, 5K run, and 1 mile run. Here you are looking at the side of the hospital hill where we finish just over the top.
Here is another view from the top of the hill. The weather is supposed to be a little on the cool side, but no rain. Perfect for a walk/run. Hope to see you there!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1353
New piece of equipment for exercising…a Spinner bike. This simulates more closely your outdoor bike, as far as mechanics. You can work on form, “the spinning” technique for riding outdoors. You can change the resistance on it to help simulate hills as well. Makes for a nice change of pace, and you can really get a good workout with this.
Here Sarah is using it. Notice on the back of her T-shirt. We had these made when we did the Rock N Roll marathon and half marathon in Phoenix a couple years ago…”Success…A Journey, not a Destination”. Keep this in mind when you are working out, or struggle at times trying to stay committed to your exercise. Hang in there!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1300
Traveled to Pittsburgh for a conference on monday, and walked across the street from the hotel to hit the bike trail for a run monday morning. Great weather, upper 60’s at 6AM, got to almost 80 later in the day. What a nice change. I had never been to Pennsylvania before. One of my goals is to run in every state in the US…I can now take Pennsylvania off the checklist.
The bike trail along the river leads right past the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Sports Training facility. Here they do the latest research when it comes to concussions in athletes, which is what the conference was on. Now I can use this knowledge back home when evaluating athletes with concussions, and helping to decide return to play, and oveall being safe in sports.
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1297
As if the weather has not been bad enough, we start getting more snow here today. Combination of rain and snow, BIG snowflakes. Sarah and I said “Enough” and we went outside anyway and went running, going for a 6 mile run. Now, this is the type of scenery we had to look at during this run, but that did not stop us from actually having another image in our head to focus on during this run…That image is the following…
…pretending we were back in Mexico, running along their trail, among the palmtrees, feeling the sun shining, and not having rain and snow pelting your face. Sometimes, you need to focus on the good things that you did, to help get through some of the bad things. The weather here is definitely one of the bad things that just “keeps on going”. So…put your head down, keep focusing, concentrating, get moving, and keep on going!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1283
A favorite spot of mine to think…A quiet place, in amongst the trees, overlooking the lake. On calm days is a great escape to think about the everyday things in life, what to concentrate on, and what is important. The good thing about this now is this picture brings me back to those moments, and there is no snow or ice to look at. Only nature, and all the answers it can provide. Looking forward to spending time doing this again, hopefully soon…
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1278
Anybody else getting really tired of Winter? Everywhere you go, people are talking about the weather, and how it is getting them down. The weather is getting us all down! When we get “down”, then everything else seems to slip too, especially our efforts to take care of ourselves. This is a time when you have to dig down deep to stay motivated with your goals, to stay focused on what is important, in the face of all of these outside challenges. I think it is time to focus on some motivational points to help keep our focus. Here is a view of one of the lakes out in the Black Hills this past summer. It is easy to just get lost in your thoughts when out looking/walking/hiking in something this nice and peaceful. Stay tuned as I concentrate on some other views/aspects/pictures to help get us, and me, through these weather challenges right now…
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1276