If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Fitness sets itself apart from intelligence or education and financial wealth in that it is possible at a glance to see what kind of attitude a person has towards his/her own body and what kind of athletic competence he/she [...]

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I just came across a New York photo series of Olympians along with their stats and measurements. I must say this was very surprising, because it turns out they are not superhuman but just ordinary athletes. I found it interesting to compare myself to these guys, so here’s me:
Jacob, inline hockey center forward, clubbeller, and [...]

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I’m currently reading Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot by Jim Stockdale (again). I’m not quite finished yet, but the book is chocked full of wisdom that is applicable to [my] life once the translation between military life and civilian life is made. In his essay on “climbing the pyramids of naval aviation” he emphasizes [...]

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This blog is turning into a cycling blog. The past few weeks I have posted several times on the century (100 miles) I’m doing next Sunday. Although I have now been told that this have little or nothing to do with running a marathon, I think that the underlying requirements are the same. The requirements [...]

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So yesterday I was out all afternoon training for the upcoming 100 miler. It’s the Sunday after the next one which leaves me two weeks to get ready for battle. During my lunch break, I rode up to the top of the local hill. Based on my rough estimate this is a 4-6% climb over [...]

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Today I went riding on a 20M loop. I passed 10-12 riders heading in the opposite direction. First the was the solo riders in team wear, then a couple of riders wheel sucking following by other couples (husband & wife). These were followed by the hoi polloi, people riding three or four abreast chatting, a [...]

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First some nomenclature: A century is 100 miles on a bicycle. It  is something serious cyclists would maybe call a long ride, but which weekend warriors have elevated to event status as a testament to the fact that in our culture doing things with other people somehow validates crazy behavior.
In case you want to join [...]

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I first got introduced to hockey in phys ed. in elementary school. Our teacher handed out these yellow plastic sticks and put two mylec goals at each end and let us have at it. I saw a similar spectacle a couple of years ago. This time the kids were wearing gloves and full head gear [...]

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The title of this post is “Fit Dad Fat Dad” partially in honor of Rich Dad Poor Dad and partially to stir up some controversy in exactly the same way as RDPD does.
RDPD has a fairly poor reputation amongst pf bloggers. I think the reason is that it questions widely held beliefs on personal [...]

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Thanks to the Superbowl there has been a lot of comparison between football and personal finance. Now whereas football is a game where a bunch of girls wear protective padding and slap each others’ butts, cycling is a sport for real men who shave their legs and wear spandex. All this is besides the point [...]

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