Archive | January 29, 2008 | Breathinstephen

The…I’m not allowed to talk about it…post

Filed under Misc, People, Places and Events by Stephen on January 29, 2008 at 9:15 am {no comments}

Spent an exciting and memorable, but very exhausting, 3 days in LA with my sister and her family. I wish I could tell you all about it, but unfortunately I’m bound by a confidentiality agreement not to discuss any of the details of what transpired inside the Sony Pictures Studio Lot until the actual episode [...]

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Off to LA LA Land

Filed under Misc, People, Places and Events by Stephen on January 24, 2008 at 10:20 am {no comments}

Just got the call from my sister . My 8 year old niece and her Dad were just chosen as contestants for a new reality/game show to be taped in Hollywood, and they want me to be in the audience with them. Get this…we have to be there tomorrow morning! The studio is flying us [...]

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Sidelined

Filed under Fitness Walking, Marathon Training by Stephen on January 22, 2008 at 8:20 am {5 comments}

For some reason this has been one the toughest training seasons I can remember. Not because of my lungs as you might guess, but because of persistent legs problems! It’s just one injury after another. Two weeks ago I pulled a hamstring muscle in my right leg, last weekend I developed an anterior shin splint [...]

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Over doing it…as usual

Filed under Marathon Training, Walking by Stephen on January 17, 2008 at 10:48 pm {3 comments}

I see I’m not the only one getting way ahead of myself… (Rick) This past Saturday I was supposed to do my first in a series of long slow walks ( 15 miles maximum )… at least that was the plan. I was kinda dreading this walk anyway because Id been experiencing a lot hamstring [...]

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Hot off the presses.

Filed under Marathon walking, Marathons, Racewalking, Walking by Stephen on January 11, 2008 at 8:46 pm {5 comments}

(click to read article) OK….This one took me totally by surprise. Your’s truly on the cover of WALK magazine along with my partners in crime, Brandon and Mike ( all Dave Mc Govern alumni) . Two years ago, the thought of walking a marathon was wishful thinking at best, now I’m on the front cover [...]

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LSD’s for the next 7 weeks

Filed under Marathon Training, Marathon walking by Stephen on January 7, 2008 at 4:20 pm {4 comments}

Jan 12th——15 miles Jan 19th——-8 miles Jan 26th——18 miles Feb 2nd——12 miles Feb 9th——-20 miles Feb 16th——10 miles Feb 23rd——8 miles These are my long slow distance days ( LSD’s) for the next two months. I “G-Mapped” some of my routes in case you ever find yourself in the SF area and want to do [...]

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First 14 of ’08

Filed under Marathon Training, Racewalking by Stephen on January 2, 2008 at 3:24 pm {3 comments}

With the holiday madness finally behind and my 4th marathon staring me in the face, I told myself this weekend…No more Excuses ! Bad weather or not, Bad lungs or not..Achy joints or not.. …You committed to do this marathon, so now you need to get out there and start your long distance training walks, [...]

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