Corlyn, who is one of my work-out buddies at Team CrossFit Academy, pulled 300 pounds (136 kg) off of the floor yesterday. Her previous best lift (from a few months ago, I believe) was only around 200 pounds! Twenty of us lifted our jaws from the floor after seeing sweet Corlyn pull that off. Originally…
Day: December 21, 2008
Winter Solstice
Mark reminded me that today is the winter solstice. Tomorrow, Pasadena will have three seconds more daylight than today. Originally posted at http://www.michaelkeating.com/weblog/2008/12/winter-solstice.html
Marathon’s Loose Ends
As noted, the Pasadena Marathon was cancelled due to the poor air quality caused by fires on three sides of Pasadena. The dearth of blog posts in the final six weeks leading up to the marathon stemmed from nagging injuries that kept me from following the training regimen through that period. The most debilitating of…