http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog Unlock Your Potential Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:41:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can almost remember that day like it was yesterday... I walked into my favorite running store and after poking around a bit at the shoe wall I was approached by the salesperson... We started to talk and she stepped back gave me a look over and said, "Oh you are a ... http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog/2012/02/oh-you-are-a-heavy-runner/ Pity Party Time!!! Hey even a positive optimistic and happy person gets one pity party from time to time. I am calling one for myself. If one more person tells me it is a marathon not a sprint I swear I will go postal, even worse I have had people tell ... http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog/2012/01/there-is-a-reason-why-sayings-exist/ OK most of you know about my exploits of becoming an Ironman. The hardest thing an individual can do in one's life time. 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run, BRAG FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE! I believe you have heard this from me ... http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog/2012/01/60-seconds-versus-17-hours/ Most don't know this, but 2012 has three Friday the 13's this year. Unusual, yes. We usually get two a year and in fact making it a bit more unusual we will have all three within 13 weeks. The last time that has happened was in 1984 and the next ... http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog/2012/01/friday-the-13th/ On today's episode we find in the soap opera of Jim Ristow's (AKA The Fitness Buddy) life preparing for a trip to Las Vegas. I know what you are thinking about, but you would be wrong. This trip is another step past the fear most feel during their time jobless, unemployed, ... http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog/2012/01/bold-move-2-las-vegas-here-i-come/ Dear Jim, This is your 2011 self speaking to the 2012 Jim. There are many times when you think to yourself I wonder what life is going to be like at this time next year. I just wanted to write to you reminding you what happened to you in 2011. So ... http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog/2011/12/dear-jim/ Question... What do you think is a tougher challenge in one's life? A. Training and completing a race (2x) that most people think impossible B. Career searching I think back to all the emotions I had for training for my Ironman's that I have completed and the emotional roller coaster I put myself ... http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog/2011/12/the-show-goes-on/ As I have posted I am career searching. I have done this before and it has ranked up there with car shopping/buying and going to the dentist. Not exactly on my list of favorite things to do. To top that I am doing it in a very rough economic climate ... http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog/2011/12/career-search-a-55-airfare-round-trip-is-a-sign-of-things-to-come/ Such a simple word... Hope. In a world of four letter words that are bad, I find comfort in hope. It can come in a small form to really something very big, but either way, hope gives me the strength to push on. As you might have read in my last post I ... http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog/2011/12/hope/ It is actually ON in two fronts in my life. Front #1 - Scale Front #2 - Career Both faced separately difficult, but together daunting... SCALE - I am now the heaviest I have been in 8 + years and this was planned. PLANNED? Yes I planned to eat anything I wanted for a three ... http://thefitnessbuddy.com/blog/2011/12/it-is-on/