Fitness Plan

Marathon number three will not be this year. The last marathon was extremely painful and I do not have plans to run another marathon for a year. I have decided that my next marathon will be St. George Marathon in Utah in October 2013 ( http://www.stgeorgemarathon.com).

Between now and then, I have sufficient time to focus on other aspects of fitness. Last night I watched an episode of America Ninja Warrior (http://www.g4tv.com/anw/home), and was so captivated by the show, that I decided to get to fitness level similar to its participants. You might soon see a Salmon Ladder in my backyard similar to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Vd74et8ss&feature=related.

I have never been a muscular person, but being thin and light is a plus for upper body power bursts in pull-up and muscle ups, required for most stunts in the Ninja Warrior obstacles. In order to remain thin, I will continue running though, limiting the longest run at 10 miles.

It will not be easy to get this fit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iclvPOq5ftg&feature=related especially at age 37.

But I have an acceptable base to start from.

So not much exciting on the running front for more than a year. But I will keep posting on the progress to upper body fitness. My next project is to erect a Salmon Ladder.