What is my aging mind-body capable of doing? This simple curiosity is the main engine of my self-expression. Looking forward to sharing with you my fitness endeavors, my nature explorations, language learning, cooking activities, and so on. 『老い』と向かい合いながら人間は、どこまで体力・知力を維持向上できるか?そんな好奇心をもとに、体力維持、英語力の維持・向上、料理、自然探索など様々な分野において、自分史の記録としてブログを書いてます。(チャンネル管理者のYou Tube Channelもヨロシクお願いします/Come visit my You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCRYRdNJ7mJ5bWcrl5yC2FA?view_as=subscriber)
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Midnight 16 K Barefoot Run
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Midnight Barefoot Run
Jul. 19, 2021
11.8K: 1:08:05
Anyhow, back to my exercise. I listened to "New Psychology of Selling" by Brian Tracy while running. God only knows how often have I listened to it before. But there is a renewed pleasure each time. It reinforces my knowledge of how people make buying decisions. Also it brings to my awareness something new every time I listen to it again.
I found it particularly interesting when he says all buying decisions are emotional. Even when you say, "We are going to do this for a logical reason," it only suggests that it means we have more emotion invested in that reason.
Brian also suggests that it takes a stronger emotion to overcome a weaker emotion. It means that, for example, if someone won't buy something for a fear of being worse off, it takes a stronger emotion such as a burning desire to be happier, richer, more popular, whatever, to overcome the fear to finally make a buying decision. Very interesting. I should definitely follow up on it.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Midnight Barefoot Jog
Jul. 13, 2021
15.5 K: 1:26:32
Ran a different route from yesterday for a change. Stopped by a friend's house to drop off some Japanese ginger. I collected a whole bunch on the previous night. Ran longer than usual to test my fitness. At an easy pace, an extra 5 K didn't feel that much. Hope to run this distance more often to make a smooth transition to running a longer distance more frequently.
Monday, July 12, 2021
Midnight Barefoot Jog
11.8K: 1:09:18
Listened again to sport scientist Dr. Stephen Seiler's TED presentation about the importance of spending 80 % of your training time in the so-called "green zone" of intensity where the level of intensity is relatively low and therefore you can sustain your training effort for a long time and frequently.
裸足で深夜の田舎道をジョギングしながらスポーツ科学者Stephen Seiler博士のTEDプレゼンテーションを聴講。低負荷のトレーニングがトレーニング全体の約8割を占めるというトップアスリートのトレーニング分析の結果を、自身のトレーニングの参考にする。
Friday, July 9, 2021
One-Hour Recovery Run
Jul. 9, 2021
11.8 K: 1:10:04.
Listened while running to "Stay With Me" by Miki Matsubara who prematurely died of cancer when she was still 44.
Leg muscles were tense before run. They felt lighter and more relaxed thereafter.
Listened to "Stay With Me" by Miki Matsubara who prematurely died of cancer when she was still 44. Leg muscles were tense before run. They felt lighter and more relaxed after run.
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Rainy Summer Midnight Intervals: 6 Sets by 1 K @ 4:25 with 1-Minute Rest between Sets
Jul. 8, 2021
Warm Up 3.5 K: 19:31.42Rest: 1:00.32
1st K: 4:05.80
Rest: 1:00.50
2nd K: 4:13.26
Rest: 1:00.66
3rd K: 4:17.08
Rest: 1:00.56
4th K: 4:32.37 (Ran extra 50 M by mistake)
Rest: 1:00.59
5th K: 4:21.24
Rest: 1:00.74
6th K: 4:20.75
Rest: 1:15.45
Warm Down 3.5 K: 21:40.82
Total 13 K: 1:14:21
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Midnight One-Hour Barefoot Jog
Jul. 7, 2021
0.9 K: 5:04.09
10 K: 53:52.37
0.9 K: 4:51.70
Total 11.8 K: 1:03:48
I listened to Dr. Stephen Seiler's TED presentation about endurance training. According to his research, even Olympic level athletes spend 80 % of their training time in a so-called low intensity zone. This has led me to doing more low intensity running training such as what I did tonight.