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Beets: they weren’t as bad as I thought they would be
by Jay Hiller, November 28, 2022 Photo by EmmaS-Jane Hobden on Unsplash You know when you’re in the grocery store and it seems like a good idea to try a new vegetable? I bought a bunch of 3 small beets with their greens. I read up on how to cook them. (Yay, instant pot.) And…
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Add a mental task to an exercise to improve brain health
by Jay Hiller, November 27, 2022 Photo by Priyanka Singh on Unsplash Years ago, when I did a lot of long endurance runs, I found that a lot of the endurance involved dealing with boredom. I would entertain myself by picking out random numbers and figuring out their square roots. Little did I know that…
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The joy of lentil soup
by Jay Hiller, November 25, 2022 Photo by Süheyl Burak on Unsplash I don’t cook much, but I make good lentil soup. The recipe I use is from a cookbook that I initially checked out of the library 20+ years ago and then bought, Learning to Cook with Marion Cunningham (Alfred A. Knopf, 1999). Most…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
by Jay Hiller, November 24, 2022 Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone enjoys a nice meal and has a good day. Subscribe here!
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You can’t out train a poor diet
by Jay Hiller, November 13, 2022 Photo by Madalyn Cox on Unsplash When I was in my late thirties I ran my first marathon. It was fun to build mileage in a systematic way over a period of 18 weeks. I snacked away the Sunday afternoons after my long run, doing laundry or running my…
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Hard choices make you grow
by Jay Hiller, November 12, 2022 Photo by Ales Maze on Unsplash In January someone asked me to facilitate an electronic course that had been created and taught by a friend who had recently passed away. It was an intimidating suggestion. Agreeing meant spending a significant amount of time making sure I understood the course…
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My smart watch doesn’t know much
by Jay Hiller, November 4, 2022 Photo by Dan Cristian Pădureț on Unsplash I’m not sure how I’m fooling my smart watch. It thinks I did 72 zone minutes today. I…didn’t.
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I guess I could do a post about how having good tissues makes a difference when you’re under the weather
by Jay Hiller, October 22, 2022 They do make a difference and I’ll try again tomorrow. Have a great day!
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Do what you can
by Jay Hiller, October 19, 2022 Travel and what I hope are allergies have disrupted my fitness routine this week. Yesterday my workout was carrying my luggage all over the economy parking lot at the Austin airport looking for my car. (Why is the D section behind the B section, ABIA?) This morning I woke…