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Cycling, Health, Running
Team Ortho Dualathon
08.19.09 | Permalink | Comment?

I am running and riding in the Team Ortho Minneapolis Dualathon (5k run–18 mile bike–5k run) in less than two weeks. Should be a great race. It is now the largest dualathon in the U.S. I haven’t been training real hard (bad knees), but I know I can finish–and to me that’s the best part.
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Health, Running
Monster Dash 10 Mile Course
07.28.09 | Permalink | Comment?

I just signed up to run the Monster Dash 10 Mile race on Oct 31, 2009. It is the day I turn 40, so if I am slow I have an excuse. Click here for the course:
Health, Psych, Questions
Mattieu Ricard Discusses “What is Happiness?”
05.08.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Mattieu Ricard discusses Happiness. What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true sense of serenity and fulfillment.
After training in biochemistry at the Institute Pasteur, Matthieu Ricard left science behind to move to the [...]
Health, Psych, Questions
Mihaly Chsikszentmihalyi on “Flow” via TED
05.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Mihaly Chsikszentmihaly discusses Flow.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives. A leading researcher in positive psychology, he has devoted his life to studying what makes people truly happy: “When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.” He [...]
Health, Psych, Questions
Dr. Martin Seligman on Positive Psychology
05.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

An interesting discussion from Dr. Martin Seligman. Fran suggested I check it out.
Martin Seligman founded the field of positive psychology in 2000, and has devoted his career since then to furthering the study of positive emotion, positive character traits, and positive institutions. It’s a fascinating field of study that had few empirical, scientific measures — [...]
Health
Chronic Lower Back Pain
12.11.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I have been having a ton of back pain for the last couple of weeks. I started with the chiropractor and he sent me to the orthopedist who took x-rays and an MRI. Turns out it is spondylothisis (sp) (mis-alignment of two vertebrae) and a herniated disc. I am going in for a cortisol epidural [...]