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Today Show: Men Turning 50

December 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Over my morning coffee and a bowl of cereal I caught a segment of the Today Show about the challenges of men turning 50. Optimistically the subtitle for the piece was ‘planning for the

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Tags: Guess Who Just Turned Fifty Edith! · Health and Exercise · Observations of Midlife Stuff

0-16 Miami Dolphins?

December 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Just needed to get this off my chest and onto ‘paper’. As a fan who grew up in the Orange Bowl and watched the 17-0 season from [Read more →]

Tags: Health and Exercise · Hobbies · Observations of Midlife Stuff

Interval Training – One Mean, Diabolical Workout

November 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments

This story sums up my experience with interval training. Every 6 months my personal trainer inflict this pain on my aging cardio system. The only humor I find in this programĀ  is watching the [Read more →]

Tags: Health and Exercise · Humor · Observations of Midlife Stuff

Dana Point Turkey Trot 10K, NOT 5K

November 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

As a follow up to the post I wrote about Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot plans, my thoughts about 5k vs. 10k are validated.

Gender: M
Age: 47
Place Overall: 2279 out of 3612
Men: 1362 out of 1838
M 45-49: 217 out of 272
AgeGrade: 47.59% Place: 2409
FINISH: 1:01:15 pace: 9:52
5K: n/a pace: n/a
Chip Time: 1:01:15  
Gun Time: 1:04:27  

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Tags: Health and Exercise · Hobbies · Humor · Observations of Midlife Stuff

Asset Allocation, Market Corrections, CNBC And Sports

November 16th, 2007 · No Comments

With the stock market in its recent tizzy and the credit markets still trying to decide if the sub-prime mortgage mess will send us head long into recession I got to thinking about asset allocation, investing over time, and its media correlation to sports.

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Tags: Investing · Observations of Midlife Stuff · Retirement