The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle

I just got finished reading The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle, it was a great book. It talked about how we as humans acquire skills, talent and ability. It broke down how experts have acquired the skills that they have to a basic neurological level and practical level. The main theme of the book is that you are born with talent but great talent is achieve through practice and dedicated effort.

I strongly recommend this book to anyone especially aspiring athletes and coaches. Evan sports like running it reinforces the concept that you need to put in the dedicated time and effort into something to be succeed at it.

Mega Marathoners:

Interesting Article about the the rising culture of not only marathoners but marathoners that take it to another level. Check it out.

Mega Marathoners

Tracking my Workouts:

I think this will be a bit easier to post my daily and weekly workouts instead of separate post. I'll simply update each daily workout on the side, along with the weekly milage totals. Next year I hope to have a a running total of number of miles I ran for the year. Might be a good new years resolution.

Tracking my Workouts:

Multi-Functional Running Gear:

I just figured out that my running head lamp also works great for a reading light. With 100 hour life on one set of batteries, you could even use rechargeable ones, you should get plenty of use out you headlamp now.

Follow me on Twitter!

Ok, don't...really don't I will probably be the most boring person to follow. The only good things that I will "tweet" about would probably tell you to check out something on my blog. I may be the only American that doesn't think I have an interesting enough life to were the general public would want to know what I'm doing and thinking at all times.

That being said I am on twitter usename jhanlon31 and I do have a follower. I utilize twitter mostly for my job and I really do not tweet at all, so feel free to follow me but be prepared not to get too many tweets.

Twitter

I Will Teach You to Be Rich

Well, I won't teach you to be rich but, here is a great book that will actually teach you to be rich. Not the quick and easy way but the smart way over time, being smart with your money, and not wasting it on numerous fees and other pitfalls.

Yes, I know not running related at all, but the one thing that I have learned this year about running is the it can be expensive, as my prior post(The Opportunity Cost of Running) calculated that the opportunity cost of running this year was about $15,350.00, which is a lot to me.

The thing I like the most about this book is that it is straight forward advice targeted towards younger people just starting out, but is good for anyone who wants to be smarter with their money. It talks about everything from how to maximize your credit score, which in turn can save you thousands when buying a house, car or any type of loan. So forget saving $10 a week by not buying a few lattes, get your great score up and save $20,000 when you buy your first house. The big message that he pushes is that you have to take the initiative.

One problem that I feel that lead to the decline of our economy was not just greedy bankers, toxic loans, and politicians; it was that America as a nation that was built on hard work and perseverance starting trying to create wealth without having to work for it. I know that I have posted this before but here is a great video(Mike Rowe Celebrates Dirty Jobs) from a great website (TED.com) that speaks to that subject. Sorry that was my soap box moment for the night.

The advice in this book is no secret and many of us are doing a lot of these things already but this book lay it out very nicely and straight forward. You do not have to be a financial wiz to incorporate these technics, yes people with strong background in finance, the economy and the stock market can take investing to the next level but by being smart and having a plan you can still get a great return for your money without having to subscribe to the Wall Street Journal.

Trust me the book is only $10 on Amazon (I Will Teach You To Be Rich)
and free at the library it is well worth your time. Now all you have to figure out is how to financially justify all those pairs of running shoes, or in my case $110 pair of winter running tights.

Also great information on the Author's site.

www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com

Prize Money!

No, its not that cold in my apartment that I have to wear a hat and gloves. I finally cashed in my 2009 prize earnings, that totaled $30 in Scheels Sporting Good money. I managed to almost completely pay for the hat and gloves. I haven't used them yet as it has been gorgeous out the past few days and I have been a little limited in my running due to my recent wisdom tooth extraction.

Though I did manage two 10 mile runs this weekend, but I'm going to have to take it a bit easier for a day or two here. I really want to be able to hit the weights hard for a few months now and I don't want any lingering problems.

Also sorry I have not been posting my workouts as of late, I guess with no race looming I have been a bit sporadic with my training. I took today off as the vacated spaces were my wisdom teeth were ached pretty bad today. Yesterday I did a pretty aggressive tempo run I'll post the link as soon as Garmin is done up grading their servers and let's me log in.

How to Eat a Chicken Wing

Ok sorry completely not related to running, fitness or really anything other than eating chicken wings, but I thought this was a great video.

Enjoy!

How to Eat a Chicken Wing:

Stubborn Runners Part II:

Just a quick follow up I did end up going out for a run and not only was it a gorgeous fall day out but I felt great too. I went for an 10.5 mile run I wanted to go more but didn't really want to push things. All in all I felt pretty darn good teeth and all even got to run at least one more day in shorts, comfortably that is. Here is the run just in case you don't believe me.

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