About Jono

Fitness is more than just exercise. Finding a good balance between healthy eating, exercise and a strong community of friends is what this blog is all about.

Server Problems Galore!

Hello World! I have a pro-computer tip for everyone to share! Don't neglect your blog on a 15 year old computer without proper back ups because one day the hardware will fail! You may have noticed that the blog has been gone from the internet for the past few weeks, because yes, finally, my motherboard [...]

127th Annual Buffalo Turkey Trot Success

FINALLY! Ellie and I have FINALLY completed the oldest consecutively held footrace in the world. That's right folks, the 127th annual Buffalo YMCA Turkey Trot. It did not disappoint. In an exceedingly rare event, Ellie and I were actually home in Buffalo for Thanksgiving this year. Usually we are working our way back and forth [...]

Data Review Part 2: Ellie’s Maintaining Mastery

A week or so ago, I wrote a post up that reviewed a couple of years of my personal data in Training Peaks. Today, along the same vein, we dig into my lovely wife Ellie's data. For those of you who know Ellie, you are probably aware that she is probably the most consistently active [...]

Reviewing Years of Data in One Plot: Training Peaks PMC

Right before the COVID-19 pandemic completely changed the world, I was training for my first marathon. During that process, I started to upload my data to a training platform called Training Peaks. This tool, popular amongst both amateur and professional triathletes is designed to ingest workout data and provide an estimate of overall training load. [...]

Summer Recap and October Updates!

Hello World! We still exist! It's been a while since I last posted ... basically missed the entire summer of activities, but fear not, things have been quite busy! To quickly recap the last 5 months since our trip to Scotland for the Edinburgh half marathon and Cheese Rolling event -- Boilermaker 15k - Ellie [...]

Race Recap: Edinburgh Scotland Half Marathon 2022

Surprise! We did our very first international half marathon! Our philosophy for vacation has always been, "how much stuff can we pack into a trip to make it as crazy as possible." At the end of May, Ellie and I went on an amazing two week voyage to the United Kingdom with our awesome friend [...]

Book Review: Atomic Habits by James Clear

Now that the holidays and New Years have come and gone, I'm trying this new thing where I read this old school type of content called books. Revolutionary, I know. To start the year off right, I cracked open a book I picked up while in Nashville at Parnassus Books, one that I will fully [...]

Tri In The Buff 2021 Race Recap!

Surprise! I raced my first in-person triathlon of the year, competing in the always amazing Tri In The Buff. I raced this a few years ago with my friend Karstin, and decided two weeks before race start to sign up! Training for this sprint triathlon was a bit more laid back than typical for a [...]

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