Desperately Seeking…a Bathroom
If you have been a runner for any length of time, you’ve probably been in the situation I was in a few weeks ago. I was on a long run on a rail trail in Northern Michigan. Because I was in a hurry to...
View ArticleToo FAST!
I have started my ING Miami Half Marathon training, sort of. I tried to start last week but life got in the way so the week was kind of a bust. I don’t allow that to happen often but sometimes it is...
View ArticleTraining and De-training
One of my favorite things about running is also one of my least favorite things. In the non-running parts of my life, it is difficult to know if what I do makes a difference. At 41 and change years...
View ArticleNo Boundaries 5k training program
Wanna run a 5k? Know someone who wants to get started? The fine mentors of the No Boundaries 5k training program can get you there! This Spring, join Fleet Feet Sports and New Balance to walk or run...
View ArticleTapering?
Ran with my Vermont City Marathoner friends this morning, they were enjoying the “taper”, just gliding along like they could do 5 miles in their sleep (which based on some of their training runs, I bet...
View ArticleVermont City Marathon and Relay 2011
Wow! Talk about a race that had it all! A little rain, a little cold, a little wind, a little humid, a lotta H.O.T! Legs from 3.1 miles to 26.2 and everything in between! I was “support” crew. Ran a...
View ArticleT-5 days til marathon training starts! Yay?
Actually I am really looking forward to marathon training! It is something I can be truly selfish about…”my plan”…”my training”…”my runs” I run with a great bunch, some will be training for the half...
View ArticleFun at the track
Last week I had the most fun I have ever had at the track. Until the past two years I had never run on a track. Now maybe if I had chosen to play baseball, football or soccer in high school I would...
View ArticleDreadmill? Not with these treadmill workouts
‘Tis the season…when many runners start to use the treadmill. I have been reading many comments here and on The Runners Blog Facebook page about treadmills. The common theme of all these comments: “I...
View ArticleFinally! I enjoyed a marathon!
I usually post on Wednesdays but with the holiday I thought I would post a day early. Hopefully you are one of the lucky ones with Wednesday off…I am not. Happy Thanksgiving! “All I want is to enjoy a...
View ArticleWant a good challenge? Learn to RUN!
After the Turkey Trot 2010 I was anxious to learn how to run! In service of brevity, the next 6 months of my life were dedicated to running. In the beginning I could not run a half mile without...
View ArticleKeeping consistent with my dream of Running an Entire 5k!
A overweight, lazy couch potato dreaming of running a 5k? That was me and the finish line seemed far away. My running consisted of less than a half a mile before I had to stop and catch my breath....
View Articlereleasing endorphins and Smiling
I’m one of 121 million in the world that lives with depression. For a large part of my life I was an unhealthy couch potato, where that lifestyle increased my depression. Running touched every part...
View Articlein esecuzione mentre traveling..Destination Italia
My passport and I were itching to leave the United States as my thirtieth birthday arrived. Irrational thoughts were swirling like a hurricane through my head, I wondered if I would gain the 80 lbs...
View Articlerunning the rocky mountains…Altitude Hits…walking the rockies!
New York State statistics prove 24.5% of adults in New York are obese and 36% are overweight. Meaning 60.5% of New York State population is overweight / obese, roughly 8.5 million New York State...
View Articletaking a Year to Change My Life
Recently reading a “one year update” from a friend, it made me stop and think about my first year of my journey to a healthy lifestyle. Now it’s over 5 years and my look in the rearview mirror is what...
View ArticleThe Key to getting started on a Health Journey
People ask me for my key to weight loss and running. I could skip to the part where I made an organized detailed outline plan for success… But that part didn’t happen first. Frustration....
View ArticleA running date at the Reindeer Ramble 5k
I read most people who lose a substantial amount of weight gain it back once they hit their weight goal. Loosing 80 lbs once was enough, I needed to ensure I wouldn’t have to do it twice. I was...
View Articlecommitted to find out, is The Loch Ness Monster Real?
At one point or another we all make a commitment to become healthier. Whatever the commitment: lose weight, build muscle, run more, drink water, or start take a multi vitamin. The commitment can feel...
View ArticleScents made sense
Have you noticed on I 90 or the Northway billboards offering health insurance companies new benefits? Seeing those encouraged me to peruse my health insurance companies website, and I noticed an...
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