Today marks three weeks since the last time I ran. The story thus far: I fell walking down my parents’ driveway 3 weeks ago. I twisted and fell and landed a lot of my weight on the side of my…
So I went to the doctor yesterday afternoon to check out my knee. It’s really been feeling a lot better since I first fell, but not good enough to run. We’re going on two weeks now today. The good news…
I’ve thought a lot about what I want to do this year. When I started running, I made sure to keep my goals reasonable. Achievable. I wanted to have earn little victories that would build on each other. And that’s what’s…
In 2012, I ran 3 marathons, a 200-mile relay race, 4 half-marathons, a 10-miler, a 5-miler, an obstacle race and 3 5ks. In 2012, I ran 1,407 miles. That’s a 28 percent increase from last year (1,098 miles). On average,…
I hadn’t written in awhile because it just didn’t feel right to talk about how great life was going, how warm the glow of friends and family felt, and how happy I was in general after the Newtown shootings. I…
“In my value system, food is not a moral issue.” —Nancy Clark It’s been more than two years since I started running and losing weight, and more than a year since I hit my goal weight. This was a big…
Have races become so passe that I really would let one go by without blogging a race report that day? No. But it’s 11:50 pm right now, so I almost let that happen. 9 months ago when visiting my brother…
Hey friends. So here’s what’s been up lately, First, I’ve been taking a hiatus from electronic devices (other than my phone) for the past several weeks. It has been lovely. It has also resulted in my blogging less. Second, my…
Continued So I started trying to lose weight because I wanted to get faster. I wanted to take my training to the next level. I wanted to be more efficient and I wanted to be more able-bodied in the rest…
