I was checking out a list of blogs I follow over the weekend and happened upon an update of The Wild Mind’s New Year’s Resolutions. Her measuring and weighing got me to thinking. I do not bring out the measuring tape ever! I do weigh myself about once a month and it was time. Back… Continue reading One Month Into That New Year
I am a planner. Yes, I like to have control. I admit I like to know where I am going, how I am getting there and what I am doing while I am there. I don’t have to plan every details but quite a few of them would be good. So I have a few… Continue reading Road Trip – Planning Begins
Upstate New York is finally paying for the lovely October – okay, so there was one small snow storm, beautiful November and almost pristine December weather that was had. It is January, a new year, a new decade and evidently a new weather trend – cold. What is one to expect when living in Upstate… Continue reading Baby, It’s Cold Outside
I try to measure most of my goals. I have, for the last two years, wanted to run 1000 miles over the course of the year. This year I came as close as I have ever come. I ran 800.13 miles over the course of this year. As I look at my running, I see… Continue reading Fitness for the Future
Okay, I did it. No, the race did not kill me. I just had a very busy weekend with the race included so haven’t been around much. I had told myself, as I have never raced before, that I would be happy with finishing this 5K in under 40 minutes. I would be ecstatic if… Continue reading My First Race
Today is the day. Back in the summer of 2007, when I started walking every day, I swore I would never be a runner. About two months through summer and Labor Day rolled around and I started running. I laugh because at first it was running to the next mailbox then walking a bit. Then,… Continue reading My First Race
No, the weather has not taken a drastic turn for the worst. It will eventually, though, but that is not what I am concerned about today. I am talking about icing injuries from sports or exercise. I do it. I am sure you do it or have done it. Do you just grab ice… Continue reading Ice
… runners. Or at least one runner I know. My good friend Steve is training for the Boston Marathon. He qualified at the 2008 Wineglass Marathon. One of his goals is to make his long run of the week not less than a half marathon during the training period. That may not sound like a… Continue reading Breakfast of …
I run by myself. I run for myself. I jokingly tell my friends, when asked why I run or what I am running from, I am running from all the heredity that my parents are trying to give me. This became even more true after my father’s death this past March. My friend Steve runs… Continue reading The Camaraderie of Runners
I have been running for about two years now. I started walking a lot the summer of 2007 and had worked up to a very slow jog by Labor Day of that year. I still, other than my shoes and some Under Armor that was my kids’, do not buy specialized gear to run in.… Continue reading Fantastic New Company – to me
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