“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known” ~ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Remember how I spontaneously decided to join my friends in the Valor 5k this past weekend? It [...]
This race was nothing short of amazing – I’m not even sure my recap here can do it justice. The Run for Music 10K appealed to me because musicians from the Naples Philharmonic would be playing along the route. Really, could it get any better than that? Music is a lifelong passion of mine and [...]
Hal Higdon is a Runner’s World contributor, an author of 35 books, co-founder of the Road Runners Club of America, an avid runner, and offers interactive training programs online. He is also an inspiration to a lot of people, especially someone like me who aspires to run a marathon someday. So, when I learned that [...]
I weighed in this morning at 207.5 lbs which is a .5 lb loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss so far to 48.5 pounds. Today was another “heavy” day for me and it started from the time I got out of bed this morning. I’m not sure if I mentioned this [...]
THANK YOU I just want to thank each and every one of you who commented on my last blog post. It was very difficult for me to post the pictures I did – it left me feeling very vulnerable the next morning. So much so, that I came online to delete them out of my [...]
Wanna hear some BIG news? You all know how my goal is to participate in (12) 5k races and hopefully run a full one by year’s end? Well, I recently received an email from the Gulf Coast Runners detailing an event called 10K Run for Music. This event immediately caught my attention because of the [...]
This may be the understatement of the year, but these morning workouts with Michelle are brutal. She had me doing things this morning I would have never even thought of, so I thought I’d share them here. The most creative thing she had me do this morning was on the treadmill. With it unplugged. And [...]