2012 – A Winding Road To Fitness: Accomplishment, Injury, Attitude
2012 has been an interesting year. It began with a hip injury that made me realize I had to confront the fact that I was getting older, my lifestyle had […]
Category Archives: Running
Sprint Distance Triathlon Completed with a Smile!
This morning was the Danskin Triathlon in Sandy Hook, NJ. My friend and I registered for it about 8 weeks ago in the hopes that it would keep us on […]
Getting ready, slow and steady, 4 Days to Danskin
Yesterday I took as an unexpected rest day. It was the first day I had been back in my classroom and I spent several hours moving heavy furniture and boxes. […]
Courage, Determination, Resiliency = Success
As I wrote yesterday, I had a really tough run in the morning. I’ve been using the upcoming triathlon as a focus point throughout the summer so I wouldn’t have […]
Tougher Run, Teaching and Tears
This morning’s run was very tough. I was supposed to run for 28 minutes (according to C25K’s week 8, day 1). Instead I only lasted 11 minutes. I would like […]
US Open, Swimming, Running
Two days ago I went for a swim. I had forgotten to take my asthma medication and it showed. The longest set I was able to do was 160 […]
Back on the Run Wagon
August was tough for running. It was still hot, but not as hot as July so I decided to try running again. The longest I could go was 8 […]
June: The 5K
Running was going well. I had stuck to the C25K program and was on schedule to complete the last day of the program the day of the 5K race. However, […]
June Wrap-Up
I had been diligent about my running and it was going well. Any time I felt like I just couldn’t run another minute, I slowed my pace to barely a […]
May Wrap Up
In May I started the c25K running program and was able to talk a co-worker into joining me. This served two purposes – I had some one to hold me […]
Athlete Again 