Posts under ‘Running & Fitness’

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body. -Lynn Jennings
Race day is quickly approaching and I’d like to think I’m completely prepared, but I don’t know. Last time I mentioned training I believe I did more moaning about the not-so-glamorous side of this whole ordeal; blisters, chaffing, [...]

My left boob looks like a kitty with a cougar’s paw used it mistakenly for a play toy. Not sexy. The three or four blisters on my feet are more than I can handle. One even looks as though it is attempting to callus. Ick. Do I dare talk about chaffing? I am taking a [...]

My mind and eyes are on several different maps at the moment, so if I seem a bit disoriented these days -ho hum. It’s all part of the organizational process needed to plan these great escapes.
I thought I sort of had trip planning for Argentina all worked out, but I think Nats and I [...]

Just do it. Photos: Adrienne C. Wilson
When we checked in last night my co-worker inquired about fun things to do in Eugene, Oregon and the gent behind the front desk told us that the town was all about track and field. They breathe it. Not being a huge fitness addict she quickly turned the [...]

Upon Lynne’s arrival we immediately began chatting about everything under the moon (she arrived at night). As we worked our way back to the hotel we somehow slipped onto the subject of my running and how I had taken a lovely run that morning and also how my knee hated me for it in the [...]

Where I Am Now:
My morning kicked off with the Rockland sun in my eyes. Uphill and down I went at an easy pace. It was the first time I ran the full distance without stopping though my knee did present some troubles mid-way through. I tried to think about the pain. Was it really pain [...]

And I’m not running it after all. My knee was experiencing some unexplainable pain over the last few weeks and though I tried working through it on elliptical and bikes, I still found myself wincing at times. I’m too young to screw up my knee. It’s not worth it. I never had pain before all [...]

Weren’t those the great words of Forest Gump? Okay, yeah, pysche… Forest may have been slow, but he was actually running unlike myself these last few days and I’m still bummed. I just iced my knee after doing 60 minutes on the eliptical machine. It feels much better than before when there was obvious pain [...]

Some of you may be wondering what happened to my running posts and if I’ve fallen from my training schedule? I was actually going strong and just a couple days before New Years my knee started feeling pain. Perhaps it is overexertion, but whatever it is it ain’t going away. (Tears, lots of tears fall [...]

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It began with a tropical breeze and will close with the Mid-West freeze. As I get ready to depart for Chicago where I will spend New Year’s and the first two weeks of 2007 I sit here thinking of how blessed I’ve been this year. I was so sure sometime during 06′ that I’d wake [...]