Posts under ‘Running & Fitness’

Without a doubt, I’ve been a highly blessed and favored woman wallowing in the joys of sweet, sweet happiness throughout 2010. It is as if the universe positioned all the key ingredients for an awesome year right in the palm of my hand. Before I take my annual stroll down the year that was, I [...]

Most of you already heard the news via my Facebook status update – I totally bombed this race. Yes, that may be an exaggeration to some of you, but that is truly how I felt when walking across the finish line and a pinch of how I feel today. So what went so terribly wrong? [...]

Time is running out as race day approaches. (No pun intended. Tehe.) It’s kind of funny to think that I am actually giddy, excited, anxious and thrilled to be running this race. In case you’ve forgotten: I hate running. I’ve maneged to fool myself long enough. I think I can fool my way to the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]