Happy Halloween!

Today marks the official end of our October Challenge.   Great job everyone! In order to enter the prize drawing, please submit your trackers to me.  Please make sure your name and contact information is on it.  The deadline to get your tracker in to my hot little hands is November 7th. I will post the …

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Is This The End? Or Just The Beginning?

Remember on October 1st when I challenged you to exercise 30 minutes a day for 30 (or 31) days?  Well done. For those of you who've been following along with the strength training, here is the last workout of the month.  Enjoy! Workout #30 -  10/30/15 High Knees- 60 repetitions (a let and a right …

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When in Doubt, Write it Out

People fall into patterns and habits, good and bad.  If you have fallen into some bad eating habits and want to get out of it you need to figure out what to change.  Here's a way to do it. Take 2 days and track what you are eating.  Write down every bit, bite and nibble, …

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Save the Date – Get your Gobble On

SAVE THE DATE 14th Annual Turkey Trot Thanksgiving Morning Thursday, November 26th, 2015 7:30am Start time Rush Creek Open Space Reserve Bring your family and friends for a leisurely 4-ish mile run, walk or stroll.   No starting line, no timing chips, no tee shirts or medals – just a chance to justify pie! This event …

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Letting it Go

Running an endurance event involves some discomfort.  Sure you may start out strong and feeling good but suddenly something shifts and the distance between mile 8 and mile 8 1/2 seems twice that and you struggle.  And then you can't figure out why you're struggling and you can start to unravel. This is when you …

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The Final Stretch

Congratulations!  You made it to the final week of our Challenge; 30 in 30.  If you haven't done so already, maybe this is the week to mix it up.  Go crazy. Add an extra 5 minutes to your 30. Take the route with the bigger hill on your walk. Throw in some intervals on your …

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On the Run

I've put together a Ragnar Relay team and we will be running from San Francisco to Calistoga over the next 30 hours.  Our first van of  6 runners will start at 5:30am today (Friday) and around 10am-ish, they'll hand the slap bracelet (literally a kids' slap bracelet) off to van 2 for their legs.  And …

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Don’t Think Just Do

Today is Day 22 of our Challenge.  Please track your workouts and reward yourself for a job well done! About our little workout below. Burpees are hard, yes.  But they are also a phenomenal total body workout.  So don't think about the number.  Just do them.  Slow and steady.  Break the set up if needed …

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T-Minus 10 Days

We are 2/3 done with our October Challenge!  Hopefully you are feeling strong, motivated and on point.  If not, that's ok.  Brush yourself off, start over and work hard for the next 10 days.  You've got this. Workout #21- 10/21/15 Plank - 90 seconds Tricep  Dips - 45 repetitions (break it up into 3 sets …

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