The Bare Minimum – Travel Edition

I am pretty disciplined about my workout schedule.  Even on vacation.  Whether a 10 day Hawaiian getaway or a 4 day road trip, I set a plan to get in the bare minimum of exercise each day. Bare minimum?  Yep.  Just enough to break a sweat and stick to my schedule.  Because let's be real  …

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A Fun Fact

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has shown that healthy eating and exercise habits can substantially cut the risk of heart disease events, even in people who inherit high risk for these events. The researchers looked at four studies involving 55,685 participants.   Among participants at high genetic risk, a favorable …

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The Reach

Goals are important to me.  They are tangible things I can work towards and that really suits my personality.  I don't do well when I'm not pointed in a direction.  Besides, I'm a validation-whore who needs to have these accomplishments in my memory bank.  Or posted on Facebook.   No surprise there. I've got some …

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Off to the Races

We're deep into Spring and that, boys and girls means it's prime running season.  And more importantly, racing season.   I've got 3 races in the bag so far (a 4 miler, a Ragnar and a 10 miler) and 5 more planned.  Here's what I have on the books. Angel Island Adventure Race - Angel Island. …

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Work It

  I run an outdoor fitness program.  And when I talk to people about the program there's a mixture of responses but over half go like this. Is there running? I don't run. So I explain that yes we do run but that you can walk, run/walk, etc.  The main goal is to move and we …

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Boston 2017

So I was getting ready for work yesterday and flipped over to the tv coverage of the Boston Marathon.  (I love Xfinity's voice-activated remote control "find Boston marathon".  It's the best thing ever.) The broadcast had a split screen (kudos to whatever station I was watching!) so you could see the Elite women and the …

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Power to the Plants

A plant-based diet is one based on fruits, vegetables, tubers, whole grains, and legumes; and it excludes or minimizes meat (including chicken and fish), dairy products, and eggs, as well as highly refined foods like bleached flour, refined sugar, and oil. Yesterday marked the end of a 30-Day Challenge.  I committed to eating a *mostly* plant-based …

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What To Do When Shit Hurts

"It's just a flesh wound". As a runner you are going to have things hurt.  It's a repetitive, high impact sport.  So shit might hurt from time to time. I, like many other runners have "run through" aches and pains and even injuries.  But as I get, ahem, older and wiser, I've come to appreciate a …

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Accountability Tricks

Forget motivation, try holding yourself accountable and you may find more success. Think about it, when have a deadline at work your boss doesn't care if you are motivated or not, the job has to get done. Here are some tried and true methods to help keep you accountable as you work toward your goals. Watch the …

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