Progress, Not Perfection!

  Okay… well not THE WORST but yesterday was the worst so far of all my runs. I started around 6 p.m. and did the worst thing I could’ve done which was to go on an empty stomach! I made a decent spinach and kale omelet around 1p.m. with a cup of strong coffee and figured that would hold me until dinner when I got back. I was wrong! To make matters worse, I took an Advil because of my lingering toothache. (May be the reason I was  a little hesitant to eat.)   I felt fine on the way down and even went a bit further than the 1.85 mile mark at the Corporate Center. I went as far as Goodman’s Bay Beach and stopped just shy of the entrance because of the sharp, hollow pain in my abdomen. I even had a slight bit of nausea and figured, “well… I’m already half-way, may as well run it out AMAP (as much as possible for a solid workout.)” I surprised myself and was able to run nearly the entire stretch from the building to straight around go-slow bend and then the beach strip. ...

Life As I Know It!: Things New Runners Soon Discover :   It’s Monday and I didn’t go running over the weekend because hubby had work to do so I had to stay home with the kids. I am determined to...

Life As I Know It!: Radioactive Running Rant! : During my normal runs I get pretty deep in thought. In between humming and belting out songs (or gasping for breath), I sometimes speak ...

Deep inside of you, past your epidermis and abdominal muscles, your fibrous tissues and internal organs - somewhere that can't be designated on an anatomy chart - lies the reason that you try as hard as you do.  Though it's not a muscle in the traditional sense, it is nonetheless an entity: a pulsating substance that drives you each and every day, more so than the results you see in the mirror. But striving for a six-pack doesn't make you vain, or narcissistic, or ego-driven: it's an external reflection of the passion and dedication that bubbles out from within. Live it. Breathe it. Show it! You have permission!    Oxygen Magazine Spring 2013

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