Winter Running Joy. It sounds like a little bit of an oxymoron with the difficult challenges that winter presents: cold, snow, ice, sleet, wind, dark days, the lack of sunlight, and even just gray skies instead of blue. It’s easy to succumb to the strong...
As the mill spins…whether the rapidly rotating windmill outdoors or more mundane treadmill indoors…each year spins so quickly and we have the opportunity to pause, reflect, and remember what we learned. What a fun and memorable year this has been: filled...
Today, we had an #AsthmaChat hosted on Twitter by some experts and doctors in the medical field dealing with asthma, health, and flu/colds. I was invited to participate and provide an asthmatic’s perspective during the chat. If you check the #AsthmaChat tweets...
Today, I completed an unusual 7X7 mathematical running challenge. No, it’s not related to football. But that’s where I got the idea for the numbers: those 7 on 7 drills that are so common for football success. I decided to attempt to run 7 miles or more on...
Today’s blogpost topic is Injuries: Prevention, Treatment and Recovery. I haven’t written about injuries in a long time and it is an important topic that many if not most of us will encounter at some point in our lives and athletic careers. So what...
A few years ago, my life changed dramatically with an unexpected career change from a lawyer into the pathway as a health, running, and positivity coach. I learned that I needed to detach from the pain of the past and the fear of the future and focus more on the...
Earlier this year in January, I was fortunate enough to win a free OrangeMud hydraquiver vest in a twitterchat hosted by BibRave with OrangeMud as the special guest. After testing and using this vest successfully for several months, it’s time to review it for...
Today is World Asthma Day! As an asthmatic who has wrestled with this disease for 36 years with some success, I’ve decided to address the topic of asthma today. (I’ve been able to overcome the illness enough to run 15 full marathons, a 50k, and to...
Happy Earth Day! We need to be good planetary stewards of the Earth, our planet, and its natural resources to keep our planet clean to improve the health and well-being of all and to keep natural beauty of the Earth intact and long-lasting for generations to come. How...
Looked for a good last race of winter/first day of spring test race to run and like a good neighbor, the State Farm Run was there. Last Saturday, on day 852 of my runstreak, I ran the State Farm Run 10 mile race in Lincoln, Nebraska. I had not run this race in many...
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