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Join 10K Step Challenge

Do you track your steps and activities? Today I challenged my Periscope audience to run and/or walk some combination of 10,000 steps or more every day. (If you are sick, injured, or taking rest days, there may be exceptions to this obviously. We all have to listen to...

Sleep Through Insomnia

Sleep: that elusive final frontier. Let’s talk about insomnia: what causes it, how to prevent it, and whether we can solve it or not. How can we make getting enough adequate sleep a priority? And there’s also the issue of how a sleepless spouse or child can affect you. And if your sleepless or restless […]

Sleep: that elusive final frontier. Let’s talk about insomnia: what causes it, how to prevent it, and whether we can solve it or not. How can we make getting enough adequate sleep a priority? And there’s also the issue of how a sleepless spouse or child...

Tech Difficulties & Strapless Running

Well, it’s been a very frustrating, maddening week of unexpected technical difficulties with fitness and running technology. You don’t realize how dependent on technology you are until that tech fails. Then run-tech is no longer high fun-tech. It’s fright-tech! First, MyFitnessPal app (at least the mobile version on my iphone) crashed and “went rogue” on […]

Well, it’s been a very frustrating, maddening week of unexpected technical difficulties with fitness and running technology. You don’t realize how dependent on technology you are until that tech fails. Then run-tech is no longer high fun-tech. It’s...

vivofitting

After 600,000 steps with vivofit, my latest adventure in wearable tech, I’m ready to review it for you. First of all, it is not a Fitbit Force, ok? No litigation over causing rashes on your wrist like the Fitbit that was recalled. LA Times story on wearable tech growing pains. (As a lawyer, I keep […]

After 600,000 steps with vivofit, my latest adventure in wearable tech, I’m ready to review it for you. First of all, it is not a Fitbit Force, ok? No litigation over causing rashes on your wrist like the Fitbit that was recalled. LA Times story on wearable tech...

Boston Marathon World Run 2014

From February through April 21, I ran as a participant in the Boston Marathon World Run. I teamed up with a friend from Guatemala on GottaRunGT team. I pledged to try to run/walk at least 485 miles (yes, the walking miles counted). I reached that distance about a week before the Boston Marathon, realizing I […]

From February through April 21, I ran as a participant in the Boston Marathon World Run. I teamed up with a friend from Guatemala on GottaRunGT team. I pledged to try to run/walk at least 485 miles (yes, the walking miles counted). I reached that distance about a week...

Happy SPRING!

Happy Spring y’all! Spring has Sprung! It sure feels good to have winter behind us, doesn’t it? This will be brief because we are in the middle of March Madness! Lots of running and walking here. Interestingly enough, my new vivofit arrived yesterday just minutes before March Madness basketball started! vivofit is the Garmin equivalent […]

Happy Spring y’all! Spring has Sprung! It sure feels good to have winter behind us, doesn’t it? This will be brief because we are in the middle of March Madness! Lots of running and walking here. Interestingly enough, my new vivofit arrived yesterday just...