Buckeye Striders Pat, Nancy, Steve, Deb and me. The Roundtown Classic in Circleville, OH was a fun event! A group of Buckeye Striders did the 5-mile race yesterday. There is also a 5K and kids fun run. The course was a 1.25 […]
Don’t you hate it when people throw your own advice back in your face? Me, too! Here’s the back story.A few months ago I listened to a podcast interview with Adam Carolla. Near the end of the conversation he gave some advice […]
My friend Deb and I met bright and early today for this week’s long-slow distance. We are training for the Air Force Half Marathon in Dayton this September, and we were scheduled for 7 miles. We went to Sharon Woods, which has […]
It’s pretty easy to keep up your motivation to train when you have a race scheduled — especially if it is a longer event that requires months of training, such as a marathon or half marathon. What is tough is maintaining your […]
The start of the 2011 Columbus Marathon from a walker’s perspective. The headline in today’s paper — Marathon Deaths Rare — caught my eye. Even though I knew it was true, people died in two different races I was in. And the […]
For a variety of reasons, many women in the United States have warped body images. Though it ranges from thinking you are healthy when you are heavy or obese to seeing yourself as obese when you are healthy or too thin, I […]
Me with Elvis during the 2006 Cincinnati Flying Pig. There are a ton of great races being held this weekend! The Indy Mini Marathon is tomorrow. The Cap City Half Marathon is tomorrow. The Flying Pig is Sunday. And this is the […]
Over the weekend, I ended up eating something that did NOT agree with me. I was sick all day Sunday and totally drained with headaches all day Monday. (I think it was food poisoning. Entirely my fault.) I spent two whole days […]
I haven’t done a speed workout in a couple of weeks. And I can tell. I feel slow and lethargic. I did a 1-mile warm up, then 6 X 1/4 mile repeats with 2:00 breaks in between. My times were 3:03, 3:02, […]