You know how sometimes when you are out walking you feel like there is no way you can make it as far as you had intended to go? Today the opposite happened. I thought I would take just a 30-min walk around […]
I’m getting a little bit lazy with my walking. I need to start working on speed, but since I know that is built into Dave’s Walking Team Training programs, I’m not really doing it yet. I’ll begin training for real the first […]
I woke up much later than I had planned this morning. Part of the problem was, I really got on a roll with what I was writing last night, and had to finish before I went to bed. Anyway, I had originally […]
Today could not decide what it wanted to be. Some of the day was cold, windy and chilly. The rest of the day was sunny and pleasant. Around 8 this evening, it was sunny and pleasant. So my husband and I took […]
Earlier this week, I went to Panera – twice. Though both times the food tasted great, I was very disappointed in the fat and calorie content of the steak salad I had during the first visit. (I know, “steak salad” should have […]
Thanks to Dave McGovern, we now have half marathon, 10 mile and 10K training schedules for the WALK! Magazine Walking Team! Dave went above and beyond the call of duty by preparing beginner, intermediate and advanced training schedules for all three distances. […]
I decided to walk up to the store to exchange some things this evening. I felt great all day yesterday and felt fine all day today. As soon as I tried to pick up some speed I could feel my legs – […]
This is weird. Around mile 4 of today’s 10K, the three smallest toes on my right foot started aching. I’m not sure why, but with every step as I pushed off they hurt pretty bad. At first I thought that maybe my […]
The Hoover Dam 10K is simply a great race! This was my first year entering it, and I cannot believe I’ve missed out on this gem the last couple of years. Put on by Run Wild Racing, it is well marked with […]
I’m entered in a 10K race in the morning. It’s the Hoover Dam 10K, and is right here in central Ohio. There are a couple of reasons why I entered: a bunch of Buckeye Striders members are entered, Doug Grout is a […]