Category: Fitness
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How to make it harder, better, longer (my workout, that is)
I used to watch TV while I exercised. I would plan my workout time around “Friends” reruns and play little games with myself during my runs: I can’t look down at the mileage or time until this commercial break is over, or I can’t take a sip of water until this scene ends. I had…
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Today, the world smiles. And I’m getting there.
Things may not be right with me and my heart right now, but today is good despite it. I started my day eating right – 2009 is a year of renewed health for me. The past couple of months I’ve just been eating whatever I want, and that’s not working too well for that extra…
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Life, going down the right tube
This is by no means meant to be a synopsis of my year – in fact, I’m leaving out some of the biggest stuff on purpose. Just a few random tidbits about time and how we choose to pass it. Thoughts on 2008: – In February I decided to chop my hair off and go…
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My own bucket list
My friend Beth wrote recently about creating a bucket list. She has inspired me to think about my own. What is it that I want to accomplish in my lifetime? 1. Write a novel. 2. Live in New York City. 3. Travel to all of the continents (this is Jeff’s idea actually, but I am on…
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Injury breaks my stride
Anyone who has talked to me on a regular basis since April is probably so sick of hearing about this, but for those of you who don’t know: I hurt my hip in the spring. It was a couple of weeks after the 10K Charleston Bridge Run, and I ran a tiny little 3 mile run…
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Healthy eating, and keeping proof
Until recently I knew nothing about healthy eating. Seems like a silly thing to say, but I really didn’t understand how to keep it all straight. I mentioned this to my mom one day, and she told me about a website that you can track your meals through. I tried it out and loved it!…
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My favorite healthy choices
I’ve started to rely heavily on certain items when I want to make easy healthy choices. Jeff laughs because he can guess every time we go to the grocery store what I am going to buy – I tend to get the same staples over and over again. Here are a few of my favorites:…
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64 minutes, funky hair clips and new socks: Two sisters go on a morning run
Two weeks after hiking a mountain with my brother Kevin, I decided to run the Cooper River Bridge Run 10K with my sister Jenny. My siblings keep me in shape, that is for sure! Jenny has run a million races and I have run one 5K, so this is a new experience for me. What did I…
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Don’t hike tall mountains with the wrong gear
So my brother Kevin invited a bunch of us to go hiking over Easter weekend (he had Good Friday off of work, so a good time to go.) I have not been on an overnight, not-car-camping hike since I was 12 and was going to Trailblazer Camp at Bethelwoods (I’m certain my dear friend Jenny…