This post is part of the 31 Excuses To Not Run series, where I asked 31 friends to give me their excuses. 31 excuses for 31 days – you have an excuse for every day of the month. And now you have a little motivation and some ideas on how to get past those excuses. I don’t have the […]
For the past 20 years, I have been playing racquetball. In fact they never thought I was a runner, always wanted to play sports. During the last two years I have been running a lot more lately, and the extra running has definitely helped my racquetball game. You would think that endurance is the number one thing that it helps, […]
The Washougal, Washington 2018 scary run was a wet one. As we got there a little bit early, I was wearing my “scared the boo out of you” emoji shirt, that my wife had made at her Fleet Feet running group. We were all huddled under a tent oh, about an hour before the scary Run 5K was about to […]
It felt great too! I’ve been running now for about a year and I still had one thing in my head that was a mental block – running for 1 mile without walking. I don’t feel like I need to do it fast, I just need to do it – and I finally did. Setting out on a colder summer […]
Truth be told…I have a sweet tooth. While some people may be motivated by the beer at the finish line, a nice Oreo milkshake sounds great to me! I ran across Maggie from Runnin’ For Sweets that lives in Western Michigan and shares a similar appreciation for sugar induced comas. She has a few running tips for beginners that I […]
This post is part of the 31 Excuses To Not Run series, where I asked 31 friends to give me their excuses. 31 excuses for 31 days – you have an excuse for every day of the month. And now you have a little motivation and some ideas on how to get past those excuses. I don’t have time to […]
Jesica D’Avanza has spent half of her life covered in sweat, dressed in spandex, often dumping water on her head as she runs rUnladyLike events. Jesica and her husband are in love with our National Park Service, and they have made it their goal to visit all 59 parks throughout the United States. “While some runners are on a quest […]
Every day we wake up and decide what we want to do during the next 12 to 16 hours. Will you decide to run today? Are you becoming an expert at coming up with excuses to get out of running? We all have them, some of our reasons not to run are funny, some are good excuses for not running, […]
I Get Sore When I Run Me too, it’s called working out and getting your body in better shape! When you start out a new physical activity, whether it’s running or other sports, your body is going to start engaging muscles that you haven’t used in a while, or ever! Soreness and aches are normal, stretching will help, but you […]
I have a hard time focusing on what I am supposed to be doing during the daytime, and now I’m supposed to run for 30+ minutes by myself and not get bored? Yeah right. I Get Bored When I Run Some people use running as a way to clear their mind and relax. I get bored – I don’t know […]
Hi! I wasn’t a runner either. This is my journey of understanding how to run, getting in shape, and joining the running community.
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