After a year hiatus, I’m back! Many people have asked me what happened to the blog and it isn’t an easy answer. After doing the Amica Newport Marathon in fall of 2010, and writing about it, I was enjoying the fruits of my labor going into the winter. I was in shape and feeling very [...]
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21 Oct
The wrap-up …
… The Amica Newport Marathon happened Sunday. Today is Wednesday and it’s the first day that I’ve woken up in less pain than the day before. Woohoo! I’ve turned a corner! I felt pretty good after the race. Obviously, there was some discomfort in my legs, although not too much. I quickly recalled however, that the [...]
17 Oct
It’s here!
I’m sitting here waiting for the start of the Amica Newport Marathon and I’m wrestling with a confusing heap of mixed emotions … Excitement, fear, anxiety … Dread. Music is blasting through the chilly morning air at Easton beach. Runners are milling about, going through their pre-race routines. Bathroom lines are long. For many, it’s [...]
13 Oct
Random Marathon Quotes …
I just found some of these funny, painfully honest, and poignant. This post is a little self-serving and I apologize, but you can appreciate the fact that you won’t be running a marathon this weekend and gain some inspiration for your life. Enjoy! “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must [...]
12 Oct
Panic!
Ok, so as of the posting of this entry, there are 4 days, 23 Hours, and 3 Minutes until the running of the Amica Newport Marathon. Am I ready? I think I’m as ready as I was two years ago, though probably not any more ready than I was. On the plus side, I started [...]
1 Oct
Inspiration.
It hit me like a ton of bricks. The first time I did a half-marathon, in Hartford three years ago, I was at mile 11 and my quadriceps were yelling at me with what can only be described at the most foul language ever heard, when I saw it. We were running by the Armory [...]
1 Oct
Inevitably, as the weather turns cooler …
… and the leaves start to change colors, my thoughts turn to soups, stews, and hibernating with comfort food. But I really shouldn’t be curling up with a big plate of nachos, right, so I turn to one of my favorite recipes for this time of year - Weight Watchers Spicy Black Bean Soup. My sister [...]
17 Sep
There is no glory in running to Guilford …
… glory comes from turning around and running home. I’m at that point in my marathon training, at 6 weeks out, where the excitement has worn off and I’m asking myself, “I have to run HOW far this weekend?!” Time grows short and schedules get in the way and when you need three or more [...]
14 Sep
FORE!
So I felt so good, so energized after Zumba, (See “Ditch the Workout”) I headed across the street to the driving range in anticipation of my golf game the next day. It was late, after 8 p.m., but the range is lighted and there were only two other people there. I got a medium bucket [...]
10 Sep
Ditch the workout …
… and join the party! That’s the tag-line for Zumba, the dance fitness craze that has been sweeping the nation. Started in the mid-90′s by celebrity fitness trainer “Beto” Perez in Cali, Columbia, when the trainer forgot his aerobics music and quickly grabbed whatever tapes he had in his backpack. The result was a mix of [...]
