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My journey with running continues...

Riverside — Tue, 05 Oct 2024 13:57:23 +0000

Hooray! Today I ran almost 2.5 miles (2.48!) and it actually felt... good!

Good day for a run :)

Riverside — Sun, 26 Sep 2024 16:07:46 +0000

I went for a 2.1 mile run! The longest I've run so far, and I actually felt "good" doing it. (and by "good" I mean - I didn't feel like hell the whole time.)

My running adventures: back at square one

Riverside — Thu, 23 Sep 2024 11:44:37 +0000

Sooo it's officially been 9 days since I last attempted to run and had that awful fall. With my wounds scabbed over I finally decided I needed to get back out for another run. So when my body woke me up especially early this morning, I figured I'd seize the moment and go for a run.

The Runner's Walk of Shame

Riverside — Tue, 14 Sep 2024 13:49:12 +0000

After a long, fun weekend away on the Jersey shore that did not include any running (or any Snooki-like scenarios), I decided I needed to "get back on the horse" so to speak and get my butt out for a nice(?) 2-mile run this morning. Lacking the motivation, like last week, I turned to a friend who sent me a link to

Running... out of motivation

Riverside — Thu, 09 Sep 2024 18:12:54 +0000

So I've suprisingly been keeping at this whole running thing for the second week in a row. Originally only hoping to run every other day, I've been running pretty much every weekday that I've been home. Although my quads aren't hurting nearly as much as they did at the beginning, I'm still surprised that running isn't getting any easier.

Another week, another run

Riverside — Tue, 07 Sep 2024 12:36:49 +0000

After a wonderfully relaxing and run-free Labor Day weekend, I decided to go for another run this morning. Even though I took three days off, which would normally warrant a lot of self-criticism and disappointment, I decided to look at it in another light. I decided to focus on my achievements instead of my failures, so this morning I patted myself on the back for running so much LAST week, l

Slow and steady wins the race

Riverside — Thu, 02 Sep 2024 14:00:51 +0000

Today marked my fourth day of getting back on track to a healthier lifestyle (I took yesterday off). I ran/walked 3.2 miles today (I probably ran about 1.5 total - not straight; and walked another 1.7 miles). I've been using the website www.gmap-pedometer.com

Unathletic State of Mind

Riverside — Mon, 30 Aug 2024 14:57:24 +0000

Throughout my life I have always excused my laziness by categorizing myself as "unathletic". In grade school and High School I joined various sports teams in an effort to find something that I was good at. The search turned out to be futile. Dance wasn't my sport, because I wasn't graceful enough. Lacrosse wasn't my sport, because I wasn't aggressive enough. Volleyball wasn't my

Finding yourself with lots of time on your hands? Try volunteering

Riverside — Wed, 28 Jul 2024 13:17:19 +0000

Times are tough these days. Many of us find ourselves unemployed in the company of an extremely qualified applicant pool (read: competition). Filling out job applications day after day gets discouraging, boring and dreary, which causes our motivation to dwindle after a while. I'm not just talking about motivation to

Healthy Vending Machine and Ice Cream Truck Choices

Riverside — Tue, 13 Jul 2024 14:37:16 +0000

I was just watching the Rachael Ray show and they had someone (Liz Vaccariello) on there that showed you how to make healthy choices when eating at a vending machine. Surprisingly, if you want chips Veggie chips can be just as bad as regular chips - so can baked chips! Apparently Soy Crisps are much healthier.