New Years Resolutions Made Easy

Many of us see the New Year as a clean slate, an opportunity to set new goals and stick to them without past failures weighing us down. Rightly, these resolutions often include our health: exercising more, eating healthier, and balancing Learn More …

Pushing Beyond Your Comfort Zone, Or Not

One of the biggest challenges that we can put before ourselves is to overcome our own comfort zones, to step beyond the place where we feel safe and into a world of unknown opportunities. We love the prospect of success Learn More …

Prevent Injuries While Getting Your Sexy On

An injury can throw off your training schedule or sideline you right before your race. Nobody has time for that! (Besides, registration fees are too expensive to forfeit.) A couple a tips can help prevent and minimize the downtime caused Learn More …

Gadgets and Apps for Training Merriment

I teetered between “merriment” and “more bearable” in the title. I’ve discovered that I have no problem with the hard work needed to train well. I’ve been blessed with a get-up-and-get-it-over-with mentality that helps me get through long term goals. Learn More …

Half Marathon Training Like a Boss, Sorta

So I’ve decided to run a half marathon…which is practically like saying “I’ve decided to pull out all of my teeth with dusty pliers,” or “I’ve decided to have my arm chewed off by a bear.” There is no intelligent Learn More …

Are There Really Benefits to Running Barefoot?

Running and I do not have a loving relationship. There is something about the repetitive motion, the sound of my heart pounding in my ears, the thump-thump-thump of my feet on the pavement that just makes want to…to…stop running. Jogging Learn More …

MRT Training Update- What Worked and What Didn’t

In the past, I wrote an article on MRT training and mentioned that I’d give it a try and let you all know about my progress. What Didn’t Work I didn’t want to lose a huge amount of weight so Learn More …