I willed myself to run 5K minimally Saturday and Tuesday, going slightly over on the weekend when my husband and I ran in Mundy Park (the local urban rainforest), and then again on a great urban run Tuesday where I had some strenuous uphill but got to sprint down a long hill that was so …
More on the health news from the other day. My doctor had decided I should get an x-ray on my chest because of some issues with an ongoing non-cold-related cough and a newish chronic pain on the left back side. The x-ray showed that there is a density there, but it’s hard to see what …
I lied about it starting to cool down here. Over the weekend it was cool, but rain was mere spit and the temperatures are back up to 31 this week, even this morning on my run. I had to stop after a mile and a half due to the heat as well as a new …
As posted last week, I am getting in the mood for fall. My runs have been better, but I feel true training will ramp up when it becomes cooler again. My goal is to up my one “long” run a week, which is currently around three miles, to double that. Something happened this past week …
Every day of running this summer has been one of choice: Choosing the coolest days of the week to run Choosing the coolest times of those days to run, even if it means getting up at 5:30 am With the exception of a couple cool runs, the summer has been relentlessly uncomfortable for runners. Summer …
In keeping with my ideas of the planet as as our collective body, or keeping fit as an analogy to curbing climate change, we do fall at times and just have to brush ourselves and get back up. Sunday morning I went to a nearby park, my favorite urban rainforest. I went early to beat …
Here is my confession, which many would maybe never guess: I love fantasy and science fiction. It started as a young girl, when I was intrigued by Grimms Fairy Tales. My parents used to also read Aesop’s Fables to me. The illustrations in these early books depicted great stories and parables, usually of the old …
I’m feeling physically and emotionally much better than my last running post, which was rife with drought worries, family worries, and even a few health worries. I had written in my first run post that I may someday face challenges as a runner with diabetes. However, running 6-10 miles a week (and hiking, walking on …
I have had five days off from running, though interjected a few days of hiking instead. My second week of vacation was spent recuperating from constant activity (cleaning, cooking, stocking food, entertaining, etc. an extra five people in our household!)–this was all good for the most part. But when it was all over, I sat …
I realize today just how exhausted I am. Since late May the temperatures have been above normal, increasing to much higher than normal for June and now into July, especially the last 2-3 weeks. Compound this with little rain, bringing drought conditions. Since May 15 we have had hardly any rain: 7mm on June 2 …