“10 miles behind me and 10,000 to go” (from “Sweet Baby James,” song of the running hour) It is truly days like today that one can appreciate the nature on this planet. The day began heavily fogged, with the evergreens just mirages in the distance. By the time I took my break on campus, to …
I couldn’t write the title for today’s blog without thinking of Jack Handy. One thing that motivated me to run was to get ideas for writing, which “The Oatmeal” professed he gets while running. Of course, he (The Oatmeal, aka Matthew Inman) is a very talented artist and humorous comic strip writer, and I, if …
This might turn into a running blog, but I’ll try to keep the posts related to loving our planet. As pointed out in the first blog post, I began a “Couch to 5K” program last week. This is a conditioning program–a strength-building program–that allows a non-runner to build up to running 5K. I don’t consider …
Welcome to the new running blog. My husband is the best Over the weekend I accompanied my husband to Seattle for a half-marathon. Let me back up here. In January 2013 my husband began a “couch to 5K” running program. At that time he was about 60 pounds heavier and loved eating chips while sitting …