All Entries in the "Workin' Out - OUTSIDE" Category
How NOT to Snowshoe – Especially for Your First Time
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned that I’ve signed up for a 5k snowshoe race next weekend. I’m sure that’s not very remarkable, except for the fact that I’ve only ever been on snowshoes once. When I was eight.
My brother – aka “itwillbesoeasydon’tworry” Mike – made it sound like fun.
Then he invited me up to [...]
A workout video to bookmark: Running drills to improve your form, strength and speed
In my post on Sunday, I wrote about how I’ve just started another half marathon running clinic, training for my sixth half marathon. Thanks for your comments, support and especially your questions! I’ve had a few questions from people about running drills, specifically what other drills there are besides the “ABC’s” that I mentioned [...]
On trying new sports – with a fitness partner of the opposite sex
I tried Cross Country Skiing for the first time yesterday and I feel like the victim of a serious car accident today. I’m walking a bit funny, my body hurts from the falls and, after landing on my right wrist one too many times, I’m even having a bit of trouble typing this blog post.
Guys [...]
I did it!
Hi Ladies,
I DID IT!!!
Yes, I am now a proud owner of a half marathon medal!!!! Wow, what an experience.
Let’s start the day or night before. I did what my running partner, Farida had told me to do. Eat, drink lots of water, lay everything out and get a good night sleep. I did everything except [...]
I shall get my medal this Sunday!!
Well the count down is on, my friends! This Sunday I shall be getting that medal that I have wanted for a few years now.
A few years ago I had trained hard to prepare for my first half marathon, the Fall Classic. When I got to the end I didn’t get a medal. At that [...]
Could I really be an Iron Man?
I’ll admit it: I’m seriously considering training for an Iron Man. Please don’t tell my family – they complain that they don’t see me enough as is (no, I’m not married, nor do I have kids, so I’m safe on that end. I think. It’s my parents. Let’s not go there.).
Anyway, the Iron Man….
When it [...]
The fitness fashion I love to run away with
Last spring I was strolling through my neighborhood Target, when I saw a super cute running SKIRT with a matching tank on the end of an aisle.
Run Joe, Run: Joe’s hilarious letter to his running friends
Do you know Joe?
Joe is a friend of the Girls (and our hubbies), and a very funny guy. Now I realize he is also crazy, but in my book that’s a mark FOR him, not against him. A few days ago, Joe sent this letter out to his running friends. It’s so funny, I [...]
Training for the Fall Classic
Susan~
I have been training for lets say “my medal”; instead of saying “the race”, in the fall classic. I say that, because I haven’t really been able to do too much running these days. Six months ago I was all gun ho in training for this half marathon. But then life changed a lot for [...]
5 Ways to Run Smarter at Night
As winter approaches the days are quickly becoming shorter and for many runners it gets increasingly difficult to fit a run in during daylight hours. Night running is never the safest option for any runner but if you run in the evening you need to be prepared for the unexpected. Follow these five tips to [...]
How to Survive an Ultra Marathon
~Rebecca, Diets in Review
Because completing my first Olympic distance triathlon was not enough, I decided to follow up a week later with my first ultra marathon – a 50K (31 mile) trail race in The North Face Endurance Challenge series! If you’re surprised, trust me, I was too! I actually thought I was competing in [...]
20 Unexpected Things I Learned From Running
~Melanie
Because I am a runner myself, I don’t mind taking the heat for saying this: runners are a weird bunch. Bizarre. Peculiar. Obsessive, even. Not to mention downright compulsive.
I don’t know if we are drawn to running because we are strange, or whether the heat we generate while running melts some of our neurons over [...]
Mike’s MOMAR 2009 – The Race and the Results
~Mike Romaniuk, on the Secret Thoughts of Men
This blog post is the last of a four part series. If you missed the first ones, you can read my first post here and follow the links to back to this final post.
I wrote this article below directly following the 2009 Cumberland Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race [...]
Pre-race jitters? Who? Me?
~Mike Romaniuk, on the Secret Thoughts of Men
This blog post is post three of a four part series. Read Mike’s first post here. Look for Mike’s next post after his race.
In just a few minutes, my teammate and I will be starting the hardest 6 to 8 hours of our year: The 2009 Cumberland Mind Over Mountain Adventure [...]
Girls gone running: mom and daughter take on 5k
~Melanie
Last weekend I ran a 5k race and it was a very special one: it was my ten year old daughter’s first 5k race and our first race together. I was really keen to share the fun and excitement of running with her. She’d been watching me run out our front door several times a [...]
Running: Science vs Art
~Ann Brennan
There are days when it isn’t going to happen. The schedule has me doing seven eight hundred meter repeats on the track, beginning with a twenty-five minute warm-up and ending with a twenty-five minute cool down. That’s nine miles on a day I feel like doing nothing more than sleeping. These are the days [...]
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