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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. I have always run in Under Armour pants (even in the ridiculous Atlanta heat), mainly because I hate having to constantly pull my shorts down as they slowly [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Secrets of running – retail therapy, vicious dogs, movie time and fairy dust
~Melanie I’ve been running regularly over the last few weeks and feeling great about it. Which isn’t to say I’m flying, fleet-footed, fair hair flowing in the wind. You can’t take a break from ease up on running and expect to run like a gazelle right away. Although one always hopes… Anyway, it’s more like [...]
Preparing for my big race
~Mike Romaniuk, sharing the secret thoughts of men The countdown has started. In 9 days, I’ll be participating in the 2009 Cumberland Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race. This year I will once again be racing with my business partner, Ray, against approximately 325 others. The race is approximately 50km of combined trekking, biking & kayaking. [...]
