All Entries in the "Running" Category
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 [...]
Tips for the prediabetes runner (or any beginning runner)
~Melanie Have you been diagnosed with prediabetes? Have you decided to start running? There are so many benefits to exercise and running is a great sport to take up. The American Diabetes Association estimates there are 57 million Americans with prediabetes. Prediabetes refers to blood glucose levels that are higher than normal, but not yet [...]
The Underwear Affair…
Last Saturday my sister, Anne, and I participated in Vancouver’s 10K run for ‘Cancer below the waist’ aka “The Underwear Affair”. Anne had raised $1,360.00 on her website for this cause. To take part in this race you must raise at least $350.00, plus pay a $25.00 sign up. She did this run for our [...]
Vancouver Sun Run – 25 years of fun!
. Do YOU have photos of the Vancouver Sun Run this year? Email them to melanie@girlgetstrong.com and we’ll add them to our sidebar slide show! So yesterday marked the 25th annual Vancouver Sun Run and the event was once again a huge, happy success.
