The Frogtown Trail Challenge

I had run two 5k races before but I had never run in a trail race.  To be honest, I did not even know they existed until this one!  Matt and Laura from our gym ran it with me.  Laura and I ran the 4.5 and Matt ran the 10 mile race.   I have three words for [...]

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I am not afraid of success–no fear

Our Greatest Fear —Marianne Williamson it is our light not our darkness that most frightens us   Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be [...]

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Your not nice on Thursdays

My husband is one of the kindest people alive.  He puts up with me, that alone should win him an extra jewel in his crown.  After 27 1/2 years (I am proud of that half year, # 27 was a hard one and this  1/2 has been blissful!)  he has learned the best way to [...]

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In the past

My favorite Gold’s Gym t-shirt says, CHANGE YOUR MIND CHANGE YOUR BODY.   If you have had body image issues and/or weight problems you have probably tried to diet over and over again.  I never understood why I would be doing good on a program and then all of a sudden would start sliding back. I really believe [...]

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Eating a whale

My father always likes to say, “You can eat an entire whale,  one bite at a time”.   His statement came to mind the other day as I was driving to the gym at 5:00 a.m.  I realized I had come to  a totally different places in my life  physically and emotionally. For many years I had a lot of [...]

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