It was 27 degrees when I ended up at Sharon Woods for an 8-mile walk this afternoon. I ended up being a little overdressed. Two technical shirts, thermal walking pants, wind resistant jacket, gloves, hat and gaiter. At first I was pretty […]

We were at the City Wrestling meet from 5 p.m. to about 10 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to about 7 p.m. today. It is amazing how draining it can be to watch other athletes all day. The adrenaline rush as […]

After re-reading my posts about sabotage and skipping walking this past weekend, I decided I needed to be more vigilant. I originally planned to try walking at one of the local parks, but didn’t want to drive out there only to find […]

This was day 2 of the 100 Push Ups training program and I’m pretty excited! On Monday the second and last sets were 3 and I could barely do it — especially the last 3. Today the first set was 3 and […]

Some people just have great self control and self discipline. I’ve mentioned before that my dad had the most self discipline of anyone I have ever known. I do not. Though I am very goal-oriented, I need measurable benchmarks, and I really […]

My family and I started the 100 Push Up training program today. http://hundredpushups.com/week1.html Last week we did the initial test to see where we should each start, but couldn’t start the training for real until today. I did 2, my husband did […]

Columbus had record snows Friday and Saturday. It’s beautiful outside and the main roads have all been plowed, but in our neighborhood the snow is still pretty deep. I can only imagine what the bike trails are like. So, what does a […]

Today, while cleaning out the basement, my husband located my yearbooks. I  looked through them and was surprised at some of the things I had completely forgotten about including my senior class’s Last Will and Testament. In it I willed my younger […]

As the Buckeye Striders plan the 10-mile race this weekend, we had a lot of discussion about the course. I wrote instructions that said, “Go clockwise until you reach the 1-mile mark.” We’ve been there a lot, but there was some confusion. […]

The Buckeye Striders is planning its first ever race. The purpose of the race is to give our members an opportunity to do a long-distance race in the winter and to keep up our training. Though we originally planned it to be […]