Lots of races have people designated to maintain a certain pace to help the athletes finish in a projected time. This is such a great service and I am thrilled when a race has pacers that actually benefit medium-speed walkers like me. […]

NOTE: On 3-31 I rechecked results to add everyone in our group, and I noticed my finish time had changed. Darn! Not as fast as I thought I was. This seems more accurate though, because it matches the time on my watch. […]

Our trip to Tucson for the Arizona Distance Classic started out with a little excitement. The first leg of our flight into Denver had a little trouble landing. Apparently, the pilot knew he would be unable to steer the plane once we […]

Work travel can make it difficult to get walking in, too. When I travel in the fall, I’m required to attend a lot more meetings, so it is harder to find time to walk then. In the Spring, like now, I sometimes […]

Sometimes it is really difficult to eat healthy foods when traveling. (Don’t get me started on airports.). For me there are two types of traveling that make eating healthy difficult: 1) family travel where there are great restaurants and lots of social […]

I have gotten past that whole “racewalkers look funny” thing. Well, I thought I had gotten past it. Two recent events make me wonder. Last week on a nice day I was racewalking to a nearby park. I walk this route all […]

Deb, Elaine and I started out doing hills tonight at Griggs Reservoir. We did a half-mile warmup, but after two laps, I was tired. The hills were a little too much for me today. We decided to walk on the flat section […]

I keep all of you updated on my walking regularly, so you know I’m pretty much ready for the Arizona Distance Classic in two weeks. But I haven’t written about other fitness objectives recently. The Push Up Challenge is much more difficult […]

Today as I was walking, I suddenly noticed a pebble in my left shoe. It was a pretty small one and for a while it just kind of bounced around my shoe. First it was under the ball of my foot. Then […]

I needed 10 miles this weekend. Because it was raining yesterday, and I really could not see doing 10 miles inside on a track, I opted to walk today. Though chilly and damp out, at least it wasn’t actively raining. It was […]