It felt as if it really cooled down when I went for a walk after dinner this evening. Of course, it is the same trick in reverse when, after several days of sub-zero temps in the winter, temps in the high 20s […]

I wasn’t able to walk with the Buckeye Striders on Saturday, so I had to do 8 miles by myself today. I decided to go to Sharon Woods because it is difficult to quit when you are halfway around the 4-mile loop. […]

Because I don’t like to eat breakfast, I have become a granola bar connoisseur. Don’t get me wrong — I don’t eat candy bars that pretend to be granola bars. I’m pretty picky about the quality of the bars I eat. With […]

The Buckeye Striders walked at a new location today — the Olentangy Trail beginning at the northern end near Worthing Hills. Normally, I don’t like too much change — if a park we plan to walk at is too far away or […]

Did just 3 miles tonight at Griggs Reservoir with Elaine and Deb. According to my car thermometer, the temperature was around 92 degrees. The humidity was very high! It felt as if we were walking through soup. I had forgotten my watch, […]

In a recent Jillian Michaels newsletter, she addresses safe and unsafe plastics. I decided to skim the article until I realized that a lot of the foods my family eats either come in or are stored in unsafe containers! Maybe it is […]

Saturday morning I brought home a delicious-looking homemade pecan roll. I’m assuming it actually was delicious because everyone raved about them. (It really looked great.) I did not eat it, but gave it to my son. He loved the roll and asked […]

Saturday morning a group of the Buckeye Striders arranged to do 6 miles at Sharon Woods Park instead of the regular weekly 4. Even starting as early as 7:30, it was humid! The first 2 miles we took at a fairly easy […]

It’s been a rough week requiring long hours and a little too much stress. After working late enough to be the last person in the office building, I stopped at Griggs Reservoir on my way home to get in a stress-reducing walk. […]

We were back at Franklin Park for yesterday’s Buckeye Strider weekly walk. A couple of us started at 7:30 with the rest joining us between 7:30 and 8. Even though it was early, it was humid and hot and we took it […]