A Good Day at the Pig!

Today was the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon and it was great! A group of 9 members of the Buckeye Striders walking club entered the half. Though on Saturday night we were worried about rain and cold, the temps were in the low […]

Another Reason not to Take Diet Pills

We’ve all seen the ads for Hydroxycut in the back of health and fitness magazines. (Well, all of them except WALK! Magazine. Not a moral comment, just an observation.) All you have to do is take the pills and you will end […]

The Importance of Race medals

As I removed the “stack” of race medals hanging over the corner of my dresser mirror, they clanged together like wind chimes. I guess I’ve never picked them all off at one time before, because I was surprised at the pretty sound. […]

Update Coming

I’ll have an update about WALK! Magazine (folded), the new WALK! Newsletter and everything else soon. I’ve just been unable to think clearly enough today to write a good posting. At the same time, I’m still getting many questions about the magazine […]

10 Miles

The 10 miles we walked today would have been much easier if I had slept well last night. For some reason, I kept having disturbing dreams that revolved around the movie we watched last night which caused me to wake and toss […]

Hills Again!

We did five reps — up the hill, down the other side, then up that hill and back to where we started. We could tell we are getting stronger. Today’s reps were easy until the middle of the third rep. I wish […]

I’m Not Obsessed

Seriously, I’m not obsessed with getting races to offer women’s sizes — I just want race garments that fit. If the shirts or jackets offered are a brand name and a quality product, the men’s small usually fits me. I get frustrated […]

Races Offering Women’s Shirts

I can’t figure out a couple of things: 1) Why, when races only gave out cotton T-shirts, did the shirts fit me? 2) When the majority of people who enter races is female, why do races only offer men’s garments? (One race […]