Friday, September 7, 2012
Injury will be sidelining me from running in my first 5K ever.
I've put off writing this running blog entry because, to put it simply, I was trying to stay optimistic. Why? Let's just say my training for the NK5K hasn't necessarily gone according to plan. Every Saturday morning, I woke up and went to my Couch to 5K training class at the West Bay Family YMCA. Our running group is awesome, incredibly supportive and led by two amazing ladies (Teri and Julie) who have helped each one of us with our form, breathing and even gave advice on shoes and attire. Each Saturday morning, I left with a little homework to do – a running regiment that, with each passing week, grew a little bit more difficult. And each week, a new injury and ache would magically appear. At first it was my notoriously troublesome left …
Friday, July 27, 2012
Maybe running isn't as miserable as I thought.
I had an epiphany last week. I don't really hate running. In anticipation of my first day of training for the NK5K, I decided to hit the treadmill and see what a 5K (3.1 miles) felt like. It could’ve been that I was just “in the zone” or that the John Williams Pandora station on my phone was picking great songs – you try not to be amped up while listening to the Star Wars theme followed by the Jurassic Park theme – but I ended up doing it in 33 minutes. It may sound like a pathetic attempt at exercise to the more seasoned runners out there, but just remember that I consider shopping to be a cardio activity. Then came Saturday – our first day of training. Mother Nature must have been making up for giving me a rainy day on my day off last …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
I'm running the NK5K this year for the first time ever. Join me for my training with the YMCA and blog about it!
I made two New Year’s resolutions this year. The first was to stop buying Nutella every time it went on sale at Dave’s Marketplace. Since I already broke that resolution, I have to uphold the second – to run the NK5K. And I mean actually run it – not do my goofy hybrid of a skip/jog and hop it on Jitters when I got tired or bored. For the hundreds who run this race every year, it seems like a piece of cake. Not for this editor. I go to the gym regularly, but pretty much exclusively use the arc trainer and bike for my cardio needs. (I have bad knees, so I view the treadmill and all running in general as a demon harbinger of pain.) Aside from the gym, my exercise regimen consists of retail therapy and unloading the dishwasher. When I say I’m…
Lori Grayson
9:00 am on Saturday, September 8, 2012
I have had bad asthma attacks, taken an epsom salt bath, and have bounced right back from it. It seems that people with asthma have a magnesium deficiency and epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) bath helps to replenish it. Such an inexpensive way to feel better! more ›