It drives me crazy when someone asks, “What do you do? I don’t blame the asker. I’m saddened it has become the rote question we ask when meeting someone new. The question implies we want to know one’s salary and if she is worth the time to engage. This question indicates we don’t care about…
Living
Grateful Challenge
Gini Dietrich of Spin Sucks, invited her readers to participate in her annual Grateful Challenge. The premise – set a timer for 10 minutes and try to create a list of 99 things you are grateful for. Studies have shown that practicing gratitude can improve our happiness. So, Gini’s challenge is absolutely worthwhile! “It is…
The Pursuit of Health Shouldn’t Be a Source of Judgment
How one chooses to pursue fitness and health shouldn’t be a source of judgment. Externally, we can judge a particular physical practice, be it bodybuilding or water aerobics. Internally, we can judge our abilities, and critique and compare. Judging other’s routines makes us feel superior. Judging ourselves rips our insides apart. Externally and internally –…
Conquering Your Fears
When it comes to physical challenges, courageous is not a word I would use to describe myself. I over-analyze, hesitate and then take a baby step. Instead of courage I express a variety of fears – fear of falling, fear of heights, fear of being uncomfortable, fear of the unknown. Send me to a foreign…
Rise, Shine and Run
Feeding off the excitement of the Asheville Half-Marathon I decided to sign up for a local event, the Rise & Shine Half-Marathon. There was only two weeks in between the two events, so I figured I might as well use my training to participate in another race. The night before the run my husband and…
Running Around America’s Largest Backyard
This past weekend, I ran around America’s largest backyard with a group of girlfriends. The run was my second, one friend’s first, and another friend’s 16th half-marathon. The Asheville Half-Marathon, held on the Biltmore Estate, was the perfect excuse to reunite our old running crew. We used to run the streets and trails of Hattiesburg…