Building a habit

August 1, 2010

Four Sundays ago, I decided to copy my crazy colleague and begin a self-directed Learn to Run program. Her cousin-in-law (to be) had done an official program and was able to give her some pointers. The goal of the program is to have you running for 20 minutes in a 10 minute run, one minute [...]

Parades and running for a cause

November 15, 2009

Have you ever taken part in an honest-to-goodness Santa Claus parade? I haven’t! But tonight, I got to see one. The area of town I live in is teeming with young families and many children, and I guess it’s both a big and small enough area that they were able to have this parade. It’s [...]

World Diabetes Day 2009 (and some randomness, of course!)

November 14, 2009

I’m not good at posting very long before midnight, so as a result my entries are very lame. Please forgive me! Bath and Body Works has been open in our corner of the world for about two weeks now, and my sister and I went to check it out. It was full of people, as [...]

Thinking chilly thoughts

June 10, 2008

It’s been over two weeks since I put on my running shoes and went out for a run. I even have a running buddy, should I choose to recruit her (I’m afraid of running with someone who is actually fit, but if that isn’t the best way to challenge yourself, I don’t know what is). [...]