Even if you run, or exercise, on your own, as I typically do, you have numerous opportunities to engage in breezy conversations one-on-one with people who want to talk about YOU.
Ok so they’re professional people and you pay them but still. For me, that would include my trainer, my running coach, my physical therapist, my nutritionist, my doc(s).
Read More“Happy with your performance?”
It was a simple, yes-or-no, question, from Kevin McGuinness, my physical therapist, in a text message after the Brooklyn Half, but it caught me off guard.
I’m used to people asking me how I feel after a race or how I felt during a race. These are the questions I ask myself...
Read MoreI was having a conversation with a friend who asked me how I’m able to keep up an exercise regimen 6 days a week.
I exercise before work, setting my alarm for 4:30 and getting to the gym by 5:15 or the track by 6:00 am. So her question is a good one. At least half of the time I am fighting the alarm and trying to talk myself into the benefits of sleeping in just this once.
But I don’t.
Read MoreMy official finish at the Parks Half Marathon on Sunday was 2:43:43.
The morning started out rainy and chilly but by the first mile the sun came out and it was a gorgeous, perfect day for a race. After running 2 miles on Veirs Mill Rd in Rockville we wound our way south along the Rock Creek Stream Valley, passing the Audubon Society sanctuary, and through Dewey Park and Ken-Gar Palisades Park to Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase, finishing up on the Georgetown trail into Bethesda.
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