HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! If you are anything like me you are scanning through 2017, picking out what was positive, trying to let go of the negative, and figuring out how we can improve ourselves and enrich our lives in the new year! And as we look back at the past and plan for the future…

Life. It happens. It just keeps rolling and, coupled with time, they push us ahead into the continuum. We are not victims, although at times we feel we are. We are but mere perpetuate passengers moving forward to the next event. We fill our time with responsibilities and obligations. We mark our time with celebrations….

So just 3 weeks before my very first super-duper, ever-so-exciting, been-working-so-hard, “runcation” half marathon on Martha’s Vineyard I went for a 7-8 mile taper run and by mile 6 the excruciating pain of what I thought was a broken toe and the burning of my calf muscles stopped me in my tracks…I could NOT take…

So hopefully you read about my little pity party 🎉 I threw myself in Part One.  With both my toe and the ball of my foot still aching like crazy I began to question if I should even drop out of the race.  But what a shame, I thought.  I’ve been working for this for…

Eeegads!!!  I can not tell you how many times I’ve wanted to jump off this 1/2 marathon path I put myself on!  I go for a run, feeling all good about adding another mile to my training and feeling strong enough to not only add another mile but PR overall as well!  But every time…

It doesn’t come in a heart shaped box nor does it come in an envelope. It comes straight from the heart and it’s always at our fingertips. My daughter received this card on her final day of working at a learning center for children with learning disabilities. She cared for kids that were in their…

AND SHES OFF!    So I decided to take the plunge and go for my first half marathon!  And not only that, but I’m going to turn it into a vacation too, (something tells me I’ll need it!)…on good ol’ Martha’s Vineyard!  Yeehawww!! Of course, the first few months of learning how to run wasn’t…

Ahhhh, the new year…a fresh start, a new beginning, your time to clean the slate and start something new!!!  Most of us have just gotten through the holidays where we’ve eaten every bit of homemade, double baked, triple dipped, finger-lickin’, grandmas blue ribbon winnin’ morsel out there and now you’re just plain TIRED of polluting…

So here’s how I was taught to run in my 101 class. But I’d first like to start off by saying that even though you can do this all on your own it would be so much better to do it with others, whether you join a class or call up a couple of people…