Tag Archives: motivation

It’s been awhile…

First off, let me say how well my husband is doing almost a year and a half after his major bicycle accident.  He’s recovered so well, I’d like to call it a mishap, but when you are technically almost internally decapitated, it … Continue reading

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I Can’t Get His Voice Out of My Head…

This is an e-mail I received on Friday, January 4, 2013: Gayla  — The alarm rang at 4:45 AM. I fell asleep at 12:30 AM, but if you’d asked me if I got any sleep, I could have passed any polygraph. … Continue reading

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Can Couch Potatoes Change?… or Don’t We All Start as Spuds?

It’s official.  I registered (and paid) for the triathlon scheduled for July 16.  Pretty good for someone who—until very recently—thought triathlon was spelled Tri-ath-A-lon!  If you’ve read any of my last three posts or A Running Journal diary, you’ll know I rather dubiously started running via the … Continue reading

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What? You’ve Never Heard of Brick Training? Join the Club.

Yes, it all began with that one step.  Now I’m wondering what I’ve gotten myself into.  I showed my husband the Sprint Triathlon website, which by the way includes a NON-traditional biking distance of 24 miles, a Sprinternational special condition, … Continue reading

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Stand Back (Get Out of My Way) or…Who Says There’s Limits?

When I started running a few weeks ago (see Sit.Desk.Write… and Run.), I never aspired to anything more than… running to lose a few pounds.  My athletic husband, who’s mouth is still hanging open because I’m actually moving, tentatively suggested … Continue reading

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Sit. Desk. Write… and Run.

A week and two days ago, I started running.  It wasn’t a planned event, but here I am.  As I began to chronicle my daily data; weight, distance, and my level of motivation, I realized it was turning into a … Continue reading

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