Fun as a kid ~ fun as an adultThere was a time when I only was able to run on flat roads. I sought out routes that consisted of level surfaces avoiding even the slightest incline. Then I ran in the hills of Palm Springs and realized that scrambling over rocks and gaining elevation added … Continue reading The Art of Running in the Rain
Category: running diaries chapbook
Drug of choice
I can't remember a more beautiful early November than we're currently experiencing. It almost makes up for the muted foliage season and the need to crank on the furnace in October to offset the chill from our premature snow event. Something happened to me this month, just like I've always feared since high school health … Continue reading Drug of choice
Running through the pain
image from: wholeironwoman.comThe good news is that the thing with my right glute that had been bothering me seems to have resolved itself. I wish I could say it was because of the awesome stretches my chiropractor, Lee Masterson at Delmar Chiropractic had shown me, but, honestly, I haven't been vigilant about doing them. I … Continue reading Running through the pain
running diaries chapbook – part iv
happy runner girlFor the past couple of weeks, I've been running injured. It's nothing serious just a tightness in my right hip and an awareness of my left knee. It is prompting me to try to stretch more conscientiously, which is good. It is also putting me in a position where I am continually asserting … Continue reading running diaries chapbook – part iv
a weighty subject
In the last week, a minimum of 8 people made comments to me about my weight. No one was overly critical, but there was a note of concern in more than one voice. I can only imagine that if 8 people said something to my face, another 5 or 10 had said something behind my … Continue reading a weighty subject
running diaries chapbook – part III
I was running the other evening and started thinking about a conversation I had shared earlier with someone to whom I am very close, a person who wants to take care of me in a way I have never known. I took note of my grey exercise skort and my different shade of grey jersey, and … Continue reading running diaries chapbook – part III
running diaries chapbook – part II
image from: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/ The runs I resist the most, are always the most satisfying. The unexpected charm of an arid mountain, climbing to the cloudless sky in 85 degrees. Running along the port on the north side of Amsterdam's Central Station, listening to Bono count to One...a drizzly jog down the west shore of Greenwood … Continue reading running diaries chapbook – part II
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