Last night at my Marathon Clinic we had a guest speaker. The speaker, Kenji, spoke about good running form- and his four principles of achieving the right running form. 1. Choose your speed 2. Run 180 steps/minute 3. Check out you are feeling? Feel good? 4. Check your posture- chest out, butt in. As I […]
I have been thinking a lot about people who have careers that they LOVE- ones that emmulate who they are as a person and the values they believe. When I think about this, I automatically think of my very good friend, Roland. I have known Roland since we were 15 years old. We lived in […]
Last week I was at a good friend’s wedding and at the end of the evening we were talking about running. She had a beam of light over her face, a full smile, and was giggling as she talked about running. She said “Running is SO FUN! It makes me feel like a kid again.” […]
I love the library. When I lived in Kenya some friends missed Kraft Dinner, McDonald’s, tap water, walking outside after dark- but I missed the public library. I often tell Jeff that although I am not a protestor by any means for any event, I would stand out on the streets and protest quite loudly […]
Honestly I am trying to not turn this into a running blog, but I do need to talk about running a little bit since it seems to occupy most of my extra curricular time! Last week I mentioned that I had trouble running with the group- everyone seemed faster, stronger, and fitter. I trailed in […]
May 2, 2010: The BMO Vancouver Full Marathon Yes, I have signed up to run the Vancouver Marathon on May 2, 2010. I’m letting the blog world know about this in the hope that this will further make me accountable for my insane ambition to sign up for this race. To be honest, I really […]
Do you ever get the feeling that you lead a parallel life with someone? Today, I was explaining to a dear friend that I feel that I lead such a parallel life with Liz Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and now Committed. I realize that this probably sounds cliché and perhaps conceited in many […]
I didn’t go away this holiday season. I didn’t fly out of out town, go to the beach, sit by the ocean, or travel to an exotic city. Instead I stayed at home in Vancouver. My parents flew up from Tampa to spend the 2 weeks with my sister, Jeff, and I. For 2009 I […]
