A Homework Assignment for the Last Few Days of 2016

I provided my athletes a homework assignment to complete before the New Year. [I enjoyed doing this exercise so much myself that I felt compelled to share it with my athletes.] But then, I realized that it was really was a great exercise, so I wanted to share for THE WORLD to do  (LOL…okay, maybe the dozen […]

How to Get Back on the Wagon

Here’s a simple way to get “back on the wagon,” after a month (or a lifetime) of eating “bad food” and drinking “bad things.” Just don’t get on a wagon in the first place. (I’ll explain.) THERE IS NO WAGON.   I hear, every so often, someone chime in and say: I have fallen off the wagon, and […]

Cracking the RaceCation Code: The Intertrust Cayman Islands Marathon

In the last decade, I can count (on one hand) the number of times I have been on a real vacation—a true, sit-in-the-sand, read-your-cares-away, eat until someone needs to rub your belly—vacation.  There’s been a weekend away here and there for a birthday, an anniversary, or just “someone please take these kids for a night.” […]

The Intention Tree

I recently encountered this on a trip. This beautiful tree, with cards and ribbons hanging from it.   A sign, nearby, read: “A New Moon represents new beginnings and it is during this time that the moon is empty, receptive and full of potential. It is the optimum time to look deep within and discover […]

Heartrate Training: Go Slow to Go Fast

Well, it’s the OFF SEASON, and people on Strava are wondering, “Why are you running SO slowly!?” [Dude, that’s my normal pace, step off!] And then I go to the Cayman Islands and run a half marathon ON PURPOSE at a 16+ minute mile (mostly walking, BTW), you have to know there’s a reason. (And yes, […]

Teetotaler

And it’s here. Today marks one year without a drink, and I celebrated with my “teetotaler” tattoo. On this day last year, when I decided to quit, I had not crashed at rock bottom. But… I HAD crashed into the bottom so many times, my life was like a trampoline—up up up, boom? ! Up […]

Look Beyond

This morning I ran a half marathon in the Cayman Islands (I know, poor me!). And that report and full amazing trip details to come. But I am writing this post about something else. And not something Cayman Islands-centric, either, although the events of the morning happened to happen on Cayman. This particular something hurts […]