My friend Dawn just ran her first marathon. For her it was about more than just running a race. It was about honoring her father. Her story inspires me and I hope it does the same for you. Here are Dawn’s own words. My dad passed away a year ago from cancer. And with the [...]
You decide it’s time to get serious about your fitness. You start working out or maybe you decide to change your eating habits. Most people are pretty committed and good for the first week. Then something happens right about week four. They step on the scale or look in the mirror and if they aren’t seeing [...]
We’re having a bit of a mini-summer here in Southern California. Since we didn’t really get one during the actual summer months, I’m loving the nice hot, sunny days we’ve had this week. Gotta make the most of these warm days – who knows when Mother Nature is going to have her next mood swing. [...]
If you were told you were going to die in 2 weeks, what would you change about the way you live your life? Would you stop eating healthy foods and just pig out on all the yummy, tasty, crap that’s out there? Would you just plop yourself on a couch and chug gallons of beer [...]
80,000 Americans were surveyed over 5 years to get an understanding of how the people of our fine country live. Apparently we are indeed a country of couch potatoes. Basically people were asked to report on their daily activities, then those activities were sorted by categories. All of their daytime activities fell into one of [...]
About 3 weeks ago, I did something that changed the course of my life. It was just a little thing. Something I thought was no big deal. My friend, Laura M., asked if I wanted to join her on a run. She was training for the Pier to Peak Half Marathon that would happen on [...]
I know I’ve been MIA for a few days now. I’m blaming my new website Freal Fitness and our recent steps toward moving our home. When we moved the blog over here things got buggy. Isn’t that always the way it is? Something gets lost, gets sucked into the outer reaches of cyber-space, or just [...]
I went to this fabulous concert the other night – Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Greek Theater in LA. I was introduced to them by John and Liz, two people that used to attend my outdoor fitness classes. We were using great guitar music in one of our workouts, they suggested I give these two a listen. [...]
Okay, take a look at that picture! Yeah, that one of me doing my best imitation of a Jillian Michaels’ pose.What driver would not see that loud, colorful sports-bra coming down the road?? I wore that thing on purpose – so I would be noticeable and finish my run alive, in one piece, and untraumatized. [...]
Well, I did it again – just bigger and better this time. I was back running Gibralter Road this morning – that gorgeously, torturous and challenging uphill climb. I don’t know how you call what we did a “Hill Run” when we gained more than 3,000 feet in elevation. That sounds (and felt) more like [...]
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