Category Archives: Goals
Rock n Roll Half Marathon
The Rock n Roll Half Marathon is almost four weeks away. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since the last one. Training has been gearing up with longer runs, making sure our weekday runs are done, and staying … Continue reading
Number 7 Crossed Off – Do A Front Plank For One Minute
If you have ever tried to do a front plank, you will know it is not the easiest exercise to do. And this is especially true if you don’t have that much arm and core strength. Dr. Oz suggests we … Continue reading
Number 43 Crossed Off – Learning How to Blow Glass
I’m fortunate to live in a city that now eclipses Murano Island in Italy as the place for glass blowing. This is due partly because we have one of the most famous glass blowers, Dale Chihuly, here in Seattle. Glassblowing has … Continue reading
Getting there!
Today, I ran in the Seattle Seahawks 5K at The Landing with Donna Cantera and Cindy Bingham. It was the first time I’ve been able to see how my very sketchy running and strength training has helped me run faster. For me … Continue reading
End of February Update
February has been a difficult month for me with the passing of my mother. Though I know that this feeling of emptiness won’t be going away for a long time, I am slowly finding my equilibrium. First and foremost, I have started my “official” training … Continue reading
Updating….
I do hope this new year is treating everyone well. I ended the year with clearing out a lot of “stuff” from the house that has just been collecting dust. I’m still not done with all of that but it … Continue reading
Out with the old….
Every year as we get closer to the new year, I tend to spend a week going through all of our financial paperwork and start the process of gathering the necessary documents our accountant will need to do our taxes. This process … Continue reading
Setbacks
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with the first step.” -Lao Tzu We all want to achieve our goals. But it is the setbacks along the way that can make it hard to achieve them. No one sees all … Continue reading
Inspiration
Inspirations come in many different ways. Most in the smallest gestures that people do but are rarely recognized. Cindy Bingham is one of my inspirations. And she shows me that in-spite of our world today and all that we hear … Continue reading
(Running) + Setbacks = Life
Setbacks can be very frustrating. And it doesn’t make any difference whether those setbacks are when you are training for a race or striving towards a goal in your personal and/or business life. My newest setback in my training has been … Continue reading