So after my incredible victory at the Thanksgiving Day 5K (ie, I crossed the finish line!!!), I was feeling somewhat empowered (or possibly I was a out of my mind due to oxygen depletion), so when John and Di said “we’re doing a 5K Trail Run at Wyandotte County Lake Park in February, would you […]
I hated running. I liked to walk, but I hated running. So how is it that now, as I write this, I am less than a month away from running my first marathon? To understand this, we have to go back in time….(thank you PitBull) In Summer 2007, Captain John Ringquist was given orders to […]
So now what? A big part of my weight loss was just setting my mind to it. But after fully committing myself to it, & understanding that the change was not going to happen overnight, and that I was in it for the long haul, then there was the how…. I knew how it *wasn’t*….no […]
I’ve lost it, all right, but *this* time, I’m not talking about my mind, but rather my body. In August of 2011, I decided to get healthy, and I got serious about it. I had started to take steps in the right direction before that, and between 2009 and 2011, I lost approximately 30 pounds, […]