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Category Archives: Running
So you want to be a 90-year-old runner
Hmm, my guess is that being able to run at 90 isn’t at the top of most people’s wish lists. Maybe being alive and healthy at 90? Maybe being alive at 90 only if healthy? But running, not so much … Continue reading
Posted in Running
Tagged arthritis, hip replacement, joint pain, joy in running, old age, running, running in old age
40 Comments
Setting goals to inspire you … or scare you!
Recently I came across a blog post that presents a checklist of some pretty darn thought-provoking tips about setting goals that will really inspire you. It so happens that the focus of this blog, Mark B’s Big Adventures on Average … Continue reading
Posted in Just wondering, Running
Tagged cycling, Everesting, goals, inspiration, quilting, risk, running, setting goals, writing
21 Comments
On the 10-year anniversary of my NYC marathon, a special Run for Veterans
Today is the 50th running of the famed New York City Marathon. Ten years ago, on a crisp, sunshiny fall morning, my brother and I joined the throng of runners at the starting line of the NYC marathon. We were … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Running
Tagged New York City marathon, Remembrance Day, Run for Veterans NB, runniing
31 Comments
The power of a smile … OK, and the power of running
As the (nearly 100-year old) song goes, When you’re smiling, when you’re smiling, The whole world smiles with you. Last week our community, and especially our very large running community, lost someone whose smile was legend. He was my former … Continue reading
Posted in Running
Tagged being there for others, encouraging others, Mark Kirby, running, Running Room, smiles, smiling
38 Comments
Fitness is freedom
Fitness is freedom. I wonder how many of us have ever considered this sage bit of philosophizing. I hadn’t. As I whizzed down an aisle in our local supermarket a week or so ago, following the COVID arrows in the … Continue reading
Posted in Odds and Ends, Running
Tagged aging, fitness, freedom, independence, Runner's World, seniors
58 Comments
Run-walking my way through Tuscany – virtually
A few months ago I posted that I had begun a virtual challenge – within my own timeframe and my own personally acceptable modes of trekking – to trek the St Francis Way. I chose it because the 503 kms … Continue reading
Posted in Odds and Ends, Running
Tagged Assisi, Conqueror Challenge, Italy, St Francis Way, Tuscany, virtual challenges
20 Comments
Robby Robin's Journey 