Category Archives: Running

What’s your metaphor for life? According to Oprah, it’s running!

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Jane Fritz

Yes, according to Oprah Winfrey, running is not only a good metaphor for life or an appropriate metaphor for life, it’s the greatest metaphor for life. For Oprah, who famously ran the Marine Corps Marathon back in 1994 (when she … Continue reading →

Posted in Just wondering, Running | Tagged marathons, metaphor for life, Oprah Winfrey, running | 31 Comments

So you want to be a 90-year-old runner

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Jane Fritz

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 | 42 Comments

Setting goals to inspire you … or scare you!

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Jane Fritz

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

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Jane Fritz

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

Being thankful in Rome … virtually

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Jane Fritz

I did it! This Canadian Thanksgiving weekend I completed the Conqueror Challenge called St. Francis Way, virtually travelling from Florence to Rome. I last posted about this personal quest in March, so it’s taken me quite a while, but it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Life stories, Running | Tagged Canadian Thanksgiving, Conqueror Challenge, Fredericton, Lincoln Trail, Nashwaak Trail, North Coast 500, running, St Francis Way, St. John River, Thanksgiving, trails, virtual challenges, Walking Bridge, walking trails, Wolastoq | 39 Comments

The power of a smile … OK, and the power of running

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Jane Fritz

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

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Jane Fritz

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

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Jane Fritz

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 →