Tag: running
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#AccelerateHope with ASICS
ASICS is always up to wonderful and amazing things. This time they have teamed up with 3 non-profit organizations and are committed to raise awareness and donations to their charities. I’m going to tell you why ASICS has joined forces with Cookies For Kids’ Cancer. Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, a national 501(c)3 non-profit, is committed to raising…
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Hand picked for YOU
It always makes me happy when the latest RunnerBox arrives. It’s like Christmas every 2 months. If you don’t know what it is, it’s a box of runner’s favorites that has been picked out. It works out perfectly because they do all the work for you. The box arrives to you, and it’s already filled with the…
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I’ve always been UNSTOPPABLE
Hello everyone! I just wanted to write you all a little note and APOLOGIZE for being MIA. I’ve been dealing with something pretty major with my health and it has been very detrimental. I’ve been in a great battle again my brain disease and my Scoliosis. As far as my health is concerned, I WILL…
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26.2 Marathon training tips
The marathon. One of the toughest distances to tackle, yet one of the most self satisfying distances to accomplish. It isn’t easy, but definitely not impossible. I’ve done many and plan to do many more. Call me crazy but the feeling of exhaustion, tired legs, running miles after miles, to then get to the finish…
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Recover with ice and heat
As runners we have all probably “run” into an injury or two once in our running lifetime. Am I right? How did you first treat it when it happened? Did you just take 2 tyenol? Did you go to the doctors? Did you ignore it? I have found a pretty effective way to reduce pain…
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RunnerBox for the rising stars
What is RunnerBox? Besides being one of my FAVORITE runner must haves, it is a box that gets delivered right to your door. It’s a bi-monthly box FILLED with the latest, runner favorites, past favorites, everything you’d need to have a successful run. RunnerBox does the work for you, and by that I mean they find…
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Summer running tips
The summer is off to an unforgiving start. To say it has been brutal is an understatement, at least here in Orlando. I know many of you have already been out there braving the heat and getting out there and doing your miles. So being that I am used to running in ridiculous heat and…
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United we stand, together we RUN
Little man and I joined hundreds of others from our community in an effort to raise money and honor those affected by the tragedy that happened at Pulse night club. We usually go for their Wednesday night fun runs which is usually a small crowd, but this was a massive crowd close to 1,000 runners,…
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Because he is watching
Today I was due for a long run but I wasn’t well. I had a headache and a migraine. They were both getting worse so I opted to take my medication which sometimes helps. My headache subsided but I wasn’t feeling all that great to kill my run today. About midway through, it finally hit…
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Scoliosis is no joke
What is Scoliosis? It’s a curvature of the spine. Often happens when you are growing, but can happen at any time. Mostly common in females, and most cases are mild. But then there are some who suffer from severe Scoliosis, like myself. I have a double curve, or what is called the “S curve”. Scoliosis curves…
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