Fast times and wild living with (the former) Baby Whozit…
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on May 26th, 2011
It’s twelve days now since my first ever 5K (3.1 miles), and I’ve run an additional 22 miles and counting. I’ve switched now from the No Boundaries Tuesday and Thursday group that met at Fleet Feet to the regular Monday and Wednesday fun run group. This experience has proven to be simultaneously humbling, confidence building, […]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on May 15th, 2011
Don’t blame me for the spelling of “Throo”; I’m just the messenger. Saturday was graduation day for my Spring 2011 No Boundaries Couch to 5K training program, a 5K through Louisville’s zoo and the neighborhood immediately surrounding it. We lucked out weather wise, getting neither the hot and humid weather of the day preceding nor […]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Apr 28th, 2011
The dawn of my decision to run went something like this: “Hm. You are forty (one) and beginning to have skinny-fat legs. What are you going to do about that? Yup, yup, there’s no use denying it; you are going to have to work out. But how? Back to the gym? No. You never go, […]
Posted in Family, Friends, Jessica, No Boundaries on Apr 17th, 2011
I took a little break here. Did you all miss me? The reasons being: 1. I got sick again. My sinus infection never really went away, so I saw my doctor on Wednesday and am now four days into a new round of stronger antibiotics. The day I decided I needed to take action was […]
Posted in Jessica, Little Boy, No Boundaries on Apr 8th, 2011
Slightly warmer and significantly longer days are getting us all outside after an unusually long winter. My spring training is, of course, the New Balance No Boundaries Couch to 5K program. After tomorrow’s run, I will be half-way through the program. After four weeks of finishing so far ahead of the rest of the run-walk […]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Mar 15th, 2011
My No Boundaries 5K leader, Jeff Wells of Fleet Feet Louisville, regularly insists that training is “fun”. “We’re going to have fun, here!” he’ll enthuse, right before leading a group of winded running newbies into the 45-degree rain for a session.Or demonstrating all the massage gadgets we might need to soothe tired/sore/injured body parts. Every […]
Posted in Jessica, No Boundaries on Mar 3rd, 2011
I’m having a moment over here. A “If not now, when?” moment. That would be a famous quote by the sage Hillel, who is also famous for saying “Build a fence around the Torah” and for eating a matzo and bitter herb sandwich, but we’ll skip those bits for now. Back to me. For the […]