Tag: motivation
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Podcast: Coldwater 50k Recap
Welcome and Thank you for listening. This podcast is mainly about the Coldwater Creek 50k/ 33.2 mile trail race in Anniston Alabama. Good news: I finished Better news: I finished with a bang and before the cutoff. It was close. If you have never stopped by Anniston Alabama, you should. The people are…
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Podcast: Do We Learn from Balance?
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. We all seem to chase balance. Not too much and not too little. The middle tends to be more populated in the middle of the bell curve or the early adopters curve. The extremes tend to have more risk but they also tend to be the areas of maximal…
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Podcast: Cardiac Risk and Motivation to Change
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. If you have lost your motivation for a healthy lifestyle, try looking for it on the couch. Motivation is there for you as long as it does not require stepping into action. All the catchy slogans and memes fade away when it comes time to cook healthy or step…
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Podcast: 63 Year Old Andy Mathews Runs 200 Miles
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. Today, Andy “Croom” Mathews joins me to talk about his 200 mile ultra run across Florida for his 63 third year of life. We talk about his running career and how different it turned out from what he thought it would. Better yet, we talked or he did, about…
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Blogpost: Membership Group Walk-What a Beautiful Morning in Florida
Today concludes the April walk challenge. We celebrated with a group walk along the Charlotte Harbor. We walked our 5k as the sun came up. There is no better community that a walking or running community in my book. No expectations or judgements. No person left behind. Just a group sharing a positive experience in…
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The sweeper is coming. You are 15 minutes ahead of cutoff. There are still 25 miles to go. You have been running for 75 miles. How do you keep your head in the game. Part of you, a lot of you, is saying negative things. I’m cold, tired, I did pretty good, the odds are…
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Blogpost: When Do You Choose to Not Run
When do you decide not to walk? Is it the night before, are there specific criteria, or is it on the morning of the walk? The biggest flood of reasons or excuses will come the morning of the walk. There is less time to negotiate before you jump back in bed for an additional hour…
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Blogpost: Running Challenge Update
April8 blogpost We are now into a week and weekend with our members daily 5k challenge. Some people run more and some are striving to get to 3.1 miles. Others are striving to keep their streak alive. The challenge is also to walk outside. We Floridians have an advantage, but around an hour outside is…
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Podcast: Early Detection or Prevention
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. Telomeres are the end caps on DNA that protect it from unraveling. They can be measure in white blood cells to determine their length. The shorter they become, the more likely for the DNA to start to develop errors. This leads to failure of the bodies organs and functions…
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Podcast: Sunshine and Smiles
Welcome! and Thank you for listening I raced the Long Haul 100 Mile Trail Race this past weekend. There were many surprises and challenges over the 31 hours and 5 minutes that it took me to cross the finish line. In fact, there was a time when I did not think I would see or…