Terry McMillan’s “I Almost Forgot About You” helped me to remember this truth
Last year, our book club read a book written by Terry McMillan, which felt like catching up with an old girlfriend because I haven’t read a Terry McMillan book in years! Yes, the author of Disappearing Acts, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and the classic Waiting to Exhale is still writing and still writing ... read more >
SF 10K Two Weeks Out – Has it really only been two minutes?
The big news this week is that I achieved my goal of jogging for two minutes and walking for one minute. There were a few times during the run when I thought the app had stopped because it seemed to be at least twenty minutes. I am improving somewhat with my endurance because I have ... read more >
SF 10K Three Weeks Out: I’m Doing it
When I train for a race, one of my strategies is to run a bit longer than the actual race distance, allowing me to build more endurance. I am running about a tenth of a mile longer than the actual 10K, which isn’t much, but considering that when I started the long runs, I couldn’t ... read more >
SF 10K Four Weeks Out: Why did I sign up for the 10K???
“Why did I sign up for the 10K when I haven’t run a race in nearly fifteen years? Why didn’t I just do the 5K?” I grumbled to myself. I got the answer when I started my long run, and Aretha Franklin’s unmistakable voice began to blast over my headphones. People, let me tell ... read more >
SF 10K Five Weeks Out: Running on Tired Legs and My First Long Run
When I worked at the Sports Club/LA here in San Francisco, the NBA teams would come to our gym to work out, do their shoot-arounds, and train. I found it fascinating that the teams would come in to lift weights on game day. Wouldn’t they want to stay fresh and avoid fatigue? Why were they ... read more >
Stacking Wins: My first 10K race in over ten years – Six Weeks out
I’ve been in the proverbial wilderness for about ten years, with the last four being the pits. As I emerge from the wilderness season of my life, I am stacking wins to build momentum. I have not set a physically challenging goal in a long time, and I am not interested in any weight loss ... read more >
