Every Mile Matters – Tina Bond I have come to a difficult decision. I think I am going to give up running. The thrill is gone. Pretty, big, shiny medals have lost their lure. Training has become a chore. I don’t enjoy eating all the food. I especially don’t like that my pants don’t fit […]
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Every Mile Matters: April Fools Day Edition
My Reason to Run
by Amy Preneta I recently turned 40 and have been running for three years. I live in and love Cleveland, Ohio. I used to work for the federal government, but gave it up to raise my triplet daughters who decided to join us at 24 weeks instead of holding out ’till 40. I’ve run lots […]
Run Fit With A Friend (Mate)
Run Fit With A Friend (Mate) Coach Richard Rykbos Hello fellow Moon Joggers, as some of you know I am Coach Rykbos and my lovely wife Ilene. We began this journey to rack up mileage to the outer ends of the universe back in September when Perry ran across the U.S.A. While I am a […]
Every Step Counts
Every Step Counts by Catherine Campbell I think of this especially on long runs when I am doing 10/30 run/walk/run intervals and I begin to get a little tired. It takes about 26 steps for the 10 second interval. That doesn’t seem like much but as I silently count down the steps I feel […]
Living with Lymphoedema
LIVING WITH LYMPHOEDEMA by Lynne Harness In the United Kingdom, March 2nd-6th is lymphoedema awareness week. This prompted me to share my own story of living with lymphoedema. Lymphoedema is a visible swelling that develops because there is a problem with the lymph drainage system. The lymph system is no longer able to drain away […]
Remaining Upright
Remaining Upright by Michelle Roberts “What’s the matter, honey?” By the time my father asked me I never even knew the answer. He said when I was a teenager he used to watch as I took on more and more – bigger challenges, harder classes and more after-school activities. He waited on the sidelines for […]
Why I Accomplished ‘Nothing’ Today
Why I Accomplished “Nothing” Today (A stream of consciousness that came to me during my run) by Maggie Hillis A hiker visiting from Memphis fell off Signal Mountain to his death late last night/early this morning. That’s really horrible, and I feel for his loved ones and hate that his life was cut so short […]
Every Mile Matters
Every Mile Matters by Iva Haines
Every Mile Matters
EVERY MILE MATTERS by Angie Webb As a child I loved to run, but I hated running. Give me a basketball or soccer ball and I could run for hours. Tell me to go and run a mile and I wouldn’t do it. In Junior High School I played on the basketball, soccer and softball […]
Every Mile Matters
EVERY MILE MATTERS by Perry Newburn When I put my hand up to write this I thought “this should be straight forward,” but the more I thought about it – yes dangerous this thinking lark – the harder it became. So where to start? I’ve written about my battles with addiction in the past but […]