Have you ever wondered how far you walk in a day? A year? A lifetime? The average person (moderately active) takes around 7,500 steps/day. If this was maintained daily through the age of 80, you will have walked about 216,262,500 steps throughout your life. You would average about 1,300 to 1,500 miles a year, […]
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How Far Will You Walk in Your Lifetime?
Every Mile Matters
Every Mile Matters By Lisa Ledman I ran for healing. In 2010, my world, as I knew it, seemed to be falling apart all around me. Five people in my family were fighting Cancer, I lost the job I loved, and my overall health was at an all-time low. Loss was all around me and […]
Every Mile Matters
Every Mile Matters by V. Kowalewski I was a competitive 3-sport jock in high school, but I hated running. HATED. IT. Many years and several pounds later I decided I’d take up running as a way to get in shape and lose some weight. My first run was to a small bridge over a creek ½ […]
Every Mile Matters – Know Why It Matters to YOU
Every Mile Matters – Know Why It Matters to YOU By Melissa Oltman I didn’t start running until I was 53 years old – in fact, I made it a point to tell people that I didn’t run, and I had no interest in running. Ever. The truth was, I had been interested a few […]
Training is Hard, But Oh So Rewarding
Training is hard, but oh so rewarding. By Sheila Dawe Isn’t it funny how when one first gets a new training program there is a wistful dream like quality to imagining conquering all those distances? Yet when the actual training days come there is the cold truth of fear and dread of facing the distance. […]
A Month Ago I Became A Marathoner…2 Years Later
A Month Ago I Became A Marathon…2 Years Later By Tara Chavanne “But guess what….a month ago I became a marathoner (a Big Sur Marathoner)….and I am planning on going back in 2015 to kick Big Sur’s butt!! I got this.” Those were the last words I wrote about the Big Sur Marathon 2013. […]
Moon Landing Anniversary – A Gift to Say THANK YOU
Two years ago today (May 23, 2013) was a historical event for Moon Joggers. In January of that year we had taken off on a mission to the Moon, with hopes of logging enough miles to get there in one year. We made it in five months! To celebrate our two year anniversary of landing on […]
Every Mile Matters, Especially at the Boston Marathon
Every Mile Matters, Especially at the Boston Marathon By Shirlee Webb Boston Marathon has proven two times now that things can change in a twinkling of an eye. Both times I have run it the weather was forecast a week out to be the perfect weather for a marathon and then within a couple of […]
Every Mile Matters
Every Mile Matter by Barbara Corn Hi! I’ve run and been active my whole life but about 7 years ago my bones ached so bad from arthritis that I no longer ran for at least 3 or 4 years. I put on weight and was not happy. I changed my diet to an alkaline diet […]