Where My Feet Have Carried Me By Michelle Roberts Our guide walked the path in search of the trailhead that would take the three of us to the top of the mountain, stopping long enough to share his advice about what to do if we encountered a bear. Then the very different advice if, instead, […]
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Where My Feet Have Carried Me
I Am Runner 5
I Am Runner 5. The alarm goes off at 4:30. Headset, headlamp and phone are at my bedside, fully charged. Running shoes and clothing, carefully chosen, wait on the floor within arm’s reach. In a few minutes I’m ready and standing in front of my house. This day and time were chosen because of near […]
Where My Feet Have Carried Me
WHERE MY FEET HAVE CARRIED ME By Dawn C. Hansen When we start out walking our feet take us around our parents’ home. As we grow, the places our feet take us changes. From the house where we grew up, to school, college, the service, or a career, around the block, and around the world. […]
My Life Changed Four Years Ago
My life changed four years ago……my oldest son was getting ready to leave to the Air Force and I went for a run with him and sadly I could not even make it half way around a city block. I was embarrassed, I always tried to lead by example, I watch my weight, I do […]
Where My Feet Have Carried Me
Where My Feet Have Carried Me By Mark Jordan If I was writing this prior to May 13th, 2013 I would have described how my feet have carried me on multiple journeys to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, treks up the rivers and on the mountains in Denali National Park, and hikes on the […]
Where My Feet Have Carried Me
Where Have My Feet Carried Me? “Left foot, left foot, right foot, right.” My feet have carried me in the morning, at night, through the snow, in the rain, up a hill, down a hill, across a grassy prairie, on a rocky trail, on a Segway, in the heat of day, and in the frigid […]
Where My Feet Have Taken Me
Where My Feet Have Taken Me By Eric Clifford Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the […]
Where My Feet Have Carried Me
Where My Feet Have Carried Me By Barbara Corn I have run off and on since high school. Usually it was for fitness and the aerobic part of my training. My feet also ski, rollerblade, dive, swim , bike. You name it I do it. I started to up the events in 2014. I did […]
The Importance of Cross Training as a Runner
The Importance of Cross Training as a Runner By Shawn Webb I have been a personal trainer for about 8 years and have trained many runners. I am a runner and have friends and family members who are also avid runners. My passion is in weightlifting, but I am a firm believer in rotating between […]
My Feet Have Carried Me…To A Better Me!
My feet have carried me… to a better me! By Marie Carreras Growing up I was moderately active: lots of swimming, playing tag, kickball, baseball, riding bikes with cousins, etc. For some reason, though, I always had a problem with weight, and as a teenager “attempted” to lose it, but nothing ever came […]