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Ah, the best laid plans. We all have ’em, especially around this time of year. Like many of you, I set some fitness goals for 2018; none of them too lofty. I even broke them down for the first three months of the year, thinking shorter-term goals would be much easier to achieve. Yeah…no. Halfway through these first three months, I’m not exactly where I want to be. With some careful contemplation, I think I know why. So to help you, my dear reader, avoid sabotaging your own fitness goals, I’d advise you avoid the following like the plague: Having a Social Life Seriously, folks,Read More →

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Good Fricking Freezing Friday Morning, everyone! Holy bejesus, it’s cold out there! It’s currently 4º here in the Windy City and when you add our famous wind chill, the feel-like temperature is -15º! So here I sit with my fuzzy slippers and comfy blankie, drinking a cup o’ Joe. Why don’t you join me for a cup or two? If we were having coffee, I would tell you it’s only February 2nd I’ve already had enough of winter. The weather has been all over the place this past month and I’m pretty much over it. And didn’t Punxsutawney Phil and Woodstock Willie see their dang shadowsRead More →

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Am I getting old (shut up), or is time flying by at warp speed? It’s already the last Friday of the month, and that means it’s time once again to enter the runfessional! I’m linking up with Marcia’s Healthy Slice for another Runfessions session! I have to runfess, I’m still a little irked with Lululemon for the whole bait-and-switch Strava challenge. True, they didn’t specifically promise anything, but they did set a little bit of a precedent last year, and then dropped a few teasers that they had a surprise in store (the key word, as it turns out, was IN store) for those of us who would complete the challengeRead More →

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Can you believe we are almost mid-way through the first month of 2018? Time sure flies, doesn’t it? Maybe I’m just getting old. So a little late in coming, but Happy New Year to all! I don’t usually make resolutions, generally because I (like most everyone else) tend to break them. I do, however, like to set new goals to kick off the new year. This year, I decided to break my fitness goals for the year into quarters. That way I can revisit them every few months and move forward based on how well I do or do not meet them. Plus, making severalRead More →