Posted in fitness, health, inspirational & motivational, memorable events, race, sports on Friday, October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yay! All done! Finally, all those months (9 to be exact) of training have finally come to an end by (I wish I could say, with a bang!) completing the 26.2 mile marathon in Portland, October 4th, Sunday.
Target time of 6.5 hours just didn’t quite happen. I had problems early on, at mile 3. The toes [...]
Posted in fitness, health, inspirational & motivational, memorable events, race, sports on Monday, May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yaaaaaay! What exhilaration! What accomplishment! The 3rd Annual Eugene Marathon is over!
The goal: to walk a half marathon (13.1 miles)
Target completion time: 4.5 hours
Accomplishment: Completed a half marathon in 3.5 hours!!!!!!!
Awards:
The medal (not a chocolate medal as I wished; and everyone got one);
A quarter-sized diameter of a blister on bottom of right foot;
A dead nail on [...]
Posted in people, sports on Sunday, August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Truly a picture of motivation and influence to women! Let this video speak for itself!
She’s an inspiration!
I believe she placed 6th in the 53 kg. category of weightlifting in the 2008 Olympics. But it’s not the winning that matters, does it?
There are women out there who are plainly a great encouragement to other [...]
Posted in sports on Saturday, August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
August has come, and now it’s almost gone.
With all things considered, I didn’t realize just how hectic my August daily schedule would be. I knew it would be busy, but that I would have some control of situations. Obviously not!
I missed most of the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony, games, controversies and highlights. What I regret most is missing [...]
Posted in health, sports on Thursday, July 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Why am I broaching this subject here on this blog? Plenty of reasons why. First, I just saw the U.S. crew entry to the 2008 Summer Olympics. It all brought up bittersweet memories of rowing.
2008 Olympics rowing entry (just be patient with those ads being plugged)
What is rowing?
Rowing is a very [...]
Posted in science, sports on Saturday, June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m trying to avoid posting about a Black Sheep Gathering interview I did for one of the alpaca owners; plus some more pictures I wanted to add, just like I promised on the past post. Don’t ask me why. Okay fine, I’m being lazy.
Mulling over what topics to blog about instead. Hmmm!
First I thought, the excitement [...]
