Category Archives: Fitness

Five Saftey Tips For Running In The Dark

I always say that I run at “o’dark-thirty” but in the summer months it actually is light out for my 5:00 am (ish) runs. Now that we are heading into fall, it is dark until 6:30 am, and even people who … Continue reading

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Working Out On The Road (ATM Training)

This week brought my first of four business trips this month, and my first of three weeks in a row of driving up to my son’s college (Parent’s Weekend, fall lacrosse tournament, Fall Break). Still, it was pretty easy to stick … Continue reading

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Running Hill Repeats With Tiger Lilly

I usually do hill workouts on my treadmill–it has a pre-programmed hill interval workout that cycles through 4 sets of 4 hills of increasing intensity, with each hill lasting 60 seconds with 60 seconds of recovery at 0% incline in … Continue reading

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Reach Your Goals In 90 Days!

October 1 is a special day in our house because it’s our anniversary–#24 this year! (Flowers delivered at work–he’s a keeper!) Some people see October as the beginning of the end of the year. Sunrise is coming later and later, … Continue reading

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Hills, Hills, Hills (ATM Training)

After running the Army Ten Miler several times, I have learned that if I want to be less miserable on the 14th Street Bridge, I need to train for hills. You may not think that bridge is hilly, but when … Continue reading

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