Guest Post: “Running: A Beginner’s Story”

Kelly Peterson - 5k medal

I'm not a runner. That would be equivalent to calling someone who knows how boil water a chef. Or calling someone who writes out a grocery list a prize-winning author. Or...well, you get the idea. I began running about 6 months ago, looking for something to do to stay in shape. I had spent the previous 6 months playing around with exercise - attending free aerobics classes in Fayetteville, … [Read more...]

The Sixth Week Hump (couch to 5K)

me

It's like Wednesday... only in Couch to 5K terms. So many people I know have started the couch to 5k with great intentions then got caught at either week 5 or 6. Like me. The flu kicked my face in  last weekend and I laid on my back, frustrated over the fact that I was missing my work out and thus all of my forward momentum. Because that is how it is- if you stop working out it's like the wind … [Read more...]