Many of you who have been following my blogs know that on March 1, 2012 I gave up sugar, well not forever, no no, but for a month and guess what today is?  April 1, 2012 so guess what I did today?  I ate sugar.  What you ask?  Did I not learn a thing from my break-up with Sugar??  Like many out there who do not learn from their own break-ups I did not...JK I learned a freakin' TON!

Hello "Run Forest Run" Blog Readers!  What do I call you?  I am a bloggER so are you blogreaders, bloggettes, blog groupies...hmm I am going to think of my own name for you how about that?  You are bloggies.  Yup, that's the ticket, bloggies, I like it and I'm sticking with it!

Leap and the net will appear (zen saying)...

Think about this for a minute...sit with it...let it marinate...something has GOT to be coming up...SOMETHING.  This saying could not resonate any more with me than it does right now.  It speaks to me for a number of reasons...the main one being that Long Beach Boot Camp and Long Beach Running Boot Camp are both grand opening in Sacramento, CA this week!  WOOT freaking WOOT! 

Running is a sport, an activity, a form of exercise that we often feel we can just go out and do without any plan, any direction and/or any proper training.  However, this is not the case.  Many ignore that there are steps to becoming a runner and consequently many who try and run get injured.  Then you are left with ex- runner's who were perhaps just 10 steps away from incorporating an incredibly life altering daily activity because they simply did not start and advance properly.

10 Steps to Becoming a Runner -

Why in the world do we feel the need to enter races?  They are often on the expensive side, they make us nervous, they are time consuming, they make us step outside of our comfort zone and they make us get up early on the day of preparing to fight traffic detours and the inevitable sardine packed starting line.  So again I ask, why? Why do we do this to ourselves and our loved ones?  Why do we put everyone including ourselves through such hassle?

No, the Body Glide that I lathered all over my body during my 12 miler today is not going to my head.  I am not all "blogged" out and have nothing left to say but nonsense.  I am not losing my mind because I didn't eat enough carbs post run and no I did not forget to "gu up" during my run leaving me delirious.  I am simply stating the facts about a sport, a therapy, an exercise that is so unique and different that only those that partake can relate, but ALL that partake can relate.  If you have gotten past that initial fear and that initial thoug

Being a coach is sometimes like being a fly on the wall.  When coaching there is a great deal of observing that goes on.  Of course there is much interaction, but there is definitely a lot of watching with your head on a swivel.  You're watching, learning, fixing, helping, engaging and coaching.  As you continue to coach you learn...you know the room now, you have learned it, you have observed it before and now you observe new things.

You are sitting there feeling stuffed, rubbing your tummy, feeling guilty about what you have been consuming over the past week, and you are saying to yourself right now, "I'll be better in the New Year."  This thought will help you sleep tonight becasue you will be good in the new year.  Poof!

You read that you should run barefoot, then you read that barefoot running is awful for you.  You hear that you should never run because it is too hard on the body, then you hear that you should run as much as you can make time for because it is one of the best forms of cardio...Really? I mean what are you supposed to do right? Who do you listen to?  Don't worry I feel you, and it's not that I have an answer, but I definitely have my opinion and what I think and feel you should do.

You pull up to the race.  All you see are sworms of people, of runners and you are reminded why you gave yourself 2 hours to find parking, use the restroom, warm up and ultimately get as close to the starting line as possible.  Now you just have to figure out how you will park, what restroom line you will attempt to shuffle through and what strategy you will use to get yourself up to the front of the start line.

twho, twhat, twhere, twhen and twhy??  ...i apologize for the t's but I just learned how to tweet, wait no that's a lie, I just created my first twitter account and the more accurate statement would be that I have no idea how to tweet but WOW am I trying! I figure at the very least I might say one thing or even one word that resonates with one person and THAT alone makes me smile :)