Feb 12, 2011 | Patti's Blog
… just how good it feels when I drag my carcass on to the treadmill or haul my layered-in-clothing butt out to the barn to climb on a horse. It is safe to say that I never regret the time and effort it takes to do so. I’m sure I’m not the only one who procrastinates...
Jan 30, 2011 | Patti's Blog
No one was more shocked than me that I was doing pretty well with my treadmill routine — alternating jogging with maximum incline (walking) intervals. That 5k in mid-March was looking very doable. I did a bit of reading about couch-to-5k plans and the cautions about...
Jan 16, 2011 | Patti's Blog
My New Year’s resolution of “doing a little better” seems to be sticking pretty well. It gives me some latitude for off-road excursions into the land of watching The Real Housewives or following up a long day of hectic by meeting Anita for Mexican and ordering a...
Jan 12, 2011 | Patti's Blog
… and all seven of my faithful blog followers read it, I’m committed, right? (Thanks for stopping by, Melissa.) I am a goal-oriented person. (One does not reach half their life expectancy without gaining some self-understanding unless they are trying really hard to...
Jan 2, 2011 | Patti's Blog
Well, I know better than to establish any hard and fast resolutions for the New Year, so I am going to keep it simple. I am going to try to do better. Do better with my eating, my activity, my management of my business, my role as a wife/sister/daughter/aunt/friend,...
Dec 27, 2010 | Patti's Blog
Who’s in? There’s a rather active discussion on the AERC Member’s Forum at the moment, about the decrease in 100 mile riders in our sport, and whether or not it’s real or imagined and whether it’s fixable or not, and how. As I stated in my response, I think the best...