Jun 15, 2011 | Patti's Blog
Let me preface this blog post by saying that I realize how wildly blessed I am to be faced with this dilemma! It’s ten days out from the Pine Tree 100 endurance ride in North Waterford, Maine, and I am working hard at NOT trying to speculate as to which two of the...
May 31, 2011 | Patti's Blog
I apologize again for being so silent for so long. I was emailing someone the other day, one of my birth mom’s dear friends in fact, who had sent me a note, and telling her that no one told me, as a teen, that those were the good days, where funerals were few and far...
May 9, 2011 | Patti's Blog
When I looked in the direction of the heavens in late December, when we found our Dodge truck on a sales lot, and told the powers-that-be that I needed more consulting work, I had no idea how quickly and in what volume that prayer would be answered. Old clients, new...
Mar 27, 2011 | Patti's Blog
… or so I’m told, you forget the pain. So my husband and I, after two years off, are resurrecting the Allegany Shut Up and Ride endurance ride. October 1st. 30/55/75 mile distances. I sent in the sanctioning applications today. Hope to see many of you there! –Patti...
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...
