Whoa, being healthy feels astoundingly surreal. I had gotten used to a clacking cough interrupting my life on a daily basis and fellow commuters on public transportation vividly looking disgustedly at me while I “Dracula-sneezed” into the crook of my elbow or made the sound a thirsty cactus might into my scarf. Sadly, that whole [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Here’s to Your Health – And Your Cheeks Staying Slender
Posted in Food, tagged Fitness, Food, Health, holiday party food, how to resist eating during holidays, party eating on December 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »
How to Get Exercise When You’re Sick
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged exercise when you're sick, Fitness, Health, Motivation, radiolab, Running, Sickness on December 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes even this intrepid runner doesn’t want to lace up her shoes and get jogging. The allure of RadioLab forgets to wake up, knowing birds will be frolicking in the lake, and the temptation of simply being outside loses all intrigue and I’m left anxiously staring at the grassy knolls and steep staircases I consider my [...]
I’m a Leibster! (Huzzah!)
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Tickled pink? Nah, just tickled red over here in Runner’s Delightland from being a bit bashfully blush. Jen, from a blog I deeply admire based on tantalizing culinary photos and descriptive recipes and fitnessy-love, willblog4food, nominated my blog for the Liebster Blog Award. Liebster is not the 13th zodiac sign nor a new brand of synthetic down, [...]
The Dark-Days of Running
Posted in Running, tagged advice for new runners, exercise, Health, Running, Running at night, Safety on December 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Running in the dark happens, especially as the time change encroaches on a runner’s territory. First the sun starts keeping his nose burrowed beneath horizon’s covers longer and longer, and then once Daylight Savings time falls into our laps, Sunny-boy zips westward with amazing alacrity and nestles below the seam of sky and land before one has [...]
