Health & Wellness by Lexa's Journal

My mission in life is to not merely survive, but to thrive: and do so with passion, compassion, humor, and style. – Maya Angelou

Tag: distance running

  • I am sitting on the sidelines at my son’s football practice.  At 6:15 p.m., the current temp is 82 degrees.  I can still feel the sun on my back, but there’s a nice breeze. My tank is dry.  Unlike this afternoon…  After a brisk walk on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, I returned to the jury…

  • “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” ~ Conrad Hilton TODAY’S STATS: Distance:     10:01 miles Duration:     1:49:40 Pace:             10:57 min/miles Calories:       1398 “Come on girl!  You’ve never been a quitter!  Don’t quit now!  Come on… get your a** in gear!!!”  Someone around 8.4 miles,…

  • I have come to believe that caring for myself is  not-self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival. — Audre Lorde Finally!!!   Today I completed my first run of 2013!   According to my MayMyRun application, my last run was on Thanksgiving last year.   My son would put me in the chair-of-shame!  Lol!!  The…

  • “Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes.  You are free.”        -Jim Morrrison Yesterday’s Stats (10/13/12) Distance:    8.35 miles Duration:    1:15;54 Pace:          9:05 Min/Mil (Average) –  5:19 Min/Mil (Max) Calories:     1170 Arg!!   Grr!!  Immediately after I stopped running, I checked my stats.  I was off 6 seconds from…

  • “I run because it’s so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can’t. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you’re capable of so much more than you thought.” –Arthur Blank Today’s run… 7.51 Miles 1:12:22 9.37 Minute/Miles (Average) 5:54 Minute/Miles (Max) 780…

  • “Me thinks that the moment my legs began to move, my thoughts began to flow.” – Henry David Thoreau Today’s workout of the day was a run Distance:  12:00 miles Duration:  2:03:03 Pace:        10:15 min/miles Calories:  1206 Most distance runners will agree that once the body is physically warmed up, they get into a zone.  The zone is place where…