Inspired by the Impossible...

Has anyone seen Spring lately? Maybe some parts of the country are enjoying family time outdoors, visiting zoos and parks, or baseball games that do not require athletes and spectators to wear double layers.  Or, maybe outdoor exercisers are more alert bright and early for their morning run, bike, or walk.  In fact, I’ve heard it’s easier to get up during warmer weather and I certainly believe that phrase!  This winterish, Spring has made training more difficult for many of us in the Midwest. It makes it difficult to get up early and difficult to simply train outside! The past couple weeks Spring has come and gone and when she’s here, it simply rains or even storms.  I’d grab a few buddies and we plan outdoor workouts, only to find ourselves frustrated with Mother Nature.  The Doppler will show no rain or storm clouds over our running route, so we would get up at 5:30am and try to out-run the predicted storm.   We find ourselves ...

It’s supposed to be a day of joy and triumph.  For some, the sight of finishing a worldly, renowned qualifying marathon was a dream within reach.  But, the feeling and emotion of accomplishing a life-long goal was halted or interrupted at the blink of an eye.  I couldn’t imagine these emotions flowing through the many athletes and runners of the Boston Marathon nor could I imagine the other side.  Family/friends on the sidelines roaring in excitement as they were witnessing their loved ones approaching when suddenly their souls are startled by a violent noise with thick, powdered dust impairing their vision of witnessing the joy of their loved one crossing the finish.  As you know, qualifying takes months and sometimes years of training for the line up.  However, evil showed up at the right time and place for hundreds of those affected by the tragic blast. To be honest, this will not stop us from achieving our goals and following our dreams....

What is so fascinating about humans is that we are constantly coming up with new, better ideas.  Take technology for example, the touch screen monitors or apps on phones that supposedly makes life efficient and easier.  It seems that new fitness ideas are changing every day as well.  Some may be trying the new diets – paleo or gluten-free.  There are also new exercise methods – Crossfit, Bar Method, spinning that may give us tone. You could just skip the hard work and go straight for new beauty products – Clarisonic, anti-aging creams, Botox that may clear our skin or reduce wrinkles?  Perhaps we are curious or simply want to test the effectiveness on ourselves.   In fact, trying out new things adds change and possibly gives us the extra drive for motivation or energy.  I think most of us can admit that swimming, biking, and running 3 times a week for each sport, can lead to burnouts.  I mean, how do we do this for 9 mo...