Techboo took this picture of me as I crossed the finish line in the Shadyside 5K on Saturday morning.
My official time: 38 minutes, 42 seconds. I accomplished my dual goal of making it in under 40 minutes and not walking at all. I placed behind some babies in jogging strollers and some dogs, but ahead [...]
This time tomorrow, I will have finished my first 5K race.
I gotta pause for a minute and let that sink in.
*exhale*
TechBoo will be there to cheer me on, and possibly the girls (it’s 8 AM; they aren’t making any promises…). I hope my next pic here will be of me crossing the finish line!
Wish me [...]
So, I decided to run a 5K this fall.
Choose local 5K…check.
Get TechBoo on board to train and run with me…check
Enlist some good girlfriends as additional running/walking/workout partners…check.
If I can do this, anyone can!!
I’m usually late when it comes to trends related to fitness and technology, so maybe hot yoga isn’t new to you, but it is to me. New and FABULOUS!
I went to a 6:30 AM (!!!!) class this morning with my friend Staycee. I worked out yesterday with “Raoul”, so I was a bit [...]
Lorrie wants to know if I can come up with a better word for “plus-sized”. As someone who used to happily shop at Lane Bryant, and who will likely always be only a few really large meals away from shopping there again, and who thinks that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes–this subject is [...]
Where will some of the brightest literary stars of African descent be Nov. 6-10th?
At the Antigua & Barbuda International Literary Festival!
Visit the Festival site for more details (As of this writing, they seem to be having technical difficulties with the online registration, but do check back).
The good people at the African-American Literature Book Club, are [...]
Not all at once, though. The first mile, I ran in 11:02. The second, 10:35. The third, 10:29. In between, I stretched, got water, and then got right back on the treadmill.
Don is a beast. If you don’t know who Don is, or what my original mile time was, catch [...]
Growing up, I was one of those girls who hated gym class. One of those girls who the boys never wanted on their team during games because my fellow gym-haters and I would stand around gossiping, determined not to break a sweat in 90-plus degree Florida heat, reciting the words to “The Real Roxanne” [...]
