It’s summer, it’s running season, and I’m really happy to be working with the American Heart Association’s Minnesota Run with Heart team this year. It’s the first time the AHA has fielded a charity team for the Twin Cities Marathon and it is, ahem, a cause after my own heart. Over the next 10 training […]
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Jul 2013
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Jul 2013
Dear friends, family & readers, This is pretty cool: The American Heart Association-Minnesota has, for the first time, teamed up with the Twin Cities Marathon to field a charity team! Running for heart disease. Not sure it could get more perfect for me than that. I signed on right away, and then the AHA asked […]
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May 2013
Now this is exciting. Running friends, get your GU and Body Glide ready, because it’s time to train for a marathon! This year, for the first time, the American Heart Association of Minnesota will field a charity team for the Twin Cities Marathon. Yours truly is serving as the honorary chair. (Honorary for a lot […]
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Feb 2013
Physical inactivity is a separate risk factor from being overweight or having diabetes, though it is certainly involved with those issues. You could be thin and still at risk for heart disease. Exercise just makes sense. It is going to lower your stress levels, improve your strength, strengthen your cardiovascular system, and probably help you […]
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Nov 2012
I don’t think it is possible for me to love this more. The cast of the West Wing puts its considerable appeal behind the best thing you can do for your health: walk. Watch, laugh, reminisce about the West Wing, learn more at Every Body Walk, and then take the pledge to walk! Walk & […]
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Nov 2012
Last year after I finished cardiac rehab, I joined the hospital-affiliated gym and signed myself up for personal training. I knew from rehab that the accountability that having a training appointment scheduled would provide was crucial. I worked with Stephanie and Laurie for six months, then just Stephanie over the summer. I loved going to […]
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May 2012
It’s on. I’ve been stress-tested, blood-tested, and pressure-tested. I’ve been examined, reviewed, and notated. Poked, prodded, and medicated. And all the tests and medical professionals have come to the same conclusion: There’s nothing really wrong with you, except for that heart attack thing. So yes, go ahead and train for that marathon. Go ahead and […]
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Feb 2012
My friend Breanne has been my running inspiration for years. When I first started running to lose weight after my second son, she cheered my first 5K like I’d just finished the Boston Marathon. When I decided to try for my first marathon, she became my coach. She helped me create a training program, provided […]
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Feb 2012
Yoga Power
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I heart yoga. I started about 18 months ago, shortly after leaving my full-time job. It had been on my I-really-should-but-don’t-have-time list for years, and I finally screwed up my courage and took a beginner’s class at a studio down the street from me. I had the best teacher who seemed to read my mind […]
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Feb 2012
This very cool video is worth the watch. It makes it crystal clear why moving your body is the best medicine.
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