Joining the running group, Freddy’s Runners, is one of the best decisions I’ve made in the last few years. Not only did it help me out of a sad, lonely place, but it has helped me become stronger, more social and happier. I could not have done this without the help of a lot of … Continue reading Another Unstoppable Woman
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Eight years ago, a few members of my family who volunteered to help and I, fixed what had once been an office and then a storage room, into my very own apartment. We emptied it, cleaned it, painted the walls, fixed the bathroom and made a kitchen. It’s still my proudest project but I was … Continue reading Remodeling my apartment
Yesterday I signed up for El Guatibiri del Otoao, another 10k race. This means I am now signed up for four races in the next three months. The first two, in February and March don’t worry me at all as they are both 5k races and I did both of those last year; I just … Continue reading Four Races in Three Months
I was very happy last week after I got home and was able to go back to running on the track like I usually do. I was even more excited for my weekend long run. I thought it would be six miles again, which is a lot easier on the track than the treadmill. I … Continue reading First Long Run After My Vacation
In October 2024, one year ago, I joined Freddy’s Runners and throughout the year I have been running four times a week. All this time, I have gotten used to running outside, usually at the track or promenade. Last week, however, I had to change that a little. I was on vacation and couldn’t go … Continue reading Running on vacation
After resting for a day, I returned to the track on Thursday night. This time, I wanted to do things right and not have any problems with my ankle so I stretched, like the therapist taught me to, before getting to the track. I felt very confident I could walk for two miles again, without … Continue reading Slowly starting tagain
On my first day back to the track after 8 therapy sessions for my ankle, I just walked, just like my therapist and later my coach told me to. I thought I was ok after only stretching a little because I was only walking but my ankle started bothering me before I reached half a … Continue reading Back to the track
Today was my eighth and last day of therapy for my ankle and it feels a million times better. Therapy was a success, as it always is when you are consistent and do exactly as the therapist says. I learned this lesson 12 years ago in intensive therapy. It’s not just about what you do … Continue reading Last Day of Therapy
For the last thirteen years, every time I’m struggling with something I always think, I have to keep going, you can’t quit now. Not stopping and pushing forward is what helped me during the most difficult moment in my life. If I could get through that without quitting, I can get through anything, or so … Continue reading Taking A Little Break From Running
After so long, I never thought I’d say this again but, this morning I went back to therapy. Unlike last time, now it was just for one thing, my ankle. I wanted to just get started with the therapy, but it doesn’t work that way; I had to get an evaluation first. This took a … Continue reading Started Therapy for my Ankle
I didn’t think I would be able to do both, run and go to sewing class on Saturday morning, but I tried yesterday. After training during the week, on weekends I usually do a long run or a race. This weekend, my long run increased to 7 miles. That’s too long of a run to … Continue reading Running and Sewing in the Morning
The week after my 10 mile race, I was on vacation with my family. I had planned to run a little during my vacation, maybe running at the beach, which I love. This time, however, it wasn’t so much fun. Turns out, it’s not fun to run at every beach. As beautiful as that beach … Continue reading Family Vacation and Preparing for the Next Big Race
Last weekend I finished the Three Perfect Weeks of Strength: Express Edition program on Apple Fitness. This program was just nine, 20 minute long Total Body strength workouts, if you did three a week you would finish in three weeks. I didn’t do three a week so it took me a little bit longer, more … Continue reading Yoga for runners
Yesterday I completed my July 5k, called the 5k extrAVAganza. This race was done to raise funds for Los Amigos de AVA(The friends of AVA). This is a foundation with the aim to create consciousness about TANC2 and other uncommon genetic neurological conditions. Some common symptoms of TANC-2 are autism, epilepsy, intellectual disability, delayed language … Continue reading 5k ExtrAVAganza
Yesterday, as I talked to my neurologist, I was surprised to get the ok to try the energy gels for long runs and/or races, as I told him I’m still running and have started to run longer races. I knew of these energy gels but never looked into them because I just assumed he wouldn’t … Continue reading A runner’s diet
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