Tag Archives: 5k

Happy New Year {The Legacy Boutique}

“New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday.” ~ Charles Lamb ~ Photo taken hiking in Joshua Tree desert, CA   “Happy New Year!” Well, I’m a few days late but not too bad. I think it’s still safe to say “Happy New Year” without sounding completely belated. However, I’m not so convinced it’s still a...

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Race Day {10K Holiday Run}

“People of accomplishment rarely sit back and let things happen to them. They go out and happen to things.” ~ Anonymous ~ Santa Monica and Venice Christmas 10k. I’m not fast. In fact, I’m down right slow. And if you think I’m someone’s who’s always up for a competition, well, I’ve clearly oversold myself. I’m a...

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Turkey Trot {NH 5k}

“Little by little, one walks far.” ~Peruvian Proverb~ Check out the above photo. It’s me and my sister-in-law, moments before our first Turkey Trot together. A small runner’s group, only 30-40 people, organized the 5k New Hampshire trail race. Everyone was nice as pie. The weather was breathtaking. And I mean “breathTAKING,” as it was...

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Weeks #5 & #6 {Beginning Runner’s Log}

“I know that you can do the impossible.” ~Terry Fox, Canadian Humanitarian, Cancer Research Activist, Marathon Amputee Runner~ Quick view from my Marina Del Rey beach run. Okay, cramming two weeks of running logs into one blog post is officially lame. Particularly considering I can barely remember what I ate for breakfast this morning, let...

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Week #4 {Beginning Runner’s Log}

“Ask yourself:  ’Can I give more?’  The answer is usually,  ’Yes’.” ~Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner~ So for the record, Week #3 was not a shining highlight in my newbie runner’s program. I already admitted that I whined and complained and boo-hoo’d my way through damn near the whole training. But no mas. This past...

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Week #2 Training {Beginning Runner’s Log}

“Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts being to flow.” ~ Henry David Thoreau ~ My solo beach run at Sunset in Marina Del Rey, CA. For me, the above quote is so simple and still so true. As I now go into my third week of training – wait,...

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Ready to Run {Beginning Runner’s Log}

“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” ~ John Bingham, running speaker and writer, ~ First things first. Before anyone gets the crazy idea that I may possess any sort of running expertise, let’s nip that one right in the butt. At this point, I have absolutely...

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