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How to Spend a Warm Day in February

It is one of those days you dream about in the darkest, dreariest, coldest damp days of winter.  A warm day in February when you dig out those shorts from last summer, praying they still fit after weeks of sedentary winter-couch-potato-wrapped-in-a-blanket-hibernation.  And you haul them out of storage, and they barely fit, and you don’t care [...]

Haiku for a warm day in February

 
A mid-winter treat
 
 
Sunny, warm February
 
 
Top down kind of day
 

Haiku for Early Spring

ONE DAY COLD, SNOWY

THEN BUDS SENSE IT’S TIME TO WAKE

SPRING IS ON ITS WAY

When Falling Flat on Your Face is Not a Cliche

2008 is going down as the year of the cursed runner. 
That would be me.
Starting out in fine fashion, on the first run of the first day of the new year, I tanked in a measly 5K road race called the Resolution Run. So my resolution was to finish the rest of them in 08.
Last weekend, [...]

Preventing Wardrobe Malfunctions During Triathlons

The question of the day was:
“You aren’t going to wear one of your little beach bikinis are you?”
Was this in reference to:
a)      A day tubing down a local river
b)      A pool party at a local country club
c)      Training for a triathlon
If your answer is “c” you are correct!
I recently became a triathlete, which was [...]

A To-Do List of Dreams

Just with all of the “get rid of stress” gurus are advising us to burn our lists of things to do, a fun list of “Things to do while you’re alive” has appeared in a Visa ad on the back of a recent issue of Tennis Magazine.  It’s a motivational little list, which just might inspire you [...]

Dear Serena – Your Position in Women’s Tennis is Safe

Dear Serena:                                                                                                      
Just a note to let you know that the Women’s Tennis Association has ranked you  9th in the world, and your position is safe from me.  I won’t be challenging it.   Also, pass along to your sister that her fastest recorded serve this week at 129 mph is a safe record [...]

Conquering Hills For Glory And Vanity

Mantras are usually associated with meditation as a way to achieve an elevated state of consciousness.  I use mantras to help me achieve an elevated state of motivation when I am forced to do something in sports that hurts or that I hate. 
I have several selections of mantras, most of which cannot be printed in [...]

“Box” is a Verb

If you see bright blue lights flashing in your rearview mirror, do you think “Yay!  My life is about to change for the better?”

Oh yeah….I didn’t think so.
 But the opportunity to have a positive influence on young people is precisely the reason Theresa Scott got into police work.
She thought she would do that through service [...]