Eco friendly products: Local entrepreneur shares her healthy mission - Washington DC Women's Health

It's important that we take care of our environment that we so appreciate running in:

Eco friendly products: Local entrepreneur shares her healthy mission - Washington DC Women's Health

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Fructose: A commonly consumed sugar linked to cancer - Washington DC Women's Health

Fructose: A commonly consumed sugar linked to cancer - Washington DC Women's Health

This is a very important article for runners and their families.

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How sugar is the cause of significant health problems - Washington DC Women’s Health | Examiner.com

This is an important article relevant to the health of all, including runners.

How sugar is the cause of significant health problems - Washington DC Women’s Health | Examiner.com


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Carl Lewis on Race Day

Having seen Carl Lewis a couple years ago, I loved seeing his quote this morning on Runnersworld.com's Kick in the Butt:

"My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win....Channel your energy. Focus.."

With the Marine Corps Marathon just 2 months away, everyone is telling me that after the training, it is all mental. You are what you think, as James Allen reminds us in "As a Man Thinketh."

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Eight years as a woman in the Navy: Lt. Decker discusses women's health - Washington DC Women's Health

Eight years as a woman in the Navy: Lt. Decker discusses women's health - Washington DC Women's Health

Here's my latest article on women's health. I ran 18 miles on Saturday and 9 miles on Tuesday! I can see that October 31st is not that far away for my first Marine Corps Marathon. Our health is always important but you are truly what you eat when you run, especially the long runs!

Happy Running.

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PS New shoes are necessary as well probably ever six months or less. If your knees hurt, you know you need new shoes!

Run More, Get Better

If you want to be a better runner, you've got to run more. It's as simple as that.

Tom Fleming, running coach
-from runningworld.com

Well, there is no way around it. The more you run, the better you will become at running. It gives you more experience and makes you stronger. Training for the MCM has me running a great deal more, especially as I am increasing my longer weekend runs. This weekend will be 17 miles. It is exciting to see yourself improving and accomplishing more.

Happy Running

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Focusing on a Goal

Spend at least some of your training time, and other parts of your day, concentrating on what you are doing in training and visualizing your success.

Grete Waitz, champion runner

Well the MCM is 2 months away and the long runs are getting higher! I ran 16 miles last weekend, the highest run for me yet. I also wore out my shoes, as my knees told me so! I am definitely putting in the time physically but the mental part is important too as the quote above says. You need to know you can do it and see yourself achieving your goal, running across that finish line!

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Quantico Run Amuck and Volunteerism

http://www.examiner.com/women-s-health-in-washington-dc/local-volunteering-good-for-you-and-your-family-s-health

Here was a fun, family friendly race today.

Have a great weekend,

Heidi

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Achieve Your Dreams by Jim Rohn

While most people spend most of their lives struggling to earn a living, a much smaller number seem to have everything going their way. Instead of just earning a living, the smaller group is busily working at building and enjoying a fortune. Everything just seems to work out for them. And here sits the much larger group, wondering how life can be so unfair, so complicated and unjust. What’s the major difference between the little group with so much and the larger group with so little?

Despite all of the factors that affect our lives—like the kind of parents we have, the schools we attended, the part of the country we grew up in—none has as much potential power for affecting our futures as our ability to dream.

Dreams are a projection of the kind of life you want to lead. Dreams can drive you. Dreams can make you skip over obstacles. When you allow your dreams to pull you, they unleash a creative force that can overpower any obstacle in your path. To unleash this power, though, your dreams must be well defined. A fuzzy future has little pulling power. Well-defined dreams are not fuzzy. Wishes are fuzzy. To really achieve your dreams, to really have your future plans pull you forward, your dreams must be vivid.

If you’ve ever hiked a 14,000-foot peak in the Rocky Mountains, one thought has surely come to mind: How did the settlers of this country do it? How did they get from the East Coast to the West Coast? Carrying one day’s supply of food and water is hard enough. Can you imagine hauling all of your worldly goods with you… mile after mile, day after day, month after month? These people had big dreams. They had ambition. They didn’t focus on the hardship of getting up the mountain.

In their minds, they were already on the other side—their bodies just hadn’t gotten them there yet! Despite all of their pains and struggles, all of the births and deaths along the way, those who made it to the other side had a single vision: to reach the land of continuous sunshine and extraordinary wealth—to start over where anything and everything was possible. Their dreams were stronger than the obstacles in their way.

You’ve got to be a dreamer. You’ve got to envision the future. You’ve got to see California while you’re climbing 14,000-foot peaks. You’ve got to see the finish line while you’re running the race. You’ve got to hear the cheers when you’re in the middle of a monster project. And you’ve got to be willing to put yourself through the paces of doing the uncomfortable until it becomes comfortable, because that’s how you realize your dreams.

taken from www.jimrohn.com

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Mat Pilates for women: The ultimate in body toning

Here's my latest Examiner.com article on women's health. This would be a great cross training option for men and women during a running program.

Mat Pilates for women: The ultimate in body toning


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An RN's perspective on women, nutrition and exercise

Here's my lastest article on women, nutrition and exercise.


An RN's perspective on women, nutrition and exercise

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Women and Running: Local Running Store Supports Women Runners

http://www.examiner.com/x-58061-DC-Womens-Health-Examiner~y2010m8d2-Local-running-store-supports-women-runners?cid=email-this-article

Here's my latest article on examiner.com