Marathon Training - Begins this Week!

Dear Friends,

I have decided to start training for my first Marathon! I'm excited and will keep you posted on which race I decide to do and how it goes.
It will definitely be a challenge but one I would love to take on.
Just want to announce it to make it more real!
Have an amazing day!

All Things are Difficult Before They are Easy

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Anyone Can Be a Runner

My client did her first 5km this past weekend.  When she started running 3 months ago she was over 230lbs and everyone told her she shouldn't do it, that she was 'too heavy' to run, she was going to get injured, ... or whatever other type of rubbish.

Well... 3 months later, and over 20lbs lighter (and counting...) she has run her first 5km and has signed up for 2 more races since, including a 10km in September.  No injuries, just shrinking in size, and increasing in strength and stamina.

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Another client of mine, 47 years old started working with me last year, could barely run...period.  Going through consistent strength training, running training and learning technique, for a good YEAR... can now run a 5km in 25 minutes, with eaaaseee.

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These are just TWO scenarios.  I too used to thinking I was not 'made for running'.... I thought because I got out of breathe, it was not my thing. Until I realized, like anything... I just had to practice. I had to realize that as said below... ANY one can run. For me this concept was life changing, and I love showing people that they can do it too.  One of the most rewarding parts of my job is to see people realize it for themselves. If it's something they want to do.

​"Anyone can Be a runner.  

We were meant to move.  

We were meant to run. "​

Bill Rodgers

Bruce Lee on Power, Speed, Flexibilty... Read this.

Power / Speed / Flexibility  Bruce Lee quotes on power, speed, and flexibility:

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Live by this...

“A powerful athlete is not a strong athlete, but one who can exert his strength quickly. Since power equals force times speed, if the athlete learns to make faster movements he increases his power, even though the contractile pulling strength of his muscles remains unchanged. Thus, a smaller man who can swing faster may hit as hard or as far as the heavier man who swings slowly.” “Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible. It is being “wholly” and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.” “Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.” “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” “Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.” “One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natural or spontaneous; the important thing is not to strain in any way.” “The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit.” “The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.” “When one has reached maturity in the art, one will have a formless form. It is like ice dissolving in water. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, he can fit in with any style.”