Archive for the 'Scrapbook' Category
Boston visit
Monday, June 14, 2010
I got back from Boston yesterday. I had gone to Cambridge to finish some research work through a dissertation fellowship that I’ve had at Harvard this academic year and then went to the DESA Conference at Joslin on Saturday. It was a really good one-day regional conference on incorporating exercise into diabetes [...]
Ah, the saga of my back!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Well, my prediction that my back would be back to normal by Wednesday was a bit inaccurate. It’s Friday. My back is still not right. But, on the bright side, I’m running and it’s not getting worse, so it must be getting better. It’s not bad; it’s just not right. Running doesn’t [...]
How to become a fat toady in one week
Sunday, July 18, 2009
I’m sitting on the back porch and it’s a beautiful summer evening in North Carolina, which is unusual for July. July here is usually pretty hot and humid with evening thunderstorms that spring up out of nowhere. We’ve had some great weather this summer. I hope I’m not jinxing things be saying [...]
Being a Female Athlete
Monday, December 8, 2008
It is a sad, sad day in the world of running. When I checked my email this morning, I got the news. Kerryn McCann died in the early morning hours. She was 41. She died of metastatic breast cancer. She is survived by her husband and three children, who are 10, 4, [...]
Scrapbook - Running Friends
After road racing for so many years, I’ve met a lot of people! My husband frequently comments on how nice everyone is in the running community (he also comments on how neurotic we are, but what the heck). Some of my running partners have turned out to be my closest friends. It’s kind of funny that [...]
Read More..>>Scrapbook - What it is
“Running has been good to me and I’ll always cherish the memories that this sport has given me. If this is as good as it gets, it’s been pretty damn good.” – Missy Foy, June 7, 2008, San Francisco, accepting an award along with 1968 Olympic gold medalist Bob Beamon
I’m setting up this Scrapbook category [...]
Read More..>>When the Travel Log Trumps the Training Log
Well, this has been a summer of travelling. I won’t bore anyone with the details of all of it - that would bore even me just to recount it all! But, I’ll hit some of the highlights.
At the end of April, my friend Monique Hanley arrived from Australia. Monique is a pro cyclist who rides with [...]