The We’ve Got Your Back 5K is just seven weeks away! Seven weeks is plenty of time to train up for a measly 3.1 miles. So there’s no excuse that you shouldn’t join Gary’s Straight Arrow Runners for this great event! If you’re stumped on where to start, here are some great training programs: Couch to 5K [...]
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If it wasn’t enough that we’re offering awesome contests to fundraise for the We’ve Got Your Back 5K, we’ve also got TEAM T-SHIRTS!!! That’s right, Gary’s Straight Arrow Runners has just opened an awesome CafePress shop where you can purchase all your team apparel and accessories. You’ll want everyone to know that you’re part of Team Gary when [...]
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After the injury from my half marathon, I swore off running. Being a late-in-life, new-to-the-sport, runner, this wasn’t terribly hard for me. But I’m lacing up the running shoes again!! But this isn’t just any race, I’m racing for my dad who is well on his way to becoming a Spinal Champion! This past February, Dad had reconstructive [...]
View Article c25k, Fitness, Gary's Straight Arrow Runners, races, run, running, running shoes, The Spinal Research Foundation, We've Got Your Back 5KIf you’ve been a follower of my blog you would know that I’m a huge dog lover. And we’re also gluttons for punishment, owning two Dalmatians and a Belgian Malinois. Being out numbered by canines ensures that life is never dull. With the days getting shorter and the weather not cooperating very much we’re all [...]
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I wouldn’t say that the tomatoes from my 2011 gardening experiment were a great success, and yet they weren’t a failure either. The tiny container Bitonto Cherry was prolific and delicious. My Matt’s Wild Cherry got off to a rough start, but in the end it practically took over the tomato trench. I learned that [...]
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Some time around early June my garlic sent up these tall curly cues. Honestly, I didn’t know what to do with them and thought that maybe the would flower or something. A friend of mine told me that the garlic would do this but for some reason I was completely unprepared. He also said that [...]
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Last year one of the worst failures of my garden were my squash plants. Epic fail is really more like it. No matter what methods I tried, I couldn’t make my squash grow if my life had depended on it (and thank goodness it didn’t). Summer squash, zucchini, winter squash… it was all the same. [...]
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