Hi Pacific Northwest Marathon! My name is Victoria and all three of my siblings are diabetic. In 2010 I was in New Orleans building houses with the youth group I lead. My older brother, Andrew, called me in the middle of our trip and informed me he had just been diagnosed with a case of …
One day I asked myself a question that would later end up changing my entire life. After watching my best friend completely change her life with healthy eating and fitness, loosing weight and becoming a runner, I was very inspired. I wondered if I would be able to commit myself to eating healthy and exercising. …
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] My first true fascination with running happened a long time ago at the young age of 11. I remember running the mile dash in my 6th grade class, leading the pack, and feeling invincible as I came to the finish …
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.85″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] My big love for running began when I was going to school in Hawaii. I took a general fitness education class that required us do some kind of moderately intense physical activity for at least 30 minutes a day for …
Hi! My name is Crystal Weiss. One morning two months ago I got up and said “I am going to run. I am going to run 5 miles.” I got up and I ran 5 miles. The next day I did it again because I knew that if I wanted to change my life I …
My mother made me participate in some kind of sport every school year. At first, I wasn’t too happy about this. I had chosen Track and Field during Middle School, and it was exhausting running the long distance events. Once I became a freshman in High School, I decided to switch events and give pole …
If you are reading this blog I am guessing you are a runner or a walker or maybe you are just ready to walk out the door and begin your fitness journey. That is exactly what I was doing this time last year. I had opened my door to a new way of life, a …
I’d like to share my fitness story in hopes it might help or inspire someone else. I always considered myself healthy, but I was never athletic nor did I exercise, unless you count chasing our little boys. In 2007, I nearly died from the loss of a partial molar pregnancy – my first girl. Besides …
As I was growing up I always loved sports. The problem was, I was never in very good shape. I was able to remain active yet never became a very good athlete. I realized that my body was keeping me from doing things that I really wanted to do. My heart was all there. I …
I am passionate about running. I have been since I was small, being the fastest (or second fastest) runner in my class all through elementary and middle school. But somehow I lost the fire as a young adult. It finally returned when I met my sweetheart, and she was a runner, too–but a distance runner. …
