2008 in Review
on Jan 3, 2009 in Asthma Asthma Research Fitness Hospitalization Italy Marathon Training Marathon training Marathons Other Medical Stuff People, Places and Events Racewalking Walking Year in Review OK, everyone seems to be doing a 2008 year in review, so here’s mine. I fitness walked 838 miles , which is way down from the almost 1,000 miles I walked in 2007 and more than 1,200 miles I walked in 2006. Most of that decline was planned, bec.

Made it to 2009
on Jan 1, 2009 in Misc Happy New Year ...

That was a close call
on Dec 30, 2008 in Asthma Exacerbations Exercise asthma flare up Marathon Training PF's are on the way up again A lot better than 200 That last flare up was a bit too close for comfort. With the speed at which my PF’s and sats were dropping, I’m really lucky I didn’t crash and burn. On Monday afterno

I eat 10 milers for Breakfast
on Dec 29, 2008 in Asthma Walking total miles for 2008 The climb up to Ft. Mason See the inhaler in my hand? Today I did my first 11 miler (actually 10.8) of this training session and I think it went pretty well. I did a combination of regular walking and slow racewalking , finishing in just under 3 hou...

Christmas Kitties
on Dec 24, 2008 in My Cats cats christmas My kids .. Winston, Milo and Sampson Winston's 1st Christmas Happy Holidays!

Marathon training starts now
on Dec 22, 2008 in Asthma With my health kinda all over the place and now with the crummy weather , it’s been really tough to set an official start date for the Rome marathon training. Well, on Saturday morning in between storms ,I finally took the plunge and completed.

Decision Time Again
on Dec 17, 2008 in Asthma Italy Marathon Training Marathon Walking Marathon training Marathon walking Marathons People, Places and Events Rome Italy Walking Rome Rome marathon 2009 With the Rome marathon training window rapidly narrowing (not to mention the availability of airline tickets to Italy in March), I need to make a decision soon, as to whether or not I’m actually going to do the marathon this year. I’m