Have You Ever Just Quit?
Posted by Lisbeth Calandrino | April 13, 2010 | 2 Comments
Is there something you’ve been dying to do that requires focus and effort? I have been trying to get in shape for the 32nd Annual Freihofer’s Run for Women on June 5th. I have been running over the years, sometimes competing but mostly to maintain my health. I seemed to be off to a good start, putting in about 3 weeks of daily running on my treadmill. Then with reasons unknown, I quit. Just like that. It wasn’t that I said ‘I’m not doing that anymore’ or made a declaration, I just quit. Although I say I hadn’t made a decision out loud I obviously had made one. It was what I would consider an unconscious, conscious decision. I didn’t even seem to feel any emotion about it. It was the strangest thing.
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Pictures from 1979
Posted by Lisbeth Calandrino | January 28, 2010 | No Comments
I remember running the Run for Life in 1979, and recently came across these pictures I kept from them. The first one, below, is me running in the race. I loved the feeling of it. When I did the race in 79 it was all pretty new. I’ve always been amazed at the durability of the body, it’s amazing. The body just needs to be pushed. By running I felt powerful and certainly not old. I will be 69 this year and it really doesn’t seem to matter.
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It Doesn’t Happen if You Think About It – Only If You Do It!
Posted by Lisbeth Calandrino | December 31, 2009 | No Comments
I know it really sound simple doesn’t it? I think about running at least three or four times a day. I didn’t say “I run four times a day,” I said “think about” doing it.
I often wonder why it takes me so long to do what I say I want to do.
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It’s Been 30 Years; Where Did the Time Go?
Posted by Lisbeth Calandrino | December 27, 2009 | No Comments
In 1979 I ran the American heart Associations’ Run for Life sponsored by Price Chopper Supermarkets. It was called the Adirondack A.A.U. 8-mile Run which I finished in 79 minutes, 42 seconds. I know it’s true because I have the certificate signed by Neil Golub in front of me! I cherish the certificate and have kept it all these years. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked at the certificate and swore I would run again. I never did.
This coming spring I will.
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