Pineland Farms Here I Come! (and Nathan too!)

Well last week Nathan and I officially started our training for the Pineland Farms Trail Race! I am very excited to be able to run the race again! This time I am starting two months before I did last year so hopefully I can get a better time and not have knee trouble.

I have decided that this year I am going to run the same race as last year, which would be the 50km. The reason I choose to do this and not up my game and do the 50 miler is because I am not sure that I could get enough training with school.

I also just found a really cool website that is getting me even more excited to train! This website helps to keep track of milage and routes that you do. I already keep track of my workouts but I am a little disorganized and this will help big time! For anyone else who would like to check it out here it is:  http://www.endomondo.com

Might I also add that my parents are the faces of the 50K? Check it out! 

If you go to the Pineland Tail Race website and click on the 50k you will see these two cute faces. :)

http://www.pinelandtrails.com/races/50-km/

Natural Remedies

Just a little bit ago I thought I was going to be very sick. 

I have been hearing a lot about a severe stomach bug going around and 

I do NOT want that by first week of school. 

So I have been obsessively washing my hands and keeping my hands away from my face, etc. 

Even with all that I still felt sick very suddenly... 

Just like that stupid bug. 

Then! Da da da da!!! 

I remembered that I have ginger! 

Ginger is just about the best thing for a sick stomach. 

That is why people say to drink ginger ale.

 Although, 

ginger ale does not have a high enough concentration of ginger to work really fast. 

Thankfully crystalized ginger does! 

You can find it in any heath food store and it really works wonders!

(This is what the bag looks like)

(And this is what the ginger looks like)

As soon as I felt the sickness coming on I took 

two big chunks and within five minutes I felt fine again. 

Normally I only take one chunk but this time I felt like I might need the extra chunk!

Now I have to warn you that it has a very strong flavor and is hard to eat at time, 

but it is worth it. (Trust me I HATE it!)

Fortunately,

most packages like this one have the ginger sugar coated.

I know, I know... sugar. 

But if it helps this good I will eat it!  

Now that you know, go buy some and never be sick again!

Quick One!

In late morning yesterday my mom

 and I went to a ski down on the railroad bed!

 At first I was not too keen on going that early because when we woke up it was -14 F! 

Brrr!

 Once we got going, even though I stopped a lot, we warmed up fast! 

Later in the day, 

due to too much coffee,

I decided I wanted to go snowshoeing.

By then the sun has warmed up so it was about 22 F.

Whoo!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2013!!! :) <3

(I know this is late and I know that I have not posted for a while but late is better than never!)

     I have been thinking about my future a lot lately. I know I am young and I am basically just starting this long journey but YOLO so I want to live it right. I have been hearing YOLO a lot lately and at first  I was really annoyed by it. I thought it was stupid, but I only thought it was stupid because of the way people were acting. Most young people think that it means you should go out get as drunk as you can so you can do stupid stuff and become Legend... wait for it... dary! (sigh) For me I take it and think, woah, I really am only going to live once... Well, I guess that means I need to take care of my body so I can make that "once" a really long time. I take the complete opposite meaning of most people. I like life, I have fun living by being active and taking care of myself.

     A lot of people think I am unobservant, and with small stuff they are completely right. However, I can see the big picture crystal clear. I see what happens to people who do not take care of themselves. The last half of their life they are constantly battling their first half. What I mean by that is when people are in the 45 to 55 age rage they start to "feel" old. They feel old because the first half of their life they abused their body more than it could take. The only reason they did not feel it then is because youth has  a funny way of tricking us into thinking we are not hurting our bodies.

     The reason all of this has to do with my future is because lately I have realized that when I turn 50 I want to still feel 25. I look up to my parents with the highest of respect. They are 54 and 53 and they still setting personal records with running! Its hard to think that almost four years ago MY dad, the exercise and health freak, had a heart attack. It was a wake up call and ever since my dad, mom, and I have been taking care of our bodies. My mother lost her father from a sudden heart attack, my dad had one, and one of my grandmothers has had multiple. So in short I am at high risk already. I can not afford to hurt my body and stress my heart (mind you I already have a premature atrial contraction). So my heart needs a break.

     So to summarize I want to live a full, long, happy, and healthy life. Anyone with me? :)