Learning from our parents doesn’t always mean listening to them
If we’re lucky, we get to a point in life where we watch our parents age. Mine, like many, can’t move the way they did when they were younger. In fact, lately it’s clear they can’t move like they did five years ago, or even one year ago. Some of this is due to medical issues beyond their control that would set anyone back. What I’ve learned from this is that things will happen as I get older that might weaken or limit my abilities, but the fitter I am going into it, the better I will be coming out of it.
Call me crazy! An update on my running journey.
I think some people believe I am crazy. I mean, they’ve told me so as recently as this week. I’m not buying it, but for those who want to think so, the topic of this week’s crazy are the two races I ran over the past week or so. Less than 48 hours after arriving home from Antarctica, I ran my first ever half marathon. Then, a week later (this past Sunday), I ran a 10K in 18-degree weather. Ambitious? Yes. Crazy? No.
Man plans. God laughs.
Having just been caught in the moment of New Year’s and setting our goals for 2025, it’s now time to toss them out the window – if we haven’t already. I mean, seriously, when it is a challenge to even predict a day ahead, how can we possibly predict the year ahead? We can all probably look back to one year ago and see how impossible that is. As the old Yiddish adage goes, “Man Plans. God laughs.”
My 2024 Running Journey - A shattered dream turned into a brewing reality
Dreams may feel shattered in the moment, but belief can make them happen in the long run.
Legally Fit — Finding My Passion Project
Full disclosure . . . Legally Fit did not begin because I wanted to share my story. In fact, I never wanted to do that. Looking back on where I let my body get to was not something I enjoyed thinking about, and I rarely if ever spent time reflecting on it. Those were not my happiest times, and even now as I write about my story here each week, reliving many of those moments brings back memories of embarrassment and shame.
The blog began simply because of my passion for fitness. That’s what I wanted to share. Over the past 11 years on this journey, I’ve learned so much while taking on many new activities and challenges, and I love everything about it. But given that I am not a certified personal trainer or a professional athlete, I realized that the perspective I bring is one that must involve my story. I am a lawyer who has learned the value of incorporating fitness into my busy schedule, and my life was forever changed by that lesson.
Countdown to running the 2025 New York City Marathon
As of today, there are 361 days until the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon, and I have every intention of running in it next year. As I write those words, I can’t help but think about the fact that I’ve said that before – about nine years ago – but I failed to do it. So naturally, as I start the countdown to 2025, I say with some level of caution, “next year will be different.”
How I make time for fitness
The idea of telling someone else how to fit fitness into their schedule seems a bit preachy to me, and that’s certainly not what I am aiming for here. Everyone is different and there’s no one size fits all answer. But there are some common elements that fit most of our routines that can help work fitness into a busy schedule.
Learning to Lose - My Running Journey
Running taught me how to lose in the best way — that it is not about how I get knocked down, but rather how I get back up. My failure, just like the ones so many others go through, was no failure at all. In fact, the only failure that is truly a loss, is failure to try.