A Good Understanding

15 b's

It's been a good day off. I broke in my new Brooks Addiction Walking Shoes by doing

10.4 miles around Wash Park. My pace was good. I feel I am on track for the Denver Marathon

which is on Sunday, October 17th.  Peace,

rtg

Halfway Between Equator & North Pole

You are not STUCK!

 

Still Walkin' after 34 years

Sue Ann & I celebrated our 34th anniversary by participating in the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City on July 10th. Sue Ann ran the 5k and I walked it. We feel blessed to be able to pursue our interests in
running and walking.It was a great start to a wonderful week at Camp Arcadia
Checkout the cool youtube videos Camp Arcadia Walking to the Sun

A Teal Ribbon Event

I participated in the 5k Ovarian Cancer Race For Awareness this morning. It was good to get out and about. This was the inaugural event at City Park in Denver. There were about 1400 people altogether who joined in solidarity for the cause. My stats are as follows:

bib number: 419 age: 56 gender: M location: Denver, CO overall place: 194 out of 253 division place: 14 out of 16 gender place: 71 out of 89 time: 44:07 pace: 14:03 nettime: 43:32

I was pleased with my time and my pace. If you want to learn more about Ovarian Cancer please check out Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance

Start Walking NOW

Startwalkingnow.org

I just found an excellent website by the American Heart Association. This site has all sorts of motivating
tools and resources. I encourage you to check it out and let me know what you think,
peace,
rtg

Sneakers

We had our "commitment" bbq last night at Sarah's house. If there is anything that I've learned over time since trying to "increase physical activity" and "decreasing caloric intake" it's been to make SMART goals. That is to say it is imporant to  state one's goals that are  Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Trackable.  In the process it is very important to go public with one's goals. So, last night we celebrated Art and Michelle who are going to do the half marathon on October 17th. We also heard from Sarah, Amy, Andrea, Traci, Brenda and myself who are going to the entire marathon. Linda and Staci are potentials in the relay for the marathon. Bob and Mark are planning on doing the entire marathon but were not present to publically commit to the event.
Uta brought us the cake with the "sneakers" on it. However, we are not "sneakers" when it comes to our goals. We are out in the OPEN!

Habitat Hustle 5k May 22 Bethany Lutheran Faithful SOLES

Powered by the belief stated in Phil 4:13, "I can do all things through him who strengthens me," the Faithful Soles team of Bethany Lutheran church participated in the First - Annual (hopefully) Habitat Hustle.The winds were mighty, but the SPIRIT inspired the Faithful Soles. YEA TEAM!

RTG & Heather Lafferty, Executive Director

Learn more about the fabulous work of Habitat Metro Denver by checking out
Habitat Metro Denver

PS- I had a time of 43:40, so I'm happy with that