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When The Going Gets Tough…

January 22, 2012

Yesterday was my daughter’s seventh birthday. My kids’ birthdays are always causes for reflection. Afterall, they were the reason that I started this blog in the first place. Get Fit Slowly has definitely slowed down this past year, but I have not. I have a difficult time writing every post that appears here now and [...]

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Hey!

January 16, 2012

Hey guys. I’m still here! I was thinking that I was done blogging. But every time I stop, my motivation to stay healthy diminishes. So it seems I need you guys more than you need me. Funny thing is, traffic at GFS has been up even though I haven’t been writing. Not sure what that [...]

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Autumn Leaves 50K—Ready To Rock!

October 28, 2011

Yesterday morning I went out for my final pre-race run…A little 5 mile jaunt at race pace. I’ve spent a considerable time running at race pace during the past few weeks. Ever since Victoria, I’ve tried to burn what it feels like to run at 9:30 min/mile pace into my mind, legs and lungs. When [...]

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KT Tape Saved My Foot

October 18, 2011
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I’ve been suffering with a terrible case of Plantar Fasciitis (PF) for about two months now. I’ve had cases of PF before and I’ve always been able to run through them—but not this time. This time it just wouldn’t get better. This was totally unacceptable…I had races to run! I’ve been using KT tape sporadically [...]

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Victoria Marathon: Results To Be Expected!

October 10, 2011

Hi! Nope, GFS isn’t dead. In fact, I’ve actually been working on a few things behind the scenes. One will be announce very soon and one more maybe at the beginning of 2012. We’ll see what happens with that. This past weekend, Pam and I took the kids to Victoria, BC for a little weekend [...]

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