It’s generally been a rough couple of months on the asthma front. This disease has been kicking my butt. Seems like Ive been sick more often than not. A couple weeks ago I started flaring again pretty severely, and as a result, had to up my prednisone to 50mg for a few days. The prednisone [...]
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Yippe!!! Registration for the 2010 Boston marathon starts this week! I can’t wait to get my entry request in. I’ll be applying again for a slot in the mobility impaired division and I’m crossing my fingers that my 2009 finish time at Boston will be enough to qualify me for 2010. Hopefully I’ll find out [...]
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I’M TRAINING FOR A MARATHON ….well actually a half marathon, but it’s so nice to hear those words again. Hard to believe it’s been almost 5 months since Ive done any serious distance walking . To be honest with you, since the LSDs, I’m gonna try to increase the number of 5- mile baseline walks [...]
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Empowered Zone who were kind enough to send me this really cool hat with their special empowered symbol and the word “BREATHE” embroidered on it. What could be more fitting for someone like me? I really love the concept behind their products and the fact that they always give back to the community events in [...]
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I thought Las Vegas was fabulous as usual, but apparently my lungs didn’t share the same view, and as a result, I was unable to do the ET race. I’m not sure if it was the desert climate or being exposed to the smokey environment of the Hotels and Casinos, but by Saturday afternoon I [...]
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…. ” And would it be asking too much, if you could beam me up to your space craft and zap me a new pair of lungs?” In just a few hours, this lung defective humanoid is off to Nevada to not only do the ET marathon, but also to attend a string of 3 [...]
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I didn’t even know that this was out there until anAmerican Assoc for Respiratory Care, a national organization that thousands of Respiratory Therapists belong to. They also put out a science journal called “Respiratory Care” in which I was featured back in 2008. Click the cover to see the article Related Posts:2009 Boston marathon trip/race [...]
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And the winner is…………….. finish line drama that occurred this year. Related Posts:No Mountain climbing for me 
Behind that finish line smileRace resultsAnother write-upDo you know the way to San Jose?
Last Saturday I did my first post-hospital semi long training walk for the new racing season, but it turned out to be much more difficult than I thought it would be. I was pretty much breathless the entire distance and had to terminate the walk at mile 7 instead of mile 8 as planned. Since [...]
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Check out Roxylns Slacker half marathon/relay/4m run in Colorado. Boy, those mountains sure look beautiful don’t they? What blows me away, is that this race STARTS at an elevation of 10,600 ft….thats 2 miles up! These two never cease to amaze me. (Mike and Roxlyn as they prepare their rigs) (to climb this mountain!) Related [...]
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Received my Boston finishers certificate today. It took me more than 7 hours to do it, but I’m now officially the first person ever, with severe asthma, to enter and finish the Boston marathon! He won’t admit it, but even Winston is proud of me. I can tell, because his eyes are glowing green.(No, I’m [...]
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Ive only been out of the hospital for 4 days now , and despite being still quite sick, I’m actually starting to feel more and more normal again (thats a scary thought huh). Though very limited, today I was able to resume my daily walks. I don’t think healthy people realize just how much of [...]
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