I need to do a Marathon to cheer me up
A spade of health setbacks, the pandemic and other problems these past few years had all but wiped out any motivation I […]
Category: Marathon walking
Post Covid race plans
I don’t know about you, but after a full year of pandemic induced anxiety, worldwide lockdowns and a half dozen asthma hospitalizations, […]
Blast from the past
A sign of the times, I guess. As with other large sporting events worldwide, foot races of all kinds and sizes have […]
Confessions of a severe asthmatic
Wanna know a secret? Believe it or not, there was a time about 15 years ago when I began this whole fitness […]
Yes, I still walk
Found these in my closet today. Sure brings back a lot of memories, mostly good ones. They were my very first pair […]
6 times a day
I had planned to write a post about my nebulizer treatment routine, but then I thought what the heck… I’ll just video […]
Steve – 9, Asthma—a big fat ZERO!
This might sound corny, but I feel like Ive just been reborn. On Oct 5th I finished my 9th marathon at the […]
Self Observations: Severe Asthma and Endurance walking
Ive been doing endurance walks now for about 10 years, and because of the severity of my lung disease, I often experience […]
Training update Aug 2014
Dang… I haven’t written one of the training updates in years. Trying to get in shape to do this race has been […]
The impatient patient
Oh goody, another post about asthma exacerbation recovery. After being discharged from the hospital only 3 days ago, it’s probably a little […]
Training to walk my 9th marathon
Hard to believe that it’s been 3 years since I’ve trained for a race. I came close to doing one last year, […]
Plan B
Yesterday I completed my final “test” walk in a series of trial walks that started a month ago to see if training […]
Boston 2011 Race Report
They don’t call it the best marathon in the world for nothing , and this year was no exception. The weather was […]