Greetings and Salutations!!

As I sit here pondering what to write about for my very first blog, I consider what a long road it’s been for my own fitness journey. As a child playing in the wilderness of Alaska and walking to school uphill (both ways), movement everyday was effortless. We were always outside doing something, weather permitting. Punishment came in the form of having to stay inside. That’s why you never cried if you got hurt. “Shh…Ma will make us come inside!!”

As I became a wise teenager, outside activities ceased and indoor inactivities ruled. Even though I wore leg warmers (and who wouldn’t), I never worked out. I learned that I hated running. Who can breathe while running? Why would anyone do that? Why would I want to get my leg warmers dirty?

It wasn’t until I reached the advanced age of 22 that I was forced to be active. Who would have thought the Navy would require physical activity? In case anyone is wondering, the military doesn’t care if you hate running and can’t breathe while running. Well, I’m glad they didn’t. I found that once the fear, yes fear, of running was removed, I actually loved running and the calm that came with it.

Well, ever since that revelation, I have absorbed any and all information I could find about fitness and health. I’ve seen trends come and go. Through it all I have found that the best formula for health and fitness is keeping it simple. Don’t try to do everything and be everything. When training starts to become something I don’t look forward to, I step back and remember what I love about it, what I felt…I go back to the beginning, back to the basics, back to finding that calm.