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Running
Rachel
enjoys exercising and has reaped the benefits of a regular exercise
routine for several years--even throughout her pregnancies. She enjoys running, aerobics, rope jumping, cycling, free
weights, and flexibility exercises. She has competed in the mile sprint,
5K and 10K races, duathlons, biathlons and half marathons, earning age group awards and
several overall awards.
"When
you walk your steps will not be impeded; and if you run, you will not
stumble."
--Proverbs 4:10
"The
difference between a jogger and a runner is a race-entry blank."
--Dr.
George Sheehan, runner and writer
Running
recharges me. I don't have all the distractions that drain me. I
really need that part of my day.
--Paula
Zahn, TV journalist
Shakespeare
on Running
To
climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
-Shakespeare,
Henry
VIII.
Act I. Sc. 1
Why
dost thou run so many mile about?
--Shakespeare,
Richard
III
I
see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the start.
--Shakespeare,
Henry
V
These
high wild hills and rough uneven ways draw out our miles and make them
wearisome.
--Shakespeare,
Richard II
There
be some sports are painful, and their labour
Delight
in them sets off.
--Shakespeare,
The
Tempest
Talk
to me not of time and place; I owe
I'm
happy in the chase.
--Shakespeare,
Epistle
to David Garrick, Esq.
Bid
me run, and I willstrive with things impossible.
--Shakespeare,
Julius
Ceasar
Action
is eloquence.
- Shakespeare, Coriolanus, III, ii
Our
doubts are traitors, that make us lose the good we oft might win, by
fearing to attempt!
--Shakespeare,
Measure
for Measure. Act i. Sc. 4. 1
"He
hath indeed better bettered expectation."
--Shakespeare,
Much
Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.
"Charm
ache with air, and agony with words."
-
W. Shakespeare, Much
Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.
Shortly
after the birth of my second son in June 1996, I began walking
regularly. After a month, I added aerobics to my routine and by the
following spring, I had replaced walking with jogging. I was jogging 2
miles 3 days a week. That summer, I signed up to run my first 5K,
although I had no idea how long a 5K was until I filled out the
registration form. I only had a couple weeks to build my running to 3
miles.
Since
that time, I've run numerous 5Ks, 10Ks, a few duathlons, and a half
marathon. I even ran while pregnant with my fourth child
until 30 weeks of pregnancy when I went on bedrest.
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out my Exercise Page...
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