It was in the name of renewed self-care that fitness blogger Carla Binberg ‘forced’ herself to slow down, stop working, and make time for a 90 minute hot yoga class… more »

Mom…teacher…wife…coach. I’ve been called all of these. But on August 21st, I was called Iron Girl. I was never so happy crossing that finish line…more »

As a military wife originally from New Zealand, I’ve had to accept that stability is no longer a word I can use in reference to my life and, as such, I’ve had to look for alternative ways to feel… more »

I decided to run the More Half Marathon this year because I wanted to prove to myself that I could have a good race after a disappointing finish in the marathon I ran… more »

I am training for Bay to Breakers, San Francisco’s classic race, in an old air hangar on an abandoned air force base. The ceiling is 100 feet above me… more »

As a new kiter, this was my first full season, the first year where I could run down to the beach at any hint of wind and get some action in from early spring right through to the end of fall… more »

by Tonja Smith-Waters | I was invited to join the PathStar mission for October of 2010. PathStar was created in 2002 to address the high diabetes rate in Native country. Dr. Nancy Iverson, a pediatrician, was inspired by the cause when she worked at the Pine Ridge Indian Hospital and found an overwhelming amount of Native people with diabetes or at a high risk for diabetes….

by Tanya Maslach | It’s such old news now it seems we’ve all become de-sensitized to it: Your brain is like any other muscle. Use it or lose it. But four years ago, when my younger sister was hit by a car and suffered a traumatic brain injury I learned just how amazing, and PLASTIC, our brains really are…