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Yes you can!

by Irena on January 23, 2019January 24, 2019 in Motivation

Resolutions, weight loss diets, breaking bad habits, ending toxic relationships. From time to time you try to jump start something new to better your life. You tell yourself that this… [Continue Reading]

Sweet Potato Donuts

by Irena on January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 in Recipes

Ingredients: 3 1/2 cup of flour 1 cup of sour cream 2 eggs 1 cup of cooked and mashed sweet potato 1 cup of sugar 2 tsps of baking powder… [Continue Reading]

Borscht Recipe

by Irena on January 13, 2019January 14, 2019 in Nutrition, Recipes

Ingredients: Beef chunks(with some bone preferably) – 1 pound 1/2 Cabbage – chopped  2 Large potatoes – chopped 2 Carrots – chopped 2 Large beets – whole 1 small can… [Continue Reading]

Run like Meb, better yet, be like Meb

by Irena on November 27, 2018November 28, 2018 in Fitness, Motivation, Running

Planning to run a race two weeks after a major marathon is probably not a sane choice for most but I don’t operate within those parameters. As the New York… [Continue Reading]

NYC Marathon – a tale of grit and faith

by Irena on November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 in Fitness, Motivation, Running

The sound of the cannon blasting sent vibrations through the ground and all the way into my heart.  Boom! And off we went. The NYC Marathon was happening and it… [Continue Reading]

How to build endurance – part 2

by Irena on October 16, 2018 in Fitness, Running

My first real understanding of endurance didn’t come from running. I wasn’t taking it seriously back in high school (much to my coach’s chagrin). No, back then I was more… [Continue Reading]

Down but not out – a tale of a wounded warrior

by Irena on October 10, 2018 in Motivation, Running

Warning signs were blaring, screaming five alarm fire, but being a typical runner I was pretty used to blocking pain and wasn’t paying attention. Training for my next marathon had… [Continue Reading]

Function of a Sneaker

by Irena on October 3, 2018 in Running

I’m truly amazed that there are people who think that a sneaker can make them faster. Of course it doesn’t help that sneaker companies are helping feed the delusion. These… [Continue Reading]

Fight the good fight – overcoming emotional pain of injuries

by Irena on May 2, 2018January 25, 2019 in Fitness, Motivation, Running

One day I was running happily along the bend in Central Park with not a care in the world. Trying to get faster and picking up pace, I was feeling… [Continue Reading]

CDC and war on health

by Irena on March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 in Health tips

Yes, you read that correctly. There’s a war on health and it’s waged by the very organization that is supposed to protect us. Their insistence that vaccines are the only solution… [Continue Reading]

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