Blogs
Our bloggers are fitness instructors, runners, bikers, professors, therapists, recreationists, psychologists, nutritionists, parents and, overall, members of our community. Check back often for new posts and leave a comment to engage in the conversation.
May 7, 2014
By Samantha Williams/Personal Trainer Have you ever watched kids at play? I am pretty sure most of us have. But I want you to take a closer look. Watch how kids move and play. Now, do exactly what they are doing! Get outside, ride your […]
April 29, 2014
By Elisa Jones / Grand Valley Trails Alliance “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston Churchill A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.” ― Veronica Roth, Divergent Sometimes, my brain gets on an ethereal or emotional area and plagues me […]
April 17, 2014
By Randee Bergen Of course, a 5K can’t be a perfect three miles; that’d make too much sense. A 5K is 3.1 miles long, but it’s that final tenth that’s so much fun. That final tenth when the finish line is in sight. This weekend, I labored through the last […]
March 20, 2014
By Randee Bergen You never know where you’re going to end up in life. Right now, I am headed toward race directorship. In less than a month, I’ll be a race director. And that thought frightens me a little. Last month, I helped the Mesa Monument Striders running club with […]
March 11, 2014
By Samantha Williams/Personal Trainer Recently, I had a very insightful conversation with a woman from one of my classes. I was so happy she felt comfortable enough to open up a bit because she said she never gets to complain about this issue. People are quick to roll their eyes […]
February 7, 2014
By Randee Bergen Without much effort on my part, I have found myself chairing a committee to put on a 5K race. The PTA at my school started kicking around the idea last fall. I happened to mention, at one of the meetings, that I was on the board of […]
January 31, 2014
By Samantha Williams/Personal Trainer I am a personal trainer and fitness instructor, and January is always the month of “newbies” and their New Year’s resolutions. I love their enthusiasm and how set they are on this being the year they eat better, work out harder and finally reach […]
January 24, 2014
By Randee Bergen I climbed Mt. Garfield for the first time seven years ago, on my 41st birthday, about a year after moving to Grand Junction. My children were younger then, 8 and 10, and I knew it would be challenging for them. Heck, it was challenging for […]
January 7, 2014
By Samantha Williams/Personal Trainer It’s never to late to fall in love with fitness. Most people I meet assume I have always been athletic or into sports. Not true. At all. I tried several different sports as a child, but I never stuck […]
January 4, 2014
By Elisa Jones/Grand Valley Trails Alliance I have a weird name, I know. It’s too many vowels. I’ve been tempted to legally alter it to something more phonetically pleasing. Unfortunately, this is highly impractical. I mean, consider: Eeleesah? E’Leasah? E•Lee•sah? I know, right? So I’ll just settle for the […]