Run with Robin

Lifestyle Blog

Living a healthy life can be daunting and overwhelming. Whether you want to start moving, keep moving, eat healthier or improve your lifestyle in a general sense,

I am with you. I am on a journey to live the healthiest life I can and enjoy it at the same time!

Making those healthy changes can be confusing. Sometimes you might feel alone or discouraged. If you do the work, it will be worth it, I promise.

Let me help you by sharing with you what I have learned along the way, as I have made healthy changes in my own life. The journey is not over, in fact, I feel like the more I learn, the more I need to learn!

Join me in the fight to be our best and to live healthy, happy lives. We have been given one body, one self. Let us honor the giver of these gifts with what we do and who we are.

Robin Simpson

Wife, mother, professional organizer, lifestyle coach, trainer, marathoner, follower of Jesus, friend, sister, daughter, Harry Potter nerd, lover of music - most types, especially live, reader, healthy habits geek. Desiring to be my best and help you be yours.

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January

2019

New Year, New You? or New Year, Better You?

I am bringing in the new year, not with a bang, but a sniffle and a sneeze. It's a new year! 2019 has arrived and whether, we are ready for it or not, the calendar has flipped and 2018 is in the rearview. Did you make a resolution? I ...

December

2018

Detour

Marathoning has taught me much about life. One of the most important lessons it has taught me is how to handle disappointment, especially when it comes to altered training plans and goals. What do you do when you've been training for a cert...

November

2018

Last MInute Thoughts

One week out before my eighth marathon and what am I thinking? For one thing, I must admit that I am not as intimidated by the distance as I once was. The mystery of the marathon is not so mysterious anymore. I know it can be done. I k...

September

2018

New goal?

If I don’t hurry up and post a blog, I won’t have a September post! I am still trying to get my blog mojo back, and I am determined to find it and get back to blogging on a regular basis. My goal for this year was to blog more about ...

August

2018

Show up.

What is the most important element in training? Easy. Showing up. It is also the most difficult. Showing up, doing the work, day after day after day. When it's hot, when it's cold. When it's raining. When you're tired. When you'd rather be somew...

August

2018

Are You Ready to Quit? I was. Again.

I didn’t want to run this morning. I wanted and needed the benefits of the run, but just didn’t want to get out there and do it. So, I didn’t. I took a bubble bath instead. Then, I decided I would do yoga, so that I would have do...