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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September

2017

How to Deal with Illness and Injury as a Runner

My relationship with running, for the past few months has been difficult, to say the least. Frustration has ruled the day, and, as with other relationships, frustration usually calls for some patience and listening. So, that's what I have done. It...

May

2017

The Marathon Effect

Many times, when someone finds out that I run marathons, their reaction is confusion. Confusion first, and then, fear that I'll drag them into it! You can see the questions on their face and, sometimes, actually hear them ask, why? how? WHY? The...

April

2017

Your First Marathon

So, you've signed up for your first marathon. Now what? If you want to enjoy the journey and survive the marathon, it is essential that you train SMART! There are about 1/2 a dozen things that will make the difference in your training and take ...

March

2017

Marathon #7 - Zydeco!

Running a marathon is an amazing experience. It is a journey that begins at the onset of training, rather than at the starting line. The actual marathon is the finish. It is the proving ground of your training. In the span of the marathon, you wil...

February

2017

Made-over By a Marathon

For the first 36 years of my life, I was not a runner. I was active and enjoyed exercise, but I was not a runner. Running did not appeal to me at all. Running was punishment in high school. Running was only fun in elementary school, competing in t...

February

2017

How to Take Your First Steps

For the past 12 years, I have been turning couch potatoes into marathoners with Marathon Makeover. We start by walking one mile. Sometimes, the starting distance is shorter, so we are a "start where you are" type program. The journey to the finish...