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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March

2017

The Battle is Waged

In my previous blog post, I talked about how I had been made over by a marathon. The process of training brought me through a particularly tough time, much like many others experience from time to time. The circumstances vary, but the feeling...

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...

January

2017

Thoughts for the New Year - Resolution, anyone?

As we begin 2017, I am sure that many of us are making resolutions. Most goals probably have something to do with diet and/or exercise. But before you make those resolutions, consider the statistics. According to www.statisticbrain.com, 45% of peo...

November

2016

Habits. What's the Big Deal?

A habit, as defined by dictionary.com - an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary. When I take a step back and look at most of the actions that make up my day, I find that my life has patterns. There...

October

2016

Lessons at 50

50 used to be old. At least, it was when I was 20, 30, 40. However, the closer I got to it, the younger and friendlier it has become. Before you stop reading because you are expecting me to tell you how it's all downhill from here, I'm not goin...