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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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

4 Things for a Safe Run!

A safe runner is a happy runner and we all want to be happy, right? Before you head out for your next walk or run, make sure you will be safe! There are 4 things I have with me for every run to help keep me safe and I wanted to share them with yo...

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...

October

2016

Marine Corps Marathon 2016

In a little less than 3 weeks, it will be time to line up with all of the other marathoners, preparing to run through our nation's capitol, chasing that 26.2 mile finish in honor and appreciation of our U.S. Marines. It is sure to be a phenomena...

September

2016

Improve Your Running Experience With This One Thing

For as long as I have been running, I have been working to improve my experience and performance. In the past several months, I have discovered how by being mindful. Mindfulness, as defined by Google, is as follows: mind·ful&middo...

August

2016

Why Continue to Run?

Every now and then, I will have someone ask me how long I will run? When am I going to stop? The first time I was asked, it caught me off guard. Why would I stop? What would it mean to me to stop running, to stop moving? Honestly, that's...