Our Perfect Supplements family had a busy holiday weekend planning and preparing for the Big Yard Sale that we organized to help sister and marathon runner Kara Lau raise money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Here ‘s a picture of us on Saturday morning standing in front of all the merchandise we collected. Kara also baked dozens of cookies for a Bake Sale. It Takes a Village Family, friends,…
Read morePerfect Supplements proudly sponsors The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) by donating a Kindle Fire to raffle off. The Kindle Fire is an e-reader with built-in Wi-Fi for web, movies, apps, games and more. Last year I trained and ran a marathon with my sister, Kara Lau. We raised money for the American Cancer Society and Perfect Supplements matched every donation. This year Kara is training for another marathon with…
Read moreLast week’s giveaway winner, Michael L, mentioned in his comment that he was starting the Couch to 5K training program, and his knees hurt. Here are a few suggestions to help anyone getting started with jogging. Running Shoes? If you are just getting off the couch, you probably do not have a decent pair of running shoes. I am definitely one of those people that gets knee pain if I…
Read moreHaving completed my first marathon, I realize that the entire experience of training for a marathon is much more than physical, it is also mental and spiritual training. Commitment and Goal Setting First there is the commitment – setting a date to run the marathon and then doing the training every week to meet that goal. Mental and spiritual growth happens when I say I am going to do something, and then I follow-through, week after week and…
Read moreHere’s a picture of me just after the marathon, holding my very cool Mickey Marathon Medal. Here’s a picture of me fifteen minutes later waiting for my dear husband to open the car door. You probaby already know this, but running a marathon is really hard! Would I do it again? Maybe. How Can Something This Difficult Also Be Fun? I highly recommend the Disney Marathon if you are…
Read moreMy marathon training partner and sister Kara and I strapped on our running shoes at 8 AM on Sunday to run 20 miles before the blizzard really kicked in on the East Coast. I had snow stuck to my eyelashes and the bottom of my pants were frozen, but we did it! The first 15 miles or so were actually quite pleasant, sharing our run with a variety of birds, little animal prints…
Read moreIn honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Perfect Supplements sponsored a team running a half-marathon (13 miles!) on Sunday, October 17th, at 8AM, in Newport, RI. Here is a picture of our team members before the race. Kara Lau is on the left, and me, Kristen Morelli, on the right. It was a Perfect day for a long run along Ocean Road…We were taking pictures with Kara’s cell phone, so…
Read moreAfter keeping my ankle on ice for two weeks, I was ready to “pound the pavement” once more. I use the term “pound the pavement” facetiously because, with the injured ankle, the last thing I wanted to do was pound anything. My first venture out after the ankle sprain was only two miles in my new Vibrams (I had been close to 11 miles before the injury). After the injury…
Read moreI guess it was bound to happen…I sprained my ankle running last week. OK, this is a self-diagnosis because I avoid Dr.’s offices (who has the time?) Nevertheless, my ankle is burning and aching and VERY swollen. What happened? It was raining outside so I decided to wear my old sneakers. Luckily, my sister-in-law is a physical therapist. She told me that the swelling in my ankle should go away…
Read moreLast week I mentioned that I wanted to research barefoot running because my legs hurt. The Running Barefoot website has some excellent basic information about “How to Run”. Of course we assume we know how to run, however, most of us learned how to run in shoes, and our bodies were designed to run barefoot. Barefoot-Ken-Bob’s website has an extremely thorough explanation of exactly How to Run. The point of learning how to…
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