It's amazing how our mind can work for us, against us, and how it can change over time. Reflecting back to my childhood and through my early 40s, I hated running to run and only did it early in my life as it was used to train for football and baseball. When I stopped playing... Continue Reading →
The Healthy Giraffe – 3 Year Anniversary
The Healthy Giraffe is three years old! In some ways it seems like I have been at this for so long and other times it seems like yesterday. What is this you may ask? I wrote the purpose of The Healthy Giraffe just over three years ago… The Purpose is to provide resources, support and community in an effort... Continue Reading →
A Beautifully Confused Off-Season
I'm three weeks into a beautifully confused off-season and loving it. It's been so important for my body and mind to break the year into chunks and I'm just coming off a big one. Here I will share some things I am doing in this chunk that are a bit of a contradiction with what... Continue Reading →
My Top 5 Listens – Q3 2020
From time to time I share highlights from what I've been listening to in recent months primarily in the world of health and wellness. The following is a list and summary of my top five listens I found absolutely fantastic...great content, enriching, and free. Four of the five are from the Rich Roll Podcast...incredible host... Continue Reading →
The Conflict Between Coach & Athlete
I have often battled with myself and it comes in the form of - Coach Alan vs. Athlete Alan. I entered the world of running, triathlon and now duathlon five and a half years ago. This came after a history of playing football and baseball in my early years before transitioning to adult softball until... Continue Reading →