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Riding with Northwest Association for Blind Athletes
Since I was blessed with decent vision, I take a lot of activities for granted. I can run, I can play sports, and despite my gangly legs and propensity for poor decision-making on the field, I can...
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Getting Paid to Walk It Off
It’s pretty tough to beat a summer walk in the park. But we found a way; paying you for it! Last night in Eugene OR, we donated $1 for every mile walked, run, jogged, or biked to the youth athletics...
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Up at Dawn, Hiking for Healthcare
5:00 a.m: The Alarm Sounds While I’ve never taken a karate chop to the head, I’m pretty sure it feels exactly like waking up at 5:00 a.m. If you’re a morning person, I salute you, but I have to...
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I Think My Baby is Trying to Kill Me
This chubby faced, gummy smiled little man is my son. Adorable isn’t he? Granted, I’m a little biased because those are my genes he’s sporting, but his cute level through the roof. I absolutely adore...
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Introducing the 31 Day Push-Up Challenge
I do not have “blasted pipes.” I don’t have “fiery cannons,” “explosive guns,” or “screaming pythons.” As you can clearly see in the “Cartoon Upper Body Strength” meter, I’m sitting somewhere between...
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Cold Weather… Who Cares!?
We don’t get much snow in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, so when it hits us, most of us are gigantic wimps. We drive like morons, we wear everything we own, and a good majority of the population refuses...
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Teaching Healthy Maintenance at the Icy Portland Auto Show
My first car was a 1986 Mercury Cougar. She was big, she was old, and every time I reached 60 MPH, that beast shook like I was going back in time (the fact that it never exploded is miraculous). It’s...
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Infographic: 33 Ideas to Stay Healthy at Work
Working in an office setting can be a wellness destroyer. For most of us, we sit too long, we stress constantly, and we eat garbage all day long (stress induced Gummi Bears are my personal Kryptonite)....
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Adventures in CrossFit (Part 1)
It started innocently enough. I received a message from an old friend that read: “Hey buddy. How have you been? I have a free month of CrossFit to give away to a friend….. You should try it out and...
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Adventures in CrossFit (Part 2)
In case you missed part 1, I was peer pressured into doing a month-long trial of CrossFit. I survived the month, and now I look like this: Ok, not quite (but, I do look devilish in a kilt). While I was...
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