Sole Sistas On The Run

This week we discuss old school calenstenic exercises for strength and toning.

For Wellness Wednesday, today I discuss ankle strength.

Wellness Wednesday, we continue hip mobility and flexibility.

How are your hips? Today we discuss hip exercises to help improve your flexibility and mobility.

Join us as we share weekly health and wellness tips.

This episode I recap my New York Marathon experience.

I've come to the end of my weight loss and NYC marathon training journey. 2 days until race day!

Have you heard the saying, "You can't see the forest for trees"? Sometimes, we get caught up in our daily routine and obligations and we're unable to see the bigger picture and the blessing of the opportunity. This episode I discuss my marathon training journey as I'm in the final week of training and have pulled my head out of the weekly mileage and getting excited to run the streets of NYC!

When life is "lifing", how we stay on track to continue to reach our goals?

With 7 weeks to go to running the New York Marathon, I share my journey in this week's training.

This episode I discuss how to live a healthy lifestyle from the Live To 100: Secrets of The Blue Zone documentary and article.

This episode I discuss the documentary Live to 100: The Secrets of the Blue Zone.

There are times in life when we just have to get through a situation to get on the other side. In this episode, I take you on with me after a struggle run.

Do you talk yourself out of hard things? We want remind you that you can do hard things!

This episode I take you on a walk with me while I share some health and wellness tips.

We took the summer off and now we're back to share more health and wellness information with you all.

Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Bertha Cross and Chimone Parris. Both ran in the Tokyo Marathon and discuss their World Major Marathon journey, running abroad and how to balance it all.

Once a month Sabrina will take you along with her on her walks to discuss her weight-loss journey.

Today we discuss the basics of strength training, tips for injury free workouts and how to properly perform a plank.

This episode I'll take you on my weight loss journey and also discuss maintaining daily peace.

What is like being black and abroad in Tokyo? We have the pleasure of speaking with Brett Alexander Jackson and McKenley Mason as they discuss their run journey and recent marathon in Tokyo Japan, working towards earning the 6 Star World Major Marathons, running all 7 continents and competing as triathletes.

Welcome to the health and wellness segment. We just wanted to share some tips with you to enhance and enlighten your total wellness. As they say, health is wealth!

Managing stress can help us live a more balanced and healthier life. We share some tips on how to manage stress and highlight Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African American doctor for Women's History Month.

As we age, physical activity and proper diet are vital in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Today we share some tips and exercises to help prevent common injuries as we age. We also highlight two women for Women History Month. Katherine Switzer the first woman to run a marathon and Marilyn Bevan, the first African American woman to win a marathon and run under 3 hours.

This episode we discuss tips for aging healthy. We also share women's history facts for Women History Month.

This episode we discuss looking inward at our own behavior, as we continue to be the best version of ouselves. We also share more black history facts in the discipline of cycling and swimming.

February is Black History Month, Heart Health Month and the month of love. I honor of this, we share a BHM fact and discuss what we love about ourselves. We encourage you to complete this task and practice some self love this month.

We ask, how are you loving yourself and being the best version of yourself?

It's February, the month of love! This segment we discuss loving ourselves from the inside. And focus on internal health and wellness

As we continue to elevate ourselves for 2023, we want to be intentional about what we eat. And with higher food costs, we discuss how to eat healthy on a budget.

Happy New Year! 2023 is all about elevating me! We share what this mean to us and our goals for 2023. We hope you're able to take something from the conversation and apply it in your life.

As in the movie The Matrix, Neo had to make a choice between taking the blue pill and staying on the surface in the land of illusion/delusion ("ignorance is bliss") or the red pill, where you go deeper (reality into the Matrix), below the surface to truth, to authentic and genuine friendships and relationships. I choose the red pill and here's why....Happy New Year!!

It's the holiday season and also off season for us. How are you spending this time? Are you enjoying this season or is the season running you?

We were not meant to live a life of average and mediocre. This segment we discuss how can we better at what we do.

It's that time of year where we discuss what we're grateful for this year. What are you grateful for this year?

We're Shar some tips to maintain your health and wellness goals during the winter season.

When was the last time you felt uncomfortable in a situation and did you grow from it? This episode we discuss being uncomfortable for the purpose of growth progression.

It's been two years but it's that time of year for all of the fall marathons. We discuss the lottery process for the major marathons, recap Berlin marathon and shoutout those who ran the Chicago marathon and have more marathons coming up.

I'm late but I wanted to recap my Berlin Marathon runcation.

There are times in our lives where we are forced to slow down or completely stop in our activities in order to recover and heal completely. Beinig aware and listening to our body is very important to prevent injuries.This episode we discussed the importance of recovery and the ups and down side of letting our body rest.

It's race week and as I taper, I was reflecting on who influenced me and the topic of mentoring. So I wanted to ask the question, do you have a mentor in your life or are you a mentor for someone else?

Do you develop a plan to reach your goals or wing it? As they say, an hour of planning can save hours of doing.

Doing things solo can be fulfilling but sometimes we need motivation and interaction with others to help us get through challenging times.

The key to getting the results you desire in your health and wellness journey is to do what you enjoy and be consistent.

Getting back to basics is the simplest way to find calm in the chaos.

Age is just a number but health is key.

When exercising outside, ALWAYS put safety first.

Running with other people can be fun and keeps us accountable. But running solo requires a bit more discipline and allows time for self reflection.

Sometimes life happens and we get derailed from our training temporarily but we have to keep going and get back on track. 

This weeks episode we have the pleasure of chatting with three of our fellow runners. Alan Brazil, a veteran marathoner who has completed ten marathons, Remy Meraz who has completed her first marathon this year and Melinda DuBose who will complete her first marathon this October at the Chicago Marathon. They each share their marathon journey, lessons learned, motivation and tips for our newbie Melinda.