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Victory Is Mine!

I’m a Family Guy fan. My first born (black pug), Griffin, is named after the show. Stewie’s refrain is my mantra right now.

I’ve been depressed about not being able to exercise due to my back injury. I’ve injured and re-injured my back so often since 2004 it’s ridiculous.

I’ve had to withdraw 3 half marathons in the past 3 years: NYC Half Marathon (2012), Diva Half Marathon (2011), and the More Magazine/Fitness Magazine (2010) due to reinjury but 2013 will be the year of completing #13in2013. […]

By Melissa Burton|January 4th, 2013|4 Comments

Image by Jeroen020

I finished 31 posts in 31 days and now my first post of 2013 deserves to be a Duran Duran one. I’ll be going to the doctor later today to determine the fate of my running my intended #13in2013 (more on that later) but I’ve been itching to reveal my 13th goal of 2013 and I’ve finally gotten permission to do it so…… […]

By Melissa Burton|January 2nd, 2013|4 Comments

Committing to #13in2013

2012 is coming to an end and it’s a bit hard to believe. My 2012 Year In Pictures post yesterday was fun to put together. It showed me just how many changes my family and I have been through this year and how wonderful things have turned out.

This year I’ve realized just how easy it is to take health and happiness for granted. I really am thankful to be healthy (I’m trying to overlook the cold I have and the fact that I reinjured my back by sneezing yesterday). Although I have depressive tendencies, I have a lot to be happy about as well: I have not one but 2 different roofs over my head, and I have people (and a pup) that I love and that love me in my life.

I’m thrilled that this is the post to end my 31 Days of Blogging Project. This project has taught me quite a bit about blogging (it is a lot of work!) and has strengthened my commitment to continue my own contribution to my piece of the social media world. […]

By Melissa Burton|December 31st, 2012|17 Comments

2012 – A Year In Pictures

These are some of my memories of 2012 in pictures. I couldn’t share them all but these are some highlights. Looking back makes me excited for what 2013 has in store!

New Year’s Day Run 2012 Look closely to see […]

By Melissa Burton|December 30th, 2012|4 Comments

Back Again

After the Sandy Hook incident on Friday, it’s been difficult to write about anything else other than being thankful and/or sad. Earlier this week I had planned on writing about a recent health journey but that will again be delayed until later this week because I now have something more pressing….my (lower back) injury is back again.

Some of the reason for my recurring back injury – besides arthritis. Image by neckandback

I have been in a cycle of back injury and attaining fitness for a number of years. I’ve had to pull out of 3 half marathons in as many years and I was on a self-directed program to get myself strong once and for all. Hence my #13in2013 declaration earlier this week.

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By Melissa Burton|December 16th, 2012|0 Comments

Being Epic on 12.12.12

In 1999, I ran the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon with Team In Training for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The training took over my life but I knew wanted to run a marathon before I turned 30 and doing it for charity was a fantastic motivator.

New York Chapter 1999
Image by: http://dtrick.org/

My marathon race day was awful. I was so physically sick during the race that my coach asked me if I thought it wise to go on because at mile 6, I looked very green. I remember having friends and family come to see me along the course and not only did I feel sick, I was dejected. I trained for 5 months, ran numerous races and wound up walking (and not running) for 20 of 26.2 miles.

I finished memorably. My finish line vomit fest was completed with a wheelchair trip to the medical tent (after which I felt better and wanted to run). My finish time was 5:20:15 and while my friends, family and team mates said they were proud, I was disappointed.

Turn the hair brown and this was close to what I looked like post-race.
Image by: gwenboul

Fast forward to today, 12/12/12, the day I decided to something epic. Today I signed up for the 2013 San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon. 14 years later I will exact my revenge on that evil course (half the distance, twice the fun?) and finish strong. In addition, I am determined that I will not have to pull out of my 4th half marathon in as many years (due to injury).

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By Melissa Burton|December 12th, 2012|5 Comments