Clutter My World: Clutter Your World....with New Year's Resolutions!

Hi Everyone! Well...the Christmas clutter is finally being put away, the checkbook is balanced, the dogs are fed and it's now time to think about New Years Resolutions! Just so you know, I NEVER make a New Year's Resolution but I think they are good to make, in some cases. One New Year's Resolution that I think is good to make is one for your health. We live in the best little town in the world and we have so much just outside our front door to help us lead healthy lives. We can hop on a bike and pick up a bike path anywhere in the city.....we can drive to a hiking trailhead and hike in all around the foothills ( Sanitas, Chautauqua, Wonderland Lake, Dowdy Draw, just to name a few), and we can put on some running shoes and open our front door and fly like an eagle!

Speaking of running....I am in a great little running group with a fabulous coach...Gabino Toledo. Gabino has been a runner all of his life and competed in many marathons before being forced to "retire" due to a heart valve complication, which he had surgery for last year. I have been running with Gabino for almost 5 years now and I started as a novice...swearing that I could never be a runner...and I had every excuse in the world! I didn't want my knees to hurt ( I have never had hurt knees in my life!), I didn't have the time , I couldn't run on a full stomach...I couldn't run on an empty stomach, I had to be home for the kids. But one day, I stepped on the scale and noticed a few extra pounds...and I was heading towards my 50's and I knew that my metabolism would be slowing down and that I could start putting on weight if I didn't do something. Furthermore, I wasn't doing any kind of cardio excercise and I knew that to stay healthy, I needed to do something to get my heart rate up. I also LOVE to eat and I figured that if I started running, I could stop worrying about that scoop of ice cream that I wanted to have at night. A friend of mine had been trying to get me to join her small running group for a year and finally, I decided to go try it out. That was 5 years ago and I have been running ever since...I even ran my first marathon last October and plan to do another.

So, if you want to make a New Year's Resolution to get healthy ( forget about losing weight, just say you want to be healthy), then e-mail me at patriciafross@gmail.com and I will tell you about my running group. We range in age from 30-65, we have fast runners and slower runners and novice runners and experienced runners. We don't just go out and run around...we do distance runs, short runs, track workouts, hill workouts, timed workouts and if you want to, we run races. We just ran the Lafayette Oatmeal race and had a great time! We run in cold weather and warm weather, we don't run in rain or bitter cold. We also do some fun social things....I have a Bolder Boulder party every year and a Running of the Lights party at Christmas to run and see the Christmas lights in my neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods. Some of us ( like me!), can even be talked into breakfast after our long Saturday runs. We run Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30-6:00 and Saturdays at 8 AM...you won't believe how great you feel on Saturday after you've done your morning run! We do pay Gabino $65/month for his coaching but the first month is free. You can check out Toledo Runners at Gabino's website:www.toledorunners.com.

So, make your New Year's Resolution to get healthy and why don't you try running! In the meantime...Run on down to Clutter and Clutter Your World...we have some fabulous furniture and home decor in the store right now!!