This is how the first official day of spring looked in Northern New Jersey. Not exactly good running, cycling or hiking weather, I know. Here’s to warmer, sunnier, dryer spring days ahead!

Here’s to a healthy and injury-free next 12 months! And thanks for reading.

Happy Holidays to all the readers of Catching a Third Wind! To celebrate the season I created a drag-n-drop e-card in Flash. (Hope you like jazz.) You can access it by clicking on this link here: CLICK FOR CARD. (You’ll need a Flash player to view.) Stay stafe and healthy …

Alex Rodriguez’s next arthroscopic hip surgery is set  for tomorrow, Jan. 16th, according to MLB.com. The highly paid Yankees third basement is having his left hip scoped in order to repair a torn labrum, a bone impingement and remove a cyst. His right hip was scoped almost four years ago,…

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In case you haven’t noticed, there’s another new blog feature: “Click for Quick Exercise,”  located on the bottom right of the Catching a Third Wind homepage (under Archives). When you click on this button  – well, not the one you see here in this post – out slides an exercise…

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Another subscription feature has been added to Catching a Third Wind. In addition to receiving RSS feeds (see orange button below right), readers can now keep up with the latest posts via e-mail. Just add your e-mail address to the section that says SUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL, on the right-hand side…

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  Whatever you happen to celebrate enjoy these glorious days with the special people in your life. And stay healthy, and injury free.    

If your plans include running in any of the many shamrock shuffles and other races being held this weekend, may the wind be at your back, as they say! 

Two months since my second arthroscopic hip surgery and I still cannot resume running. Yet. (Unless you count dashing across Eight Avenue in Midtown Manhattan to avoid oncoming traffic.) But I can engage in a few (O.K., just two, really) heart-healthy activities right now: the stationary bike (I’m up to…

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  A challenging year (including two arthroscopic hip surgeries!) has come to an end. While my journey is far from over, I am grateful for all the people I have met along the way, and for how I have grown from these experiences and still found joy in the trek.…

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