Chris Brown

What I Learned About Supporting Runners at a Big Race

September 30, 2019

I had an amazing inspirational day on Saturday. The started with a bit of rain and an amazing double rainbow. I only caught part of it, but how often is there a rainbow at 7 am?? For several hours I cheered the runners compete in the Akron Marathon, Half Marathon and Team Relay through the streets of Akron, Ohio. I was a spectator along with another estimated 99,999 other people! Over the past 4 years I ran in this race. Both in 2015 & 2016 I was on a marathon relay team and in 2017 & 2018 I ran the half marathon. This year my participation was limited to making it about supporting runners by cheering and high five-ing. I've done a lot of volunteering at water stations over...

Grab and Go Supplies for Easy Exercise

September 23, 2019

Bike Riding, Fit and Strong, Fitness

I have found that sometimes 90% of getting to the gym or going for some exercise is getting out the door. That's why I try to do what I call "grab and go supplies." One way I decided to make that a little easier is to create a spot where all my bike riding gear goes. Helmet, sun brim hat, gloves, water bottles, neckerchief, and bike shoes are stored together in a little cubbie area. My bike and pump stay in the garage. It works for me to keep everything together, so I can just grab and go. Having my gym bag packed with all the essentials is another trick. Swimming suit, googles, and cap, all live in my gym bag, along with a hair brush and...

NEOC Cookie Century Ride Recap

September 16, 2019

Bike Riding, Fit and Strong

Yesterday was the perfect weather for a long bike ride and the NEOC event on Sept 15 2019 put on by the Out-Spokin' Wheelman didn't disappoint! My biggest challenge of the day was trying to not overindulge in the cookie table. You see, I had forgotten what the initials NEOC stood for - I thought it was Northeast Ohio Century, but when I asked one of the organizers they jogged my memory. The initials stand for Northeast Ohio Cookie ride. This was their 46th year of putting on this ride. Wow! I'm amazed I never heard of it before. PRE-RIDE: The ride was held at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds which is about an hour from where I live now. I left around 6 am. I was rewarded for getting...

Healthy Eating, Shopping and Meal Prep with Health Coach Beth Kazcmar

Healthy Eating, Shopping and Meal Prep with Health Coach Beth Kaczmar

September 10, 2019

Fit and Strong, Podcast, Veggie Challenge

Episode 41 Healthy Eating, Shopping and Meal Prep Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode 41, Jill and Chris talk with Health Coach Beth Kaczmar about healthy eating, grocery shopping and meal prep ideas. She holds a bachelor's degree from University of Akron in Nutrition and Dietetics, is certified in health coaching through Precision Nutrition and currently works as a health coach at a medical practice. She likes to help people to see what they can eat, instead of focusing on what they are told they can't eat. She said she likes to help them with variety, make it about recipes. "We tweak recipes, so they are not feeling deprived. For instance, substituting, normal flour for an almond flour and then adjust...

These are a Few of my Favorite Veggies

September 7, 2019

Fit and Strong, Veggie Challenge

I love vegetables, especially my favorite veggies. I have found that if I don't have a bunch of product in the refrigerator, I feel like we don't have food. Most of them I cook, but many just eat raw. "Eat your vegetables" is something that kids hear from adults, but many times, even as adults, we find it hard to eat enough vegetables. During 2019, we've been doing the #VeggieChallenge here in Becoming Elli by coming up with new recipes or trying new vegetables each week. While it's a marvelous goal, I'm finding that my vegetable list continues to include the tried and true choices. Here's what I find that I buy and eat most often. I guess you would call these My Favorite Veggies: Artichokes - I usually...

Accountability and Consistency Equals Success

August 27, 2019

Fit and Strong, Podcast

Accountability and Consistency Equals Success - A Conversation with Kai Boyer - Episode 40 Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode 40, Jill and Chris talk with Kai Boyer, a Certified Master Trainer in Orange County in Southern California. Kai competed in tennis both in college and professionally. Unfortunately, she had a career ending hip injury and had to give up her sport. She then turned her attention to finishing her degree and starting her business, Kai Boyer Fitness. She specializes in in Women’s Physique, Weight Loss, Athletic Performance Training, Injury Rehabilitation and Pain Management. With over 5 years experience, Kai has helped hundreds of individuals achieve their fitness goals and transform their lives and bodies through fitness & nutrition. We discuss: ...

Best Podcasts of 2019 for Women Over 50 Jill and Chris in Becoming Elli sweatshirt

Fit Strong Women Over 50 Podcast – Best Episodes of the First Half of 2019

August 24, 2019

Fit and Strong, Motivation, Podcast

If you're new to podcasts, you may be interested in learning about the best podcast episodes for women over 50. Because we are more than halfway through the year, I decided to give you a heads up for the top 10 episodes of our Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast downloaded during the first half of 2019. I'm calling these the best episodes because of the number of downloads. Everyone has their favorites! These include a variety of episodes. Some are where we (Jill and Chris) interview experts - personal training, nutrition, and healthy living. In other episodes we interview "regular" people about their habits, routines, motivation and success with getting and staying fit and strong. Two of the episodes were just the two co-hosts discussing...

#BestEpisodes #PodcastsforWomenOver50 #seniorpodcasts #WomenOver50Podcasts 2019PodcastsBabyBoomers Podcast Women over 50 most popular podcasts

Strava App Review – My Favorite Bike Riding App

August 18, 2019

Bike Riding, Fit and Strong

Strava App Review On most of my bike rides, before we even leave the parking lot, someone invariably says "Strava On?" It's become like a mantra. The bike riding (and running) app was originally designed for competitive people who really like to see how fast they are doing a similar course compared to others. I like to use it to document rides. (I guess you can use swim also, but I've never tried that.) I don't use it as much of challenge but more like documentation or logging my rides. I love looking back over the years of riding and remembering the fun we've had. On this past Saturday, I rode my favorite ride. It's a large circle that we affectionate call the "Kent Loop." It hardly goes into Kent,...

#bikeriding Apps bike

Bike Ride Recap of the 2019 Buckeye Breakaway

August 10, 2019

Bike Riding, Fit and Strong, Mental Health, Motivation

Fun. Challenging. Hot. Lots of food and laughs. Exhausting. Sleep Depriving. Happy. Silly. Tiring. Inspiring. Great. The recap of the bike ride for 2019 Buckeye Breakaway with my team the SOB's was all these things and more. Take a couple minutes to watch the video below with the Skiers on Bikes, read this recap and learn about my experiences this year!! About my bike: My bike is a 1988 53" Cannondale with downtube shifters that we bought from Craigslist in 2012. The previous owner barely rode it and it was like new. Except for the bent fork. I suspect during one of their first rides, they ran into a ditch and then didn't ride again. Then 24 years later I bought it. The bike is 31 years old...

#bikeriding #buckeyebreakaway #MSBike Bike Ride bike riding Buckeye Breakaway MS150

Getting Veggies during My Big Bike Ride

August 5, 2019

Veggie Challenge

I posted on Saturday about the fundraising bike ride that I was participating in over this past weekend. Even though I was not preparing any of my own food for the two days of the event, I was still on the lookout for getting my vegetables! Can't really call this a full #veggiechallenge success, but here are a couple of veggies that I ate during the weekend. The dinner on Saturday was a great veggie success at the Ashland College cafeteria! There we had an all-you-can-eat salad bar filled with many wonderful chopped vegetables and also a cooked-to-order vegetable bar. Many many other choices too, but I had the salad bar for my first plate. Then I opted for a big plate of steamed veggies mixed...

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