New Places to Run on Long Island

I am finally back and able to run! Too bad I still need to take it easy for a while. Right now I’m averaging about 10 miles a week, trying to get back into my normal swing of things. Now that I’m home in Long Island and have a brand new pair of sneakers, I’ve started exploring new places to run. The two places that I’ve grown to love are the Massapequa Preserve and the Wantagh Parkway Bike path. The Massapequa Preserve is a 423 acre plot of land that is located in Nassau County and right across the street from me. The preserve is the closest wooded area to me and has great paved and unpaved trails through the woods. Another place that I love to run is the Wantagh Parkway Bike path. The bike path is an all paved path that is about 7 miles and takes you straight to Jones Beach. The thing I like most about the path is its dog friendly so I can take the love of my life, Lucy, for runs with me, which I can’t do on the preserve. It also smells like the beach so it makes you more determined to get to the end of your run. Since I hurt my foot it’s been pretty difficult to get the same mileage I had been getting before my injury. It’s also been hard because now that I have started my internship I feel way too tired to do anything when I get home. I’m hoping that once i start my life guarding as well it'll be easier for me to get into a schedule and get back to my 20 miles a week!

         Love Always,

                        Christina

Pinspired

Hello, my name is Christina and I am a addicted to Pintrest. Last year I used to be a big fan of Stumbleupon but this year my new obsession has been Pintrest. The main things I use Pintrest for are outfit ideas, crafts, and recipes. For some people however fitness is their main use for Pintrest. While Pintrest does have some good health and fitness stuff I do have allot of complaints about it. First complaint: Some girls use Pintrest to make " fitspiration" boards. These are essentially just a bunch of picture of skinny girls to make them feel motivated to go work out. While this may help some people get up and go to the gym, I think it mostly just makes girls feel like shit. These boards pretty much make girls feel like they need to work out like a maniac and not eat for them to be pretty. Second Complaint: The magical weight loss stories that are posted. Some pins show before and after pictures of people that say they lost like 50lbs in 3 months from doing x y and z ... these are obviously fake because all weight loss takes time. There’s no magic pill, no amount of running, and no amazing food that can make you loose that much weight that fast. Third Complaint: Some pins even have tips on how to not eat. That’s called anorexia and it’s not cool. Even though these things do seem pretty bad about pintrest's health and fitness, there is an upside to it. Pintrest health and fitness page does have great ab workouts and other workouts that are listed on some pins. They also have great running programs for treadmills and new runners. So if your going to pin, here are some things to remember while looking up fitness pins:

1.      Always check who is writing the article the pin is about.

2.      Don’t look at fitness pins every day.

3.      Don’t make a "fitsportaion" board with pictures of people, make it with workouts instead (becasue lookign at people wont help you loose weight, actually doing stuff will!)  

4.      Fast weight loss is not real weight loss!

5.      Everyone has different bodies, who cares if you got a little more lovin on ya.

6.      GET OFF PINTREST AND GO OUTSIDE

                                   Love Always,

                                                 Christina