Finding creative ways to exercise and feel good inside and out

Hi everyone! Tonight’s post is all about exercise and doing something good to feel good. A great way that I have been finding to stay active is doing charity 5k's and walks. It’s a great way to meet people and see different things. Last spring a few friends and I did a charity 5k to raise money for Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center. That walk was beautiful we walked a 5k around Central Park and it was really nice! I have also done the Revlon Walk/Run which was from Times Square all the way to Central Park.


I have made it a point especially to do the Lung Association Fight for Air Climb every year in honor of my grandmother and uncle who suffered lung cancer and COPD. This one is different because instead of walking or running a 5k you are climbing 51 stories of One Penn Plaza. It sounds crazy I know, but I felt such a sense of accomplishment when I completed it last year. Before I had my surgery I would have never been able to do this climb. Now that I can do it, I choose to do it. There is nothing more empowering then when you finish the climb, walk out of the building and look up and say "Wow! I actually did that!"
 

www.Active.com is an excellent website that has all kinds of local events near you from everything to 5k's, runs and marathons. They have all different levels from beginner to expert as well. Finishing the race feels great but knowing you raised money for a worthy cause makes it feel even better.
 

If anyone would like to join the Fight For Air Climb or donate click the link to my participant’s page :)

http://action.lung.org/site/TR/Climb/ALANE_Northeast?px=4735248&pg=personal&fr_id=6621