Bucket List: Running Your First Race

By Betsey Vecchiarelli

Millennial's are the biggest generation since the baby boomers, over 80 million in the U.S, born 1980-2000. Known as the super mom's and dad's, they are the digital educators, bankers, marketers, project managers, organic gardeners, international travelers, technology driven, social media generation. Compacting an 80-hour work week into forty is norm for the Millennial. The internet is norm, like taking out the trash, flushing a toilet or changing a diaper. Learn the secrets from a true Millennial, Betsey Vecchiarelli, on how to run your first bucket list race!

Running a race? The Millennial finds time! Bucket lists are alive, a growing balancing act. Betsey is 32-years old, married, 2-year old super-hero son, working mom, global traveler, corporate manager, non-profit VP, entertainer, educator, motivator, culinary dessert artist, nutritionist, and pregnant. Yes, there is sanity in the insane schedule! Follow these easy strategies, simple day-to-day tools, laid out clearly in this book. Gain personal enjoyment in running your first race.

Exchange your living bucket list for a life-style of fun! Make simple strides to run your first race. With baby boomers and Millennials running at a digital pace, learn how to prepare yourself, pursuing life to its fullest. You may catch up with one another at the finish line!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Betsey Vecchiarelli
• Release date: May 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311683038

Betsey Vecchiarelli

Millennial's are the biggest generation since the baby boomers, over 80 million in the U.S, born 1980-2000. Known as the super mom's and dads, they are the digital educators, bankers, marketers, project managers, organic gardeners, international travelers, technology driven, and social media generation. Compacting an 80-hour work week into a forty is norm for the Millennial. The Internet is norm, like taking out the trash, flushing a toilet or changing a diaper. Betsey is a true Millennial! At 32-years old, she is a Project Manager for an international corporation, married, and incredible Mom to an energetic 2-year old super-hero son. In 2010, she and her husband launched Set Them Free, a non-profit organization, funding the rescue and rehabilitation of victims of human trafficking around the world. Betsey shares, "There’s really nothing special about us. We’re probably a lot like you. Real people who are passionate about seeing children be children." She loves meeting new people over a good burger (will probably use a coupon for it). She and her husband have a good time rock crawling, hiking, hosting BBQs and in the midst of it all, they live to see justice for the oppressed, especially when it’s a child. From a culinary dessert artist, global traveler, entertainer, educator, motivator, and nutritionist, she arrives home to a well-cluttered creative home where experiments never cease, gardens grow, and paper airplanes fly. Yes, there is sanity in her insane schedule! Passion in her every breath and smiles doled out like lollipops! Organic ones!

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Bucket List: Running Your First Race

Tips & Training Plans for the Starting Line

by

Betsey A. Vecchiarelli

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Why Run a Race?

The Best Race Length for You

Choosing the Best Gear for Your Body Type

How to Carve Out Time to Run in Your Busy Life

Indoor vs. Outdoor Runs

Commitment: Taking it Day by Day

How to Calm Your Mind When you’re in Pain

Learn to Breathe Correctly

Training Plans for the Starting Line

About the Author

Note From the Author

Introduction

Why Run A Race?

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it. -Oprah Winfrey

When the celebrated talk-show host uttered these words, she was no doubt referring to running as an exercise. Had she been referring to running in a race, she may have phrased it quite differently. This is because when you run a race, you can actually end up getting out much more than you put in. This arises from the fact that the benefits you reap out of running a single race far exceeds whatever effort you put into preparing for it. 

If you have never participated in a race before, you are definitely missing out on lots of things. There are many delightful things, which you can get from running a race. In case you have been seeing people getting their running shoes on and often wondered why run a race? Here are a few reasons why you should sign up for the very next race, which you come across. 

Health and Fitness

Most of us know the importance of exercise, but we just cannot get ourselves to commit to regular exercise. In most cases, the reason for this is because we lack the motivation to exercise. Participating in a race can provide you with the motivation to carry out regular exercise in preparation for the