Cunningham's Corner

Tag: Health

  • Merry Christmas from Cunningham’s Corner

    I hope that everyone is having a safe and Merry Christmas, where ever you are. Getting to today was not easy, given the problems that I have faced (and for that matter, the world.) Shortly after I got home from running my Allstate Hot Chocolate 5K on Sunday, my grandmother (who just turned 80 years…

  • A Quick Health Update for 12/15

    Tomorrow is a big day, as I make my first attempt to run the Allstate Virtual Hot Chocolate 5K virtually, although I do have some concerns about the weather forecast (70% chance of Snow at last check) In the event I have to postpone, I will try again on Sunday, and get in a couple…

  • Update on Back Rehab

    Back in October, I revealed that I was diagnosed with a malformed spinal column. Since that time, I have made significant progress in terms of getting my back pain under control. After a checkup yesterday, I am now to the point where I will only need to go over once a month starting in early…

  • My Fitness Plans For This Winter

    Now that the weather has finally started to feel like fall/winter around here, I can finally get to work on my indoor workouts (with some outdoor stuff sprinkled in-weather permitting.) I have already tried some yoga workouts on the Nike Training Club app, in addition to the stretches that I do to rehab my spinal…

  • My Battle With Weight Problems

    AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of blog posts that will tell the story of how I got my self into some of the health problems that I currently face, and how I have made progress in undoing some of those problems. I have a confession to make, I have struggled with…

  • My Pelotonia 2020 Recap

    Last night, I capped off my first year of Pelotonia with the successful completion of my walking distance goal. Of the five goals that I had set out to accomplish when I started this in late July, I only completed two of them (I came up short on the fundraising, but made progress on the…

  • My Pelotonia Update for 11/15/2020

    Despite my fundraising page going offline for the year, I am happy to report that with a couple of walks today, I have (finally) made my walking distance goal of 125 miles by midnight today. This also means that first experience with Pelotonia is officially in the books. I will recap my experience in a…

  • My Pelotonia Goals for 2020

    I was supposed to unveil this last night, but both my mother and grandmother were not feeling well, so I spent most of the night taking care of them instead. Anyways, here are the three goals that I will start with for My Pelotonia this year: Losing 20 lbs. of weight by the end of…

  • Let’s Go For a Bike Ride

    Earlier this week, I hinted that I was going to accelerate my fitness plans for next year due to the ongoing pandemic. Next week, I will officially begin training for my first 5k for next year, and for the one thing that I always wanted to do: Pelotonia 2021 While we are on the subject…