Author Archives: Nina Lovel

I promise to be smart

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Nina Lovel

Seems as though every day something happens to remind me how fortunate I am to be alive, healthy, happy, and productive. Now, well past the days when my friends and I lose our parents, I am seeing my actual *friends* … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve 2013

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Nina Lovel

I’m still up wrapping long after Santa has gone back to The North Pole. Call me scattered, but very, incredibly happy. Merry Christmas to my friends who join me in celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, my personal Lord and … Continue reading →

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Retrospective

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Nina Lovel

In seven days it will be the 1-year anniversary of the day that as a member of the 2011 CNN FitNation Six Pack, I swam a mile in the Hudson River, biked 26 miles on the Upper West Side Highway, … Continue reading →

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What’s next? Who knows…

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Nina Lovel

Those who know me best will confirm that I have lived my life collecting adventures and making memories. I developed the concept at a young age, when I realized that elderly friends in nursing homes still had their long-term memories, … Continue reading →

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Reconsiderations, Reconsidered.

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Nina Lovel

Per my blog on January 14, I started thinking I was crazy for holding on to my dream of doing my first half marathon at Berry on the same day that I would be honored at the Heart of the … Continue reading →

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Twelve! Twelve! TWELVE!!! by ninalove1 at Garmin Connect – Details

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Nina Lovel

Twelve! Twelve! TWELVE!!! by ninalove1 at Garmin Connect – Details.

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Watching natural gifts

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Nina Lovel

There is a pleasure in watching someone perform a thing that comes as naturally to them as breathing: a surgeon, an artist, a musician… For me, the greatest thrill comes from my children; Jessica being a sweet little mommy… Jedd … Continue reading →

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Another Milestone: 11.6 Miles (and Reconsiderations)

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Nina Lovel

This milestone happened last Saturday (January 7). On that morning I set out to run 11 miles, the next step in my half marathon training. I met with the 8am group at Berry that runs every Saturday morning, but by … Continue reading →

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HERE is a NINE-MILE Milestone!

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Nina Lovel

Christmas Eve, 2011: What a wonderful way to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of becoming part of the 2011 Six-Pack. It was a long-run day, so I did my NINE MILES on the beautiful Viking Trail and mountain campus at … Continue reading →

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What a Year!!!

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Nina Lovel

Each year at this time, I pause and reflect on my life: my blessings, my challenges, things I need to change, things I want to do more (or less) of, etc. In December of 2009 I made a simple goal; … Continue reading →

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