Fire Freaks!
Team “Fire Freaks” after the Pineapple Classic 5K
August is a busy race month, which is great but a little sad because it also means the end of this season is quickly approaching. This month includes two fire department events for me—super fun to combine two separate parts of my life!
Pineapple Classic 5K
Running in firefighter turnout gear is a lot of work!
August 13 I did the Pineapple Classic 5K with Eric Stevenson, another firefighter from Gresham Fire. This race was a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, an organization near and dear to my heart. This race was an obstacle adventure race, which I love. Tam Driscoll, from the City of Gresham, contacted Eric looking for Gresham Firefighters to form a team for a special Firefighters Challenge this event was going to have. We formed a four-person team, but ended up with only Eric and I racing.
The race included obstables, like this rope net climb
Sliding into the finish!
Eric, Tam, and me.
I’m laying down the challenge for all my firefighter friends for 2012…come out and beat my time!
Hood to Coast Relay Race
Other Events
August 21 I will be completing the Portland Triathlon sprint, September 4 will be Stumptown Sprint Tri. Look for race reports after each of those.
Train safe!
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Cindy wants you to be Trimazing—three times better than amazing! After improving her health and fitness through plant-based nutrition, losing 60 pounds and becoming an adult-onset athlete, she retired from her 20-year firefighting career to help people just like you. She works with people and organizations so they can reach their health and wellness goals.
Cindy Thompson is a national board-certified Health and Wellness Coach, Lifestyle Medicine Coach, Master Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator, Fitness Nutrition Specialist, Behavior Change Specialist, and Fit2Thrive Firefighter Peer Fitness Trainer. She is a Food for Life Instructor with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Rouxbe Plant-Based Professional, and Harvard Medical School Culinary Coach, teaching people how to prepare delicious, satisfying, and health-promoting meals.
She provides health and lifestyle coaching at Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching. Cindy can be reached at info@trimazing.com.
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