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About
Welcome to Coach Debbie Runs, where our goal is to give you inspiration and motivation to help you live a healthy lifestyle.
Coach Debbie Runs, in its previous incarnation of Live from La Quinta, was launched in 2009 as a way to share inspiration and motivation with women and men who were trying to juggle a family, career, and still find time to enjoy the benefits of living a fit and healthy lifestyle.
Over the years, Coach Debbie has shared hundreds of running tips, workouts, training plans, product reviews, and has created dozens of easy and quick plant-based recipes that are delicious, healthy, and simple to prepare. Here are a few of my favorites:
You will also benefit from Coach Debbie’s seven years of blogging experience with tips and tricks to help you be a successful blogger .
Meet Coach Debbie
Hi there! I’m Debbie, a wife, mother, dog-mom, athlete, and vegan, trying to maintain my sanity and sense of humor as I deal with the changes and challenges brought on by life and time.
I live with my husband in La Quinta, which is in the Southern California desert east of Palm Springs. We share our home with
five
six
a lot of dogs and three cats (my adult sons moved out long ago). One interesting fact about Alan and Debbie: We met and three years later got married at the Palm Springs Tram Road Race . Yep, right there on the finish line, I in my white satin running shorts and lace running bra, Alan in his morning coat and running shorts. Oh, and yes, we ran the race before our wedding.
In 2012 I was blessed with a beautiful grandson named Samuel, and three years later, his sister, my granddaughter, Emma Marie. They live with their parents in Southern California, fortunately only a short drive away.
I ran my first marathon in 1996 (Honolulu), and since that time, I’ve run about 35 more. In 2014, I ran number 36, alongside my husband
(running his 66th!) in San Diego. While my time has slowed over the years, we had a great time, took a lot of pictures and even sang along with some of the bands along the course.
My best time ever was 3:16, in the St. George (Utah) Marathon when I was 41 years old. A long time ago, but I’m still pretty proud of that effort and the training it took to get there. My favorite marathon, though, has to be Paris . We’ve run it twice, both times with camera in hand enjoying the 26.2 mile tour of the city of lights.
I have been a personal trainer for about 16 years and I recently became a Fascial Stretch Therapist . I’m also an RRCA and USATF certified running coach. In addition to training and coaching private clients, I also offer online coaching services .
It has been over eight years since I switched to a plant based diet for ethical reasons, first as a vegetarian, then gradually over the years cutting all animal products out of my diet. I love to create new recipes (and share them here, of course!). I take great pride in proving that an athlete can expect high performance on a vegan diet.
In addition to this little old blog, I also work as a personal trainer and FST therapist at a country club in Palm Desert, California. I am working on an e-book designed to help beginning bloggers with tips that can help them be more successful. I hope you will follow me here, as well as on Twitter , Pinterest , Facebook , and Instagram .
If you’re interested in working with Coach Debbie Runs for advertising or sponsorships please see my Contact page .