The Tao of Me

I did it! I finished the inaugural Seattle Rock n Roll Half-Marathon! The race started at 7 am in Tukwila. I stayed in downtown Seattle, so at 5:30 am I headed down to the buses that were shuttling runners to the Start Line. It was in the low 50s and cold. The bus line wrapped [...]

I call my running playlist the “Burn List”. I had it set for tomorrow’s race, but after Michael Jackson’s death, I’ve reworked it to add more MJ songs. I was so sad to hear about Farrah Fawcett’s passing. Even though she was only on Charlie’s Angels for one season, Jill Munroe was always my favorite [...]

After miles of running and hours of physical therapy, the big race is only three days away! Yesterday I finished physical therapy and my final pre-race run. For the past six weeks, I’ve been going to Aero Physical Therapy to treat my hamstring strain. When I first started treatment, I really didn’t know how bad [...]

6:00 am: 1/2 a cup of Erin Baker’s Double Chocolate Chunk Granola – 190 calories – my one treat of the day 9:00 am: Strawberry Banana Smoothie – 300 calories – 1 banana, frozen strawberries, 1/2 c soy milk and 1 T flaxseed oil – Made with the Magic Bullet! 11:00 am: 1 hard-boiled egg [...]

The Run Yesterday I ran a 10-miler; the last long run before the big race next Saturday. I started out at 9 am; it was a nice day and the sun was already warming things up. The first two miles and the last two miles are usually the worst. Things started out tough first mile. [...]

For as long as I can remember, I was told to load up on carbs the night before long runs and races. Naturally, the first thing that comes to mind is pasta because its full of carbs. But I stopped eating pasta when I started the whole caveman thing. With a 10-miler planned for tomorrow, [...]

My iPhone manages my life. I cannot live without it. You name it, and I have an app for it. So when Apple announced the new iPhone OS 3.0 last week, I was so excited to see the new features. Apparently, the rest of the world was too. Apple sure knows how to build the [...]

Stretching that is! The hot topic lately seems to be, should you stretch before a workout? I have read many articles and have had many discussions on whether you should stretch before a workout. Some experts say yes, yet other studies say that you risk injury by doing so. When I got injured, the first [...]