The Tao of Me

With the Vegas Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon only six days away, I’m nearing the end of my 16-week training schedule. This is the second race that I’ve used the Active Trainer training schedule. Its worked well for my schedule and capabilities. The plan called for six miles at conversation pace on Saturday. And that’s [...]

Last night, as on every Tuesday night, I volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House. I’m assigned to the Children’s Activity Room where I play with the kids, helping them with different activities like painting, puzzles, legos, video games, puppets, basically whatever they want to do. Up until now its been a pretty slow gig. At [...]

I did a 12-mile run this weekend, the last long one before Vegas. The Night Before… I was hurting from Thursday’s run. I really wasn’t sure if I could run 12 on Saturday. I did a lot of stretching and rolling and lathered myself in arnica. I decided to see how I felt when I [...]

As I write this, I’m sitting at a sales event, learning about the best of breed technology, and dying a slow death by PowerPoint. To keep myself (looking) busy, I’m going to write about my favorite piece of technology — my iPhone! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, my iPhone runs my [...]

This past weekend was an all-running weekend for me. I ran a 5K on Saturday and a 9-miler on Sunday. Mermaid San Francisco 5K I wasn’t planning on doing any racing leading up to Vegas (in 3 weeks!), but my friend Belina has been doing a Couch-to-5K program and this was going to be her [...]

A couple of months ago, I had a discussion with a friend on different kinds of workout drinks. She had told me that she heard the newest craze is coconut water. Its supposed to be a very nutritious way to hydrate your body and is full of potassium and antioxidants without the sugar and calories, [...]

There’s nothing like a good challenge to bring out my competitive spirit and motivate me. I recently joined two challenges and am starting one on my own. Challenge #1: 21 Workouts in 21 Days A few years back, when I was losing a lot of weight, my friend Megan was one of my biggest supporters. [...]