The Tao of Me

Workout: AM: 7-miles The Bay Area has skipped Spring and gone straight to Summer. The past 2 days have been in the 80’s, which is pretty much equivalent to 100 degrees in everywhere else in the country. If you’ve read any of my blog posts from last summer, you will know that I HATE HEAT! [...]

Workouts: Monday AM: Spin/Core Monday PM: Yoga Tuesday PM: 7-mile run Wednesday AM: Strength Training w/Trainer Wednesday PM: Spin (You can read details of all works here.) Other than my race report of the Oakland Running Festival, I haven’t blogged regularly for almost a week. Life has been busy and I’ve hardly had time to [...]

I volunteered at last year’s first annual Oakland Running Festival. It was my first time volunteering at a race, as well as the first time I got to see winners cross the Finish Line. As I handed out mylar blankets at the Finish Line, I heard runner after runner yell, “I hella heart Oakland!” in [...]

Workouts: NONE. Yep, none. Unplanned rest day. After a mentally draining workday that included an arduous commute to the South Bay, I drove home in scary rainy conditions with limited visibility and crazy drivers. At one point, we even had flash flood warnings. That combined with really achy DOMS from yesterday’s training session with Dave [...]

Workout: AM: Swam 1500 meters PM: Strength Training session with Trainer I usually just swim freestyle laps (because that is the only stroke I know) for my swim workouts, but today I decided to actually do the workout my coach planned for me. So last night, in preparation, I spent 40 unsuccessful minutes trying to [...]

Workout: AM: Rest PM: 10K run I fully intended to take a Dailey Method class this morning, but I woke up with painfully sore shoulders and triceps from yesterday’s Core and Yoga classes. I couldn’t face doing more planks and chaturanga’s so I skipped class and stayed in bed reading blogs instead. After work I [...]

Workouts AM: Weights, Spin, and 30-minute Core Class PM: Yoga After Saturday’s 15-miler, we went to Scottsdale Stadium for our final Spring ball game, ate lunch at the Yard House (of course!) and then had more pool time. I finished off the day with a massage at the spa. My right IT band wasn’t feeling [...]

As I sat by the pool for 5+ hours on Friday, I kept thinking about the 15-miler I had scheduled on Saturday. I hadn’t been eating very well (I mean, I was on vacation!) and I knew I also hadn’t been drinking enough fluids. Sitting in the sun didn’t help that either. So after lunch [...]