The Tao of Me

Only 9 weeks left to go in 2011. And only 5 weeks till CIM… Monday, October 24 AM: 70-minutes on the Bike Trainer PM: 90-minute Bikram Yoga Class. Ever since Nike (which feels like it was SO LONG ago even though it’s only been 2 weeks) my right hip/glute hasn’t felt right. I’m pretty sure [...]

This week I have sacrificed precious hours of sleep watching endless episodes of Friday Night Lights. A friend of mine lent me Season 1 months ago and now that I have an operational DVD player, I finally watched got sucked into it. Staying up way past my bedtime watching this show (even stayed up till [...]

A couple of weeks ago during a yoga class I mentioned to RoadBunner that I don’t really get tired legs. This week made me eat those words. Monday, October 17 Though it was a scheduled rest day, I had ambitions of still getting in some time on the bike trainer, as well as a yoga [...]

I used to have a high-heeled shoe problem. But now that I can barely walk in flats, let alone heels, my shoe love has migrated to the running kind. Each one of these shoes holds a special place in my heart. From the 4 pairs of Pearl Izumi syncroFuel’s (including 1 pair of the trail [...]

Last week I was at Road Runner Sports buying things I don’t need, and picked up a free copy of the latest (October issue) Competitor Magazine. In it was an article on how yoga can be a benefit to runners – precisely what I’ve discovered over the past several weeks! The article specifically discusses Yin [...]

I run to be….sore?! I did not expect to be this sore after Nike. Yes it’s the hardest half course I’ve ever run. Yes, the hills were endless. But I did not run very hard for the majority of the race so needless to say, I am surprised, disappointed and a little freaked out about [...]

I picked up Audrey a little before 5:30 am and we headed up to the City. On the drive up, I commented to her that there was quite a bit of traffic on the freeway for that early on a Sunday morning. I mean, I knew a lot of people ran Nike, but I expected [...]

Summary of last week’s workouts: Monday AM: 30-min on the bike trainer I had hoped to be on it for much longer, but the trainer didn’t feel very stable and after about 10-minutes, I started to smell burning rubber! I asked a couple of friends who told me that wasn’t supposed to happen! I read [...]