The Tao of Me

As Alyssa pointed out to me this morning, this week marks 12-weeks till our next marathon (!!!) and for me, it’s also exactly 30-days till my Hawai’i vacation! I usually save strength training workouts for sessions with Trainer Dave, which is usually limited to once a week. But the reality of long runs, beaches and [...]

The past week started off with such promise, went completely flat towards the end of the week, but ended on a high note. Monday, February 20 Plan 1-hr Spin Strength Training Actual 1-hr Bike Trainer 30-min TRX Strength Training 2-hr Thai Massage where this happened Tuesday, February 21 Plan 6-mile Interval Run Actual 5-mile Interval [...]

You know how frustrating it gets to keep feeling aches and pains in the same area and just not know what is causing it? I’ve gone through this many times and my first instinct used to be to go to the doctor. But after doing that for a few times I know that all the [...]

I more or less run on the road 95% of the time. It’s convenient to run straight from my front door and around my neighborhood, but running on cambered (btw – I just learned what that meant) asphalt and concrete aren’t the best things for the body. Since the start of this year I have [...]

So I got a bike last Fall and since then, it has not moved from this spot: Oh I use it all the time…on the trainer, but it has yet to be taken for an outdoors ride. You see, I am terrified of it. Every time I get brave, I google photos that random people [...]

Monday, February 13 Plan 1-hr Spin Strength Training Actual 1-hr Bike Trainer TRX Cardio Circuit Program Tuesday, February 14 Plan 5-miles of Speed Work (400′s) Actual TRX Flexibility Program 5.53-miles of Speed Work I did the TRX Flexibility workout in the AM. It was the first time I’d done it and I loved it. Unlike [...]

It’s been well-documented how much I love TRX workouts. Other than the kettle bell and a couple of light free weights, all of my strength training is done with the TRX. Yet I still haven’t fully explored all that it offers. {the TRX Training Center in San Francisco. If there were more parking, I’d visit [...]

I skipped writing a Weekly Workout Recap last week. I contemplated just not doing it altogether but the OCD in me got really bugged when I missed weeks last year so I’m recapping 2 weeks worth of workouts in this post. Week 5: Sunday, January 29 – Saturday, February 4, 2012 Sunday, January 29 Plan [...]