The Tao of Me

Things That Happened in January: • 2 dinners with non-running friends • Spent A LOT of quality time with extended family • Read 1.5 books – almost done with the second one • Flossed every single day (TMI, but a huge personal accomplishment that I’m pretty proud of) • Tried 3 new recipes • Had [...]

I went to back-to-back Bikram classes (meaning on consecutive days) for the first time in a long time. I thought today would feel better than yesterday because it was the second day, but it didn’t. I think my body was so stiff from this morning’s run. This morning I ran: 15-min Warm-Up 15 1-min intervals [...]

I keep a daily journal to highlight things that happened during my day, mostly as part of my training log. I rarely turn them into blog posts, but I’m so excited (and I mean REALLY excited!) about a laundry tip that I tried this evening and I had to share it. I could have rewritten [...]

Sunday, January 22, 2012 Plan Rest Day Actual Rest Day Monday, January 23, 2012 Plan Strength Training 1-hr Bike Trainer Actual 90-min Bikram Yoga Class Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Plan 6-mile run (2-miles easy, 8 1/4 mile hill repeats w/recovery, 1-mile easy) Actual 6.18-mile run (2-miles easy, 8 1/4 mile hill repeats w/recovery) 1-hr Yin [...]

Who doesn’t love Fridays?! Here’s to a few things that got me through the week! New Tires and a Smog Check It had been 5 yrs since I got new tires. In my defense, I actually went to get them replaced last February, but was told they were still good. But when the rain arrived [...]

Going back to last Fall, the right side of my body has felt a little “off.” The aches and pains were too inconsistent to feel injured, but it didn’t feeling 100%. For the longest time I thought it was my hip, but lately, I’ve been feeling twinges in other random parts of my body, from [...]

I love food. I mean, I *really* love food. I think it’s a Hawai’i thing because growing up, we had foods from so many different cultures and I’ve learned to appreciate the flavors and textures of most all kinds of foods (still can’t do Indian and Thai cuisines – it’s the curry thing). And although [...]

Well, I’m slowly coming out of depression over the 49ers loss. I watched the game with my cousins and friends. We all love this team so much, and after such an inspiring season, it was a tough loss to take. More than anything, my heart breaks for the Niner Defense – best defense I have [...]

I went for a run after work this evening. It was nothing special, just 6.19 miles with some intervals mixed in. While I was happy to be outside running, I wasn’t really into it. I had some friends coming over and was preoccupied that I had to finish running by a certain time. That is, [...]

Sunday, January 8 Plan Rest Day Actual Rest Day Monday, January 9 Plan Strength Training 1-hr Bike Trainer Actual AM: 1-hr Bike Trainer PM: Bikram Yoga AM: 1-hr on the Bike Trainer watching Sunday Night’s episode of The Good Wife. This is a great schedule for me on Monday’s because I can just get up [...]