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 [...]

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 [...]

At work, we are asked forced to put together a plan of 3-5 main SMART goals (SMART = Specific Measureable Attainable Realistic Timely Goals) at the start of every fiscal year. Then we have to write action plans on how we are going to achieve each goal. Upon that, we revisit these goals and set [...]

Earlier this month, when I first started thinking about 2011, all I could think about was the 2 DNF’s I had this year. And then I didn’t want to reflect upon the year anymore. But I’ve had a lot of downtime during this week’s staycation, looked beyond those 2 unfortunate incidents and found that there [...]

After 5 days at home, I found myself on the road again, this time for a weekend trip to LA. I had a rare opportunity to spend a few days with some of my dearest friends. We’ve all been friends since our freshman year of college and have managed to keep in touch over the [...]

Here are some favorites from last week’s annual birthday/Christmas shopping trip to New York: Bakeries I have been eating a bland diet since September and fully planned to indulge after CIM. I may not have been able to finish the race, but I was determined to reward myself for months and months of training. My [...]

Tuesday, November 22 AM: 1-hour (6-miles exactly) Easy Run PM: Bikram Yoga Wednesday, November 23 Since this was the last day of work before the long holiday weekend, I worked from home and was able to spread my workouts out over the course of the day (and still get in a full day’s work): AM: [...]

Some goodies from Pinterest: Source: imgspark.com via Naomi on Pinterest Source: tinywhitedaisies.tumblr.com via Naomi on Pinterest Happy Friday!

I can honestly say I can’t remember much of October. The things that stick out are: * Attempting to run with my Heart Rate Monitor again, but giving up after a week because of terrible chafing – yet again. * The soul-crushing Nike Half Marathon * Buying a bike and taking a “Learn How to [...]

I love it when challenging situations turn out for the better: Situation #1 I’ve lived in my home for the past 4 1/2 years and for the entire time that I’ve been here, I have always run out of hot water. A couple of years ago I even forced the property management team to replaced [...]