The Tao of Me

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 [...]

Last week, an uncle, my Dad’s brother, unexpectedly passed away. On Monday I found out the services were going to be on Wednesday morning so I had to book a last minute trip to Southern California. I left on Tuesday evening and just got back this afternoon. I felt so many emotions over the past [...]

It’s the last night of my mini-vacation and I find myself staying in a little town north of Seattle. My cousin Riley’s Little League team made it to the State tournament and is being held in this little town I’ve never heard of before. The rest of the family headed north yesterday but Jenna and [...]

I just celebrated my 4th graduation in the past 4 weeks. First there was Mary’s graduation from law school… Next there was Lil’ J’s graduation from pre-school…. Then there was a high school graduation party for Chelsea and Christina who are going to become soccer stars at University of Washington… Speaking of UW, I spent [...]

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 [...]

Hello from the desert! We arrived late last evening and picked up our powder blue Crown Victoria car rental which told us it was 91 degrees outside at 9 pm. :/ We headed straight to my aunt’s home in the West Valley where my folks are staying (they happen to be coincidentally visiting at the [...]

Workouts: AM: Dailey Method PM: 5 rainy miles It’s been a really long day so this will be short. I ran a tough 5-miles tonight and learned that one shouldn’t eat a tub of salsa and blue corn tortilla chips before a run. I was pretty miserable the entire time. Oh and it rained. No, [...]

I’m back from my first of two Spring Training trips! While it was a lot warmer than I expected (I’m not a fan of hot weather), it was still a lot of fun! Here’s my top 10 favorite photos (in no particular order): {My first view of Scottsdale Stadium. These are the banners that were [...]

About a month or so ago, Sandra and I were chatting about December races, medals, etc., and the next thing I knew, I found myself with a trip booked to LA for the LA County Half-Marathon. Only thing is, I never really prepared for it…foreshadowing… Pre -Race We flew to LA on Saturday afternoon. By [...]