The Tao of Me

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Yesterday I got my first FitBit Weekly Report. It was a surprise; I didn’t know they sent these out. Here’s what it looked like: January 2-8, 2012 Thoughts: – Given that I wore the FitBit while running, I realized that I lead a *really* sedentary life. Take away those running steps + miles and who [...]

I fell off the wagon at the end of last year in posting my Weekly Workout summaries, so let’s see if I can be more consistent for all 52 weeks this year. Sunday, January 1 Plan: Rest Day Actual: Who wants to start the New Year out with a Rest Day? But I told myself [...]

Last week I joined DSE Runners, a San Francisco-based running group. They hold very inexpensive (like $3), mostly short-distanced races around the City almost every weekend. I was scheduled to run 7-miles this weekend and had originally planned to run in the Golden Gate Park 10K that they held today. That is until Courtney tweeted [...]