The Tao of Me

I just ended a week of not running, and I have one more to go.
After the Summer Breeze race, I limped around for three days. The pain in my lower left leg still lingered. It hurt most when I walked down stairs. When I saw Dr. Eva, she was troubled by this. My calf and [...]

First day back of getting into the groove…
I had a hard time going to bed early (i.e., I didn’t), which made it that much harder to wake up this morning. My alarm went off as usual at 4:45 am, but it was another 45 minutes until I dragged myself out of bed. I ate a [...]

Sadly, the 4th of July weekend is coming to an end. It was a pretty low-key weekend for me, just what I had hoped for. If I had to describe it in one word it would be “naps.” I have taken more naps in the past 3 days, than I have in the past 3 [...]

Its barely after 8 pm and I’m already ready for bed. Actually, I’ve been dozing for the past 2 hours already. Waking up before 4 am will do that to you. I *almost* skipped writing this post, but since I committed to being back to blogging only yesterday, I have to write something! But since [...]

Its Tuesday evening and I’m winding down from a long day that started at 6 am with two back-to-back 2.5 hour meetings. By the time 11:30 am rolled around, I was mentally done. Somehow I mustered up the energy to make it to the gym after work for a Spin class. That makes 3 epic [...]

Back in February, during the thick of the Olympic craze, my aunt signed my cousins and I up for Curling lessons. Apparently, the San Francisco Bay Area has a huge curling community, and lessons are offered at Shark Ice, the practice facility for the San Jose Sharks.

At the time, curling was all the rage [...]

Not sure if I mentioned this before, but this month I started training with a new running Coach!
I tried the run club deal, and while I do still plan on running with the Lulu Run Club when it resumes from hiatus, you just don’t get the personal attention in a club that you do with [...]