The Tao of Me

So I got a bike last Fall and since then, it has not moved from this spot: Oh I use it all the time…on the trainer, but it has yet to be taken for an outdoors ride. You see, I am terrified of it. Every time I get brave, I google photos that random people [...]

Monday, February 13 Plan 1-hr Spin Strength Training Actual 1-hr Bike Trainer TRX Cardio Circuit Program Tuesday, February 14 Plan 5-miles of Speed Work (400′s) Actual TRX Flexibility Program 5.53-miles of Speed Work I did the TRX Flexibility workout in the AM. It was the first time I’d done it and I loved it. Unlike [...]

It’s been well-documented how much I love TRX workouts. Other than the kettle bell and a couple of light free weights, all of my strength training is done with the TRX. Yet I still haven’t fully explored all that it offers. {the TRX Training Center in San Francisco. If there were more parking, I’d visit [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I finished my last run of the year (a short, uneventful 3-miler). As I logged the workout, the OCD in me decided to crunch some numbers – rather shocking since I am not a numbers person. Here’s the 2011 numbers: 72 Spin/Bike Trainer workouts 43 Swim workouts 76 Yoga classes (!!!) 41 standalone Core workouts [...]