The Tao of Me

As Alyssa pointed out to me this morning, this week marks 12-weeks till our next marathon (!!!) and for me, it’s also exactly 30-days till my Hawai’i vacation! I usually save strength training workouts for sessions with Trainer Dave, which is usually limited to once a week. But the reality of long runs, beaches and [...]

You know how frustrating it gets to keep feeling aches and pains in the same area and just not know what is causing it? I’ve gone through this many times and my first instinct used to be to go to the doctor. But after doing that for a few times I know that all the [...]

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 [...]