Cross-Training

Hiking Pinnacle Peak Park

March 19, 2013

In all the years I’ve been going to Arizona, I never once went hiking. Our trips were always all about baseball. Oh and that one year we went to the dog races. But that story is for another day. This was my first trip to Arizona with the Pacific Northwest relatives, who are avid hikers. [...]

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20-min At-Home TRX Workout

January 23, 2013

Trainer Dave is out of town this week so I’ve had to find alternatives for my strength training workouts. I could have signed up for another TRX Boot camp class, but I only have 5 classes left from my Groupon and I want to stretch them out as much as possible (one per week). So [...]

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Week 2 of 2013: Jan 6-12

January 13, 2013

Sun, 1/6: Raced the DSE Golden Gate Park 10K and PR’d! Mon, 1/7: Rest Day – but in keeping up with my January 30-day Challenge, did 25-min of Pilates at home using a Windsor Pilates workout on Hulu Plus Tues, 1/8: 4.30-mile run at the local track. The workout consisted of 200′s, an 800 and [...]

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The First Rainy Run of the Season

November 18, 2012

Yesterday the Bay Area was blessed with its first storm of the season. The forecast called for the rain to arrive on Friday and continue through Saturday. On Friday I started to get antsy with anticipation because… I LOVE RUNNING IN THE RAIN! I couldn’t wait to stomp through puddles! On Saturday morning I woke [...]

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TRX Boot Camp Class

November 10, 2012

Six months ago, on a whim, I purchased a Groupon for TRX Boot camp classes. Although I already regularly do TRX workouts during my training sessions with Trainer Dave, it’s always nice to try a new workout. And let’s be honest, I love group exercise classes. I finally got around to redeeming the Groupon and [...]

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Week 24: June 12-17, 2012

June 17, 2012

On the 24th week of 2012 I ran a total of 6 miles. And 3 of those 6 miles were amazing in that I felt zero pain. Unfortunately, I felt numbness in my foot (left side again), something I’ve felt the past few runs. At first I wasn’t too concerned about it, but it started [...]

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Week 15: April 9-15

April 16, 2012

Monday, April 9 Plan Rest Actual Rest Tuesday, April 10 Plan 1-hr Run (Intervals) Actual AM: 1500-yard Swim in 39:15 PM: 1-hr Intervals Run (5.80 miles, 10:22 min/mi) This swim workout was scheduled for Wednesday, but I had early morning work meetings so I had to shift things around to fit it in. After doing [...]

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12 Weeks and 30-days

February 27, 2012

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 [...]

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