The Tao of Me

It’s about that time of year when everyone is setting goals for the New Year. Most people set fitness goals, so if you are someone who is just getting into fitness, I’m going to share a bit of advice that I wish someone gave me 8 years. 1. Take a Before Photo Not only will [...]

I log my workouts in various places for a number of different reasons. – Garmin Connect: This is where I sync my Garmin to so it automatically tracks all my running stats. – RunningLog.com: Last year we had a challenge at work to see who could run 500 miles. So we used this site to [...]

My training scheduled called for a 6-miler on the last Saturday before my marathon, so I thought, why not run a 10K race? It would be good practice to go through the process of preparing for a race. Coincidentally, there was a Mermaid race on the exact day. I ran my first Mermaid race last [...]

There’s nothing like a good challenge to bring out my competitive spirit and motivate me. I recently joined two challenges and am starting one on my own. Challenge #1: 21 Workouts in 21 Days A few years back, when I was losing a lot of weight, my friend Megan was one of my biggest supporters. [...]

I am seriously considering changing all of my usernames to “iNJured” because I’m constantly sore. Yesterday on the Daily Mile, I wrote: “My plan for today was to run 4.5 miles at an easy pace. I could not even get that far. My left IT band was so stiff, I limped through the first mile [...]