The Tao of Me

Its no secret that 2 of my most favorite things are baseball and running… So last week, when I sat down to plan my Spring vacation, I found myself in a bit of dilemma between choosing to travel to New Orleans on Feb 28th for the Mardi Gras Rock n Roll Half Marathon or to [...]

The old cliche goes, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas…” but for me, this time it doesn’t…I have to tell you that I ran a great race, MUCH better race than I expected! When I signed up for this race 5 months ago, I was just coming off of the Seattle RnR Half Marathon, [...]

* Race clothes? check * Running shoes? check * Garmin 310 XT? check * GU? check * Back to Nature Dark Chocolate Granola (for breakfast)? check * Phone charger? check * Mini foam roller? check * Arnica, Naproxen, Biofreeze? check, check and check Looks like I’m all packed and ready to fly out to Vegas [...]

Well this week hasn’t been the focused, relaxing week I was hoping for. Between trying to minimize my annoying injuries, to getting ready for my Grandma’s funeral next week…well let’s just say my anxiety level is pretty high. It doesn’t help that I only have 8 work days left of the year (yes, the year) [...]