The Tao of Me

Today I ran 11 miles in 1:59:16 and felt pretty darn good! Preparation for today’s run began last night. I stocked my freezer with ice (for a post-run ice bath) and my fridge with ready-made food for lunch. The plan was to spend the evening winding down from the work week and be in bed [...]

As the Winter Olympics nears, I have been anxiously awaiting to see what Lululemon had in store for the Olympics. If you didn’t know, Lulu is headquartered in Vancouver, BC so I knew that they had to have something great planned to celebrate the Olympics being in Vancouver. I’ve been so anxious that I’ve been [...]

My goals for the weekend were: 1. Clean my desk and purge the junk Failed – the eye-sore is still sitting there. 2. Get organized 50% – got through some paperwork, but still a few things left to sort through. 3. Don’t to pig out and ruin a pretty good week of eating healthy and [...]

Last year I learned a lot about the importance of goal-setting. I started the year pretty non-committal about my goals, but mid-way through 2009 I realized the value in actually writing them down. When you write them down, you’re more likely to commit to them. And when you post it on your blog for the [...]

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) [...]

I did a 12-mile run this weekend, the last long one before Vegas. The Night Before… I was hurting from Thursday’s run. I really wasn’t sure if I could run 12 on Saturday. I did a lot of stretching and rolling and lathered myself in arnica. I decided to see how I felt when I [...]

Wednesday night means a Tattersols workout (running club). When I got home from work, I plopped down on my couch to watch the World Series and inhaled a bowl of Erin Baker’s Double Dark Chocolate Chunk granola. I was so tempted to blow-off run club and just lie there all tonight. I just wasn’t feeling [...]

(I originally wrote this last Thurs, 9/24, but only getting around to posting it now.) It really sucks when you can’t run because it hurts too much. My foot was still being a pest so I’ve taken a couple of days off. Not one to stay inactive, I decided to return to yoga, something I’d [...]