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 run to be….sore?! I did not expect to be this sore after Nike. Yes it’s the hardest half course I’ve ever run. Yes, the hills were endless. But I did not run very hard for the majority of the race so needless to say, I am surprised, disappointed and a little freaked out about [...]

I think I may have felt more sore and exhausted after Sunday’s half-marathon than after the full marathon I ran in May – seriously, no joke. I was all kinds of sore – feet (blisters!), hamstrings and especially quads. The San Francisco hills were not nice to me. Since I’m a member at Massage Envy, [...]

It all started on Saturday. For this week’s “run in new places” adventures I headed out to Rancho San Antonio in the Los Altos Hills. I’d only been to Rancho once, about 5 years ago with my friend Megan. From what I recall, we spent most of the time confused by all the different trails. [...]

Just a few random thoughts on this Friday: 1. One last thing on the LA County Half-Marathon. This pretty much sums it up… …lots of walking. 2. After seeing this photo, taken on Black Friday, I decided that I hated my highlights… …last night I finally got rid of them and went to one color. [...]

As if Monday’s aren’t hard enough, this morning I was at the gym for a 5:30 am Spin class. Thankfully, the instructor had some good music to wake us up. I swear, with good music, I can push myself through anything. And its a good thing too because this was a “harder than usual” Spin [...]

Saturday’s 12-miler at Lacamas Lake left me covered in bug bites. Apparently after an extended rainy Spring, the area has had a real problem with mosquitos. That left me to find new routes to explore for the rest of the week that I’m here. For today’s 5-miler I stayed in the surrounding neighborhood. I ran [...]

One of the main reasons I write a blog is to journalize things that I want to remember. This week’s marathon, my first one, was definitely a significant event in my life so indulge me while I break up this recap of the experience into multiple posts to record every detail that I can remember. [...]

Last summer, when I started this WordPress blog, my goal was to teach myself some new skills. I set-up the whole thing up on my own, from end-to-end. It definitely wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. Six months later, I decided it was time to revisit this again and give the site [...]

With the new year comes new goals, new commitments…and new health plans. As in HMO’s and PPO’s. My company encourages us to take a proactive approach toward our health and offers incentives for taking advantage of special benefits – one of is having a health coach. Health Coach After taking an online health assessment, I [...]