The Tao of Me

I’ve been writing a blog since 2007 and at the end of the past couple of years, I take some time to go back and read through what I wrote over the previous 12 months – sometimes even farther back than that. Its so much fun to relive the moments. This is a recap of [...]

During recent conversations with friends and family members, the topic has come up where they want to start exercising again, eat healthier and ultimately, lose weight. But we all know how hard this is to do, especially on your own. I was fortunate enough to have a good support system that, six years ago, helped [...]

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. [...]

If I didn’t run a race, can I still write a race report? Because its a lot different being on the spectator’s side…. Yvette and I watched the race in support of our friend (and instructor) Doris, who ran today’s race less than three months after having a baby. She is amazing! We made pretty [...]

A couple of days ago I was catching up with one of my many cousins and the conversation turned to being healthy, eating right, working out, etc. She is like me – determined – all you need to do is doubt our ability to do something we’ll kill ourselves trying to prove you wrong. I’ve [...]

“Run if you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must, just never give up.” This is a quote I used on my profile tile at work. And right now I feel like I’m crawling. I took three days off from running and went back on Friday for 4 miles, Saturday for 5-miles [...]

i can’t lie – that run from yesterday left me sore. today my legs were tired. thankfully, according to my schedule, day 2 involved no running – it was a cross-training day. i started out at 6 am with a free weights class. in the first half of class we used the coreboard with free [...]

“if all we want to do is feel good about ourselves, jogging is the ticket. it doesn’t challenge us. it doesn’t test us. it doesn’t exact a physical or psychological toll. worst case scenario is, jogging may cause mild persperation on color-coordinated sweat suits. but if we’re willing to push ourselves into unchartered territory, a [...]