The Tao of Me

I went to back-to-back Bikram classes (meaning on consecutive days) for the first time in a long time. I thought today would feel better than yesterday because it was the second day, but it didn’t. I think my body was so stiff from this morning’s run. This morning I ran: 15-min Warm-Up 15 1-min intervals [...]

Sunday, January 22, 2012 Plan Rest Day Actual Rest Day Monday, January 23, 2012 Plan Strength Training 1-hr Bike Trainer Actual 90-min Bikram Yoga Class Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Plan 6-mile run (2-miles easy, 8 1/4 mile hill repeats w/recovery, 1-mile easy) Actual 6.18-mile run (2-miles easy, 8 1/4 mile hill repeats w/recovery) 1-hr Yin [...]

Going back to last Fall, the right side of my body has felt a little “off.” The aches and pains were too inconsistent to feel injured, but it didn’t feeling 100%. For the longest time I thought it was my hip, but lately, I’ve been feeling twinges in other random parts of my body, from [...]

Well, I’m slowly coming out of depression over the 49ers loss. I watched the game with my cousins and friends. We all love this team so much, and after such an inspiring season, it was a tough loss to take. More than anything, my heart breaks for the Niner Defense – best defense I have [...]

I went for a run after work this evening. It was nothing special, just 6.19 miles with some intervals mixed in. While I was happy to be outside running, I wasn’t really into it. I had some friends coming over and was preoccupied that I had to finish running by a certain time. That is, [...]

Sunday, January 8 Plan Rest Day Actual Rest Day Monday, January 9 Plan Strength Training 1-hr Bike Trainer Actual AM: 1-hr Bike Trainer PM: Bikram Yoga AM: 1-hr on the Bike Trainer watching Sunday Night’s episode of The Good Wife. This is a great schedule for me on Monday’s because I can just get up [...]

I fell off the wagon at the end of last year in posting my Weekly Workout summaries, so let’s see if I can be more consistent for all 52 weeks this year. Sunday, January 1 Plan: Rest Day Actual: Who wants to start the New Year out with a Rest Day? But I told myself [...]

Last week I joined DSE Runners, a San Francisco-based running group. They hold very inexpensive (like $3), mostly short-distanced races around the City almost every weekend. I was scheduled to run 7-miles this weekend and had originally planned to run in the Golden Gate Park 10K that they held today. That is until Courtney tweeted [...]

Although today was January 3rd, technically, it was the “real first day of the New Year.” , as in the first work day after the Staycation. Actually, I wasn’t dreading it as much as I thought I would; I was looking forward to getting back to my regular routine. Last night I planned out what [...]

The first day of a new year. A sense of renewal. A clean slate. So much energy to tackle those new goals and resolutions. But as luck would have it, my schedule said, “Rest Day.” Boo. Well, easy swimming is like resting right? I planned to be at the pool by 8 am so I [...]