The Tao of Me

As I sat by the pool for 5+ hours on Friday, I kept thinking about the 15-miler I had scheduled on Saturday. I hadn’t been eating very well (I mean, I was on vacation!) and I knew I also hadn’t been drinking enough fluids. Sitting in the sun didn’t help that either. So after lunch [...]

Scottsdale, Day 2 AM = Sun. Pool. Fun. Plan: Get up, have breakfast, hang out by the pool, get to the ballpark by 11 am, enjoy a few innings, come back to the hotel for more pool time. What Actually Happened: 1. We got up and headed to the Regency Club for breakfast. If you’re [...]

Hello from the desert! We arrived late last evening and picked up our powder blue Crown Victoria car rental which told us it was 91 degrees outside at 9 pm. :/ We headed straight to my aunt’s home in the West Valley where my folks are staying (they happen to be coincidentally visiting at the [...]

Workouts: AM: Dailey Method PM: 5 rainy miles It’s been a really long day so this will be short. I ran a tough 5-miles tonight and learned that one shouldn’t eat a tub of salsa and blue corn tortilla chips before a run. I was pretty miserable the entire time. Oh and it rained. No, [...]

I’m back from my first of two Spring Training trips! While it was a lot warmer than I expected (I’m not a fan of hot weather), it was still a lot of fun! Here’s my top 10 favorite photos (in no particular order): {My first view of Scottsdale Stadium. These are the banners that were [...]

Though its been well-over 24 hours since I got back from Scottsdale, it would be incomplete for me not to write one last post closing out our trip. My cousin just started reading the book “Eat Pray Love” so she suggested I title this post as such. Eat I was never hungry on this trip, [...]

Well, for once I am early! Today’s game doesn’t start till 1 pm and I’m already ready for the game. We’re not leaving for a few more minutes so I thought I’d use the time to do a quick recap of yesterday. 4-Mile Run I stopped by the Concierge Desk to find out if they [...]

Yesterday I flew to Arizona for my official 16th Annual Spring Training trip! The trip 2 weeks ago was primarily for the race with a little baseball thrown in, but this week I’m with my cousin, who I’ve been coming to Scottsdale with since 1994! We both used airline credits for our flights so we [...]

This past weekend I made my annual Spring Training pilgrimage to Scottsdale. I always go with my cousins and I will again in a couple of weeks, but this first trip was all about the half-marathon that I ran on Saturday. However, I was fortunate enough to squeeze in a couple of SFGiants games too! [...]

I thought Arizona didn’t have any hills. I signed-up for the inaugural Run for Ryan House Half-marathon to use it as a training run, as part of my full marathon training. That, and it was during Spring Training so I could “kill 2 birds with one stone” and catch a couple of San Francisco Giants [...]