The Tao of Me

Tuesday, November 22 AM: 1-hour (6-miles exactly) Easy Run PM: Bikram Yoga Wednesday, November 23 Since this was the last day of work before the long holiday weekend, I worked from home and was able to spread my workouts out over the course of the day (and still get in a full day’s work): AM: [...]

A while ago, I stopped posting links to my blog posts on other sites. There wasn’t particular reason for this, I just figure, anyone who is interested in reading will just find it. Most of the time I forget that anyone can read this so it’s always a pleasant surprise to find out that someone [...]

I took my 21st Bikram class last night. The more I develop my practice of it, the more parallels I see between it and running. For example, both teach us to build endurance. Imagine struggling to hold a balancing pose, only to hear the instructor call out, “Half way there.” Although that means there’s only [...]

Monday, November 7 AM: Swim. I treated this workout like I’ve been doing easy runs. I didn’t time or count laps. I just put on my earphones and swam – freestyle, using the pull buoy. I used the beat of the music to dictate how fast or slow each lap was. I did this for [...]

Monday, October 31st After the 17-mile run last Sunday I took a complete day’s rest on Monday. I woke up so lethargic and was afraid I was coming down with a cold. I ended up leaving work early and came home and took a 2-hour nap. There is something to be said about sleep being [...]

I can honestly say I can’t remember much of October. The things that stick out are: * Attempting to run with my Heart Rate Monitor again, but giving up after a week because of terrible chafing – yet again. * The soul-crushing Nike Half Marathon * Buying a bike and taking a “Learn How to [...]

A couple of weeks ago during a yoga class I mentioned to RoadBunner that I don’t really get tired legs. This week made me eat those words. Monday, October 17 Though it was a scheduled rest day, I had ambitions of still getting in some time on the bike trainer, as well as a yoga [...]

Last week I was at Road Runner Sports buying things I don’t need, and picked up a free copy of the latest (October issue) Competitor Magazine. In it was an article on how yoga can be a benefit to runners – precisely what I’ve discovered over the past several weeks! The article specifically discusses Yin [...]