After the race Sunday I thought I’d treat my tired self to a little bike ride and some yoga. Since my balance is always more than a little off after a race, I planned on snagging a nice cozy spot in the back, as long as split shorts guy was not there.Alas all spots in [Read More]
How to Avoid a Training Plateau
Whether it’s fast or slow, productive or destructive, each of us is on a certain track. The decisions we make day-to-day ultimately determine where our life heads over the coming weeks, months and years. I thought about where I was at this time in previous years. Answer? In the thick of Boston training. One year [Read More]
Beware of the Taper Brain
My kids aren’t the most forthcoming about what goes on in school. Especially Thing 2, who started Kindergarten recently. So it was a welcome surprise when I got a call from her gym teacher asking me to come be ‘gym helper’. I jumped at the chance to be the nosy mom and scope out see Thing 2 [Read More]
How to Calm Piriformis Syndrome in Runners
With many of us in the nitty-gritty, high mileage weeks of our fall race training cycles, it is common to have a complaining body part or two…or six. For me those parts are my left hamstring and piriformis, or as I like to call it, buttular region. These particular afflictions are not new to me, [Read More]
Training Recap: Taper Edition
Yes folks I finally FINALLY made it to the taper! After injury, illness, whining, more illness, shoe strife you name it I’ve suffered thru it this training cycle, I have made it to the TAPER barely in one piece! Here’s how the second to last week before that little race that culminates in Beantown shook [Read More]
Training Recap
4 Weeks To Boston!Week 12 Boston Training is Complete: 37 miles Wow time is flying! And finally a training week with some mileage I could sink my feet into.Here’s how it went: Monday: 3 mile recovery run, Yoga, 100 core moves Tuesday: KettleWorx Core DVD and Arms/Shoulders DVD Wednesday: Ran 6 miles with 6x400m intervals, 100 core moves [Read More]
Weekend and Training Recap
Week 10 of Boston training is complete: 32 miles I’m so tired with all the crappy weather and the time change. Can’t we have one more weekend day? Just one? Here’s how it went:Monday Yoga Tuesday SRD still avoiding the chlorine vapors so no pool intervals for me Wednesday 7 mile run, 30 mins on [Read More]
Marathon of Fitness Extravaganza
I went to the YMCA to do some pool running today.I got there to find a large charity event going on. The more activities you do, the more money is raised for the Strong Kids Campaign. What’s not to like? So I did:1 hr group cycle1 hr muscle conditioning1 hr yoga Then I headed to the [Read More]
Hot Yoga Top Revealed
Ok, ok you twisted my arm…here’s the hot yoga top I am so fond of, in all it’s glory. If you told me a year ago I’d be putting pics of myself in yoga tops on the internet I’d have thought you were batty. But clearly it is I who has the batty market cornered. [Read More]
Weekend Downs and Ups
100 Pushup Challenge: After hemming and hawing for 4 days after completing Week 6, column 3, I finally got up the nerve to try for the whole 100. Well I didn’t get past 77. Can’t say I’m surprised as my incremental improvement has been slow going (my baseline max was 57 so only 20 more [Read More]
