I ran into Dr. Miracle, my Sports Chiro at a skating benefit last week. It was a little odd talking about hips, glutes and hamstrings in front of his wife, but I imagine she’s used to it. I promised I’d see him and his sidekick, Notorious, of myofascial release fame regularly, alas I have not. [Read More]
Archives for 2012
Weekend Pie or No Pie
Goal: With my first Ragnar Relay on the horizon, I’d hoped to start doing some 2/day runs. Friday seemed like the perfect day. Pie in the sky: Go for the gusto and sandwich a yoga class between them. Reality: Thing 2 was home sick so there was one anemic run on the mill….ok not anemic [Read More]
Recovering? Eat This
One of my favorite things to do to expedite recovery after a grueling workout (besides foam roll til the cows come home) is to eat fresh pineapple. On its own, added to my recovery shake or worked into a side dish, I love it. Besides being delicious, pineapple is a great inflammation fighter. It contains [Read More]
Life Balance Yin Yang
Last night, I was in the school parking lot, about to head in to a meeting when it dawned on me the meeting wasn’t until next Monday. I sat there grateful the revelation came before I did something even more foolish. This was par for the course with the way things have gone recently. I’m [Read More]
Why Hot Marathons Are A Gift
Huge props to all who ran Boston yesterday! It was a sizzling hot exercise in perseverance to say the least. While I didn’t run Boston yesterday, I am a survivor and finisher of the very hot and cancelled Chicago Marathon 2007. I cussed up a storm through much of the race and immediately after finishing [Read More]
Weekend Rewind and 3 Winners
First, how many times lately do you hear me say this? Yeah pretty much never: I had a solid workout week! All of my runs felt strong. I made it to yoga, didn’t tear or rupture anything and split shorts guy was a no-show. I went to cycle class and was called a ‘new face.’ Oops. [Read More]
Whose Got Style?
Today’s Health Activists Writer’s Month Challenge is to talk about your writing style. Mine can best be summed up as seat of the pants. Words just pretty much flow and if they don’t, I don’t blog. After college, I started my career as an advertising copywriter and moved on to technical writing then editing, before [Read More]
3 Things: Boston Edition
1. I am so excited for all of you who are heading to Boston this weekend! It was a surreal experience for me, in a way even more surreal now as I look back at the pictures and think: Was that really me? I hope you soak in every glorious moment. The city of Boston, [Read More]
Running a Fine Line
It occurred to me the other day that I’ve spent the last half decade of my life in various stages of training for one race or another. The Caveman and the kids have schlepped to countless events, carbed with me, staked out along the course for fuel handoffs, run me in, you name it, they’ve [Read More]
Holiday Hangover Randoms
I ran a dozen miles on Easter Sunday, fueled by PB m&ms and jelly beans. Not having the Garmin makes me want to take walk breaks. No bueno. The Caveman spent the weekend in his sports throne, deeply immersed in Masters golf coverage. Still mixer less. Although I probably didn’t use my KitchenAid more than [Read More]
