You guys! It seems like eons since I’ve done a giveaway. Maybe because it is. My 8-yr. blogiversary came and went and nothing. But today I’ve got something way too good to keep to myself. Us runners we love our tunes. The part I don’t love is untangling ridiculous wires, getting said wires caught as [Read More]
#Spring4Prana and Go Back to Your Breath
Life force or vital energy is known as Prana. In yoga we are taught to draw Prana into the body through the breath. When life gets stressful or complicated, I remember to go back to my breath. By inhaling and exhaling, slowly and deeply, pulling my shoulders down and back, and letting tension release down [Read More]
Tips for Planning Your Racing Calendar
This week our Tuesday’s on the Run Linkup asks how you go about planning your race calendar. Do you use a formula? Aim for a certain amount of races per season? Race as much as possible? Enquiring minds wanna know! Me? I may have a few tricks of my own: Start with your BHAG(S): BHAG=Big, hairy, [Read More]
Balancing Training and Life
Oh hiya is it Monday already? Just about. I runfess I’m exhausted. Things started going downhill midweek last week and I found myself flailing to stay afloat. Finding a balance between training and life has been a challenge to say the least. Here’s how the week in workouts shook out: Monday: Yoga Tuesday: Run 5 [Read More]
Coffee with some Prana Love
Happy Friday party people! Did this week wear on and on or was it just me? Because it’s the first weekend in March, I’m going to make this a hybrid Friday Five/Coffee Date post and I’m doing it in the Loving/Not Loving format. Because that’s how I’m rolling! Let’s get started, shall we? For the [Read More]
February Progress Report
It’s time to wrap up February and assess our progress and this week’s Tuesdays on the Run linkup asks you to do just that. How’d February shake out for you? Was it everything you’d hoped it would be? Any surprises? For the sake of being consistent, I’m going to use the same criteria I used [Read More]
Green Smoothie 101
Since sharing these smoothie bowl recipes, I’ve gotten lots of questions about green smoothies. In fact, my sister called not too long ago and told me one of my nieces (I have 7 of them) has a teacher that drinks a green smoothie in class every morning and she wanted to know how to make one [Read More]
Runfessions with a Side of Ciabatta
February’s a shorty short month so is it any surprise it’s speeding by? Since we had May-calibur weather for a good chunk of the month, personally I’d be ok if February lingered awhile. Nevertheless, here we are, the final Friday of the month only means one thing: Runfession time! Let’s get to it: I runfess [Read More]
Running Genie in a Bottle
This week the Tuesdays on the Run Linkup has a special guest. The Running Genie is out of the bottle (or the lamp??) and ready to grant you 3 wishes. What would you wish for? This seemed easy. Until it wasn’t. Here’s what I came up with: 1. Permanent pass on injury. That’s right, no [Read More]
Spring in the Dead of Winter
Turn off the heat! Throw open the windows and leave your jacket at home! Spring has come to Chicago…at least for awhile. Don’t ask why or wonder how we’ll pay for this in May, just enjoy. First, this week’s workouts: Monday: Rest Tuesday: Run 6 Miles + Swim Wednesday: 20 miles Bike + Swim Thursday: [Read More]
