Source: Wasserman In yoga the other day the instructor kept saying “find your edge” as a way of motivating us to press just a bit harder (without rupturing anything hopefully), not enough to feel pain, or so hard that we stopped breathing, but just to that, well, edge. That got me to thinking about other [Read More]
Training Recap
Boston Training Week 3 is complete! 40 milesHere’s how the week went: Monday: SRD Tuesday: Ladder workout: 1200m, 1000m, 800m, 600m, 400m; yoga class at night. The ladder got ridiculously hard by the time I got into the 800. Thankfully it was almost over by then! Wednesday: FIRST+ 10 miler with BBTN weights afterward Thursday: 7 mile [Read More]
It’s Probably Nothing…
Thank you all so much for the support and good wishes. I’m back from the dreaded annual physical. Thank my lucky stars the papers containing my bloodwork results were glowing so brightly I almost had to wear shades!Cholesterol Ratio: perfectoTriglycerides: almost non-existantGood Cholesterol: through the roofFasting Glucose: mighty fine…and so it went. I’d just finished [Read More]
Ding Dong the Weight is Gone
The wicked holiday weight is finally gone! How’d I do it? Simple: A phone call. To the doc’s office. For an appointment. That’s right, My dreaded Annual Physical is tomorrow. If mainlining broccoli for 2 weeks will roust any plaque that may be setting up shop in my arteries, and dropping a prodigious 3 pounds [Read More]
Well iDeclare!
My A-List Besties have reached the triple digits! That calls for a celebration! What better way to do that than to share some love? This particular love is sponsored by the talented peeps at i Declare!. I’ve admired their gorgeous jewelry for eons. Now an i Declare! creation can be yours! 4 Ways to Win: [Read More]
Troubleshooting From the Hips
During the ‘offseason’ I brought my running down to the bare necessities and focused on my poor, neglected core. Because I’ve proven to be pretty much incapable of working out on my own (without someone standing watch, preferably shouting insults) I attended 2 weekly conditioning classes at the gym. I squatted and shuffled my poor [Read More]
Training Recap
Boston Training Week #2 is complete! 39 milesThe week went like this:Monday: SRDTuesday: Yoga class and Speedwork: 800m repeats. These were hard but tame compared to last week’s mile repeats.Wednesday: 10 miles. This is the ‘extra endurance run’ I’ve added to my plan. It was great until about 8 miles, then became somewhat leaden.Thursday: 8 [Read More]
100 Days
100 days from now I and 24 thousand and some of my running cohorts will be toeing the line in Hopkinton for THE BOSTON MARATHON!!!Yes the day is incredible and auspicious and yes the course is historic and challenging and yes the crowds are THE BEST, but to me what matters most is the journey.The [Read More]
A Final Word on Resolutions
photo: Marina Oliphant From the looks of the gym parking lot, I’d say everyone has started making good on their New Year’s resolutions. I think I’ll arrange to drop in by parachute the next time I want to workout there. I haven’t set any terribly ambitious goals.I will be a happy camper if I can: [Read More]
Taming the Monkey Brain
I’ve known for some time now that occasionally I am prone to negative self-talk.Since acknowledgment is the first step in recovery, I’m gonna out myself here.As you probably know, my focus has turned to Boston training for just over a week now. The uber cold weather, coupled with the fact that I operate on toddler [Read More]
