Probably one of my favorite things about working out, aside from the health benefits and endorphin rush, is wearing fun, fashionable gear. Yes a workout feels that much better when you look good doing it! Me? I can never have too many half zips. The brighter the better for the safety aspect as well as [Read More]
Stuff I Love: November Edition
Shower Pill: You all know I’ve been going to hot vinyasa flow (or as I like to say ‘sweat your nuts off, or SYNO ) yoga for a couple of weeks now. I was beginning to think when I survived the 3rd class that things were looking up and SYNO was no longer impossible. Alas [Read More]
Hard Yoga and Some Freestyle
I’m changing up my workouts now that my running ‘season’ is over. That includes 2 yoga classes, which I’m proud to say, I went to last week. Gosh the studio was packed: I had to go smack dab in front of the instructor to avoid sweaty split shorts guy and the yoga diva who windmills [Read More]
Are You A Squeaky Wheel?
Typically I’m pretty even keeled. At least I think I am. Running has a lot to do with that. I don’t go off unless there’s a really good reason. The time the school bus driver blew past our stop and took Thing 2, then a kindergartner on a 90-minute tour of suburbia was one of [Read More]
Yoga For Runners and Injury Update
It was a fabulous, fallish weekend here in the Chi-town boonies with excellent running and racing weather. It’s amazing the difference 20+ degrees makes. I felt like a new woman. My cranky hip cooperated for a 13.25 mile run. That was a huge confidence builder for the RnR Denver on 9/22. As far as marathon [Read More]
Foodie Friday: Cucumber Edition
It’s ‘attack of the killer cucumbers’ in our garden these days. I’ve been looking for a way to use them beyond sandwiches or as crudities. My grandmother used to make a cucumber salad that was so good. Sadly she is gone and so is the recipe. I found a similar recipe by Ellie Krieger that [Read More]
My Yoga Story and Giveaway Fun
I first tried yoga when I was 19 years old. I was a dancer/figure skater through high school and hoped to maintain some of the flexibility into my college years and beyond. So I signed up for a weekly class at the local YMCA. Because it was held on the top floor of a high [Read More]
Adjusting to Change: A Progress Report
The other day I was lamenting about how school schedules, change of seasons, the infamous hip injury etc. shook my little corner of the world a little bit, tossing me out of my beloved routine. I’ve got some progress to report: some good, some not so much: 1. I completed a 6-mile run this morning. [Read More]
Before MAYhem Begins
Oh wait, it already did. Well just a few random things about April before I jump in to May. For me, April was about baby steps. I snagged the graphic below from my friend Jodi’s board on Pinterest. It is a great reminder that change does not have to be huge….that even small tweaks, done [Read More]
Channeling 22
Google Images After Monday’s yoga incident, I unwisely got out bright and early Tuesday morning to test the hamstring and assess the damage. I managed five leaden, pathetic miles, which, save for a few jolts from the hamstring when I stepped ‘wrong’, were painfree. However I may or may not have been gimping the last mile or [Read More]
