Four people from my running group showed up last night (that's actually a good number - sometimes we only have two), but our damn coach wasn't there AGAIN. So we ran with the novices again (they do the same mileage but take more frequent walk breaks). Sigh ( Read more... )

I went to the outdoor yoga class again last night, and I was the ONLY ONE THERE. I hate it when that happens - I feel like I'm holding the instructor hostage. But Sonia is very sweet and didn't seem at all bothered to be leading a class with only me in it. We did a fairly different class from Sunday's - some vinyasas and lots of warrior poses, both ( Read more... )

Even though I stretch after every run, I've been feeling some tightness lately in my calves and quads. So I am trying, again, to make yoga a regular part of my exercise program. Both times I've tried yoga before I've loved it for a month or two and then abruptly gotten insanely, completely fed up with it (and I've tried different teachers, styles, ( Read more... )

We were scheduled to do 2.5 miles for our group run last night, but our coach didn't really seem to know where we were supposed to turn around. We ran from Auditorium Shores to the entrance to Barton Springs Pool and back, which turned out to be just a hair under 3 miles (2.94, according to my Garmin) - my longest run since the 5K two months ago! ( Read more... )

Kayak polo nationals are going to be in Austin this year!! That means zero traveling expenses, and, since they'll be in October, PLENTY of warm weather time to practice before they arrive. Aside from October being my most ridiculously busy work month, I have no valid reason not to participate. eek ( Read more... )

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I woke up earlier than usual today, have a happy hour to go to after work, and wanted to avoid tonight's cold front, so I actually got up and went running before work this morning! Aside from picking possibly the most humid January morning EVER, it felt pretty good, although I did stop for a few minutes along the Shoal Creek Greenbelt to let Riley ( Read more... )

For me this was only the second group run (since I missed last week), and this week's schedule called for the same run as last Thursday - 2 miles at an R5W1 ratio (so run for 5 minutes, walk for 1 minute). I was already wondering why, if the distance stayed the same, we didn't up the length of the run portions, but it got worse. With the crappy ( Read more... )

I was just logging the past few days' exercise and realized that yesterday's run, which felt so tough, was done at a *much* faster pace than usual. So maybe I was premature in blaming Sunday's walk for my tiredness.

Turns out that walking seven miles on "cross-training day" does unpleasant things to the next day's run. I always feel like hell for the first mile or so of a run, but today it just never got better. It didn't help that the rain caused me to overdress (even at 45 and rainy, pants were uncomfortably warm), but ... bleh. Worn out. I'm debating ( Read more... )