Last night, I skipped yoga and went to an event at Clif Bar Headquarters. It was a reception and talk with four professional triathletes: Tim O'Donnell, Terenzo Bozzone, Linsey Corbin, & Ben Hoffman. This is a star lineup and I was very excited to get inspired for my upcoming return to multisport after a year of consistently running and doing yoga ( Read more... )

Amazing ( Read more... )

I didn't make my optimal glycogen uptake window after my Sunday run. (oooh, I'm trying to intimidate you with science!) I.e. I didn't eat within 30 minutes of finishing a long workout. I'm still paying for it and it's Wednesday. My quads ache, just ache. Yesterday they were hurting and my hamstrings were hurting. Sort of a beginner mistake. I was ( Read more... )

What a weekend ( Read more... )

I've been very consistent in my yoga practice for the past several months.  I go to Vinyasa Flow on Thursday nights at Namaste Oakland. The teacher is Sparkle Thornton and she is a-maze-ing. Yoga is like anything. If you want to improve at that thing, you have to do it. You will improve more consistently if you do it, consistently. I started my ( Read more... )

Argh!  I find it very challenging to eat my target percentage and number of grams of protein. I feel like I should just carry a can of beans wherever I go. And I'm bumping it up with some protein shakes. For all the working out I have done over the years, I've never changed my body composition and I think it's because I've never gotten enough ( Read more... )

For background, please read my Race PlanThe days leading up to my race and especially the day before were difficult. It has been a couple of years since I "really" raced. I have been doing some 5k races over the last year or so but I have excused myself from worrying about them because they were short or I had the stroller so I wan't trying to go ( Read more... )

I have a race on Sunday. The Dick Houston Memorial Woodminster Cross Country Race. Hell of a name and a hell of a race ( Read more... )

I went running with Archie yesterday. it was the afternoon and when I left my house it was in the mid-eighties. It was the mid afternoon, the hottest part of the day but it was long slow run day so I figured we would take it easy and be fine.

We drove to the park. It was very warm but for some reason I kept thinking that it must be the same ( Read more... )

in my three month spring vacation I spent a lot of time in parks. most notably those that are part of the east bay regional park district. I have spent many hours running and hiking in Redwood, Anthony Chabot, Huckleberry, Sibley, Roberts, Doable Foothills, & Tilden Parks.

These parks are fantastic. They offer something for everyone. Tot lots and ( Read more... )