Last Friday, with a sudden burst of dutch courage (the same one that makes me do some crazy things once in a while!) I decided to go to the 50m county pool instead of my usual 25yds. To get used to the cold, I tried the bobbing in water technique suggested at OWS clinic (not really that cold at 81F, but as usual it felt so to me at first dip.). It helped a little, but not too much so I…
Soon after I saw the first Spirit of the Marathon, it became such an inspiration and motivation for me that I’d see it every time I was on the treadmill. Especially powerful since the movie was about Chicago Marathon and I was training for the Chicago marathon. Or maybe I was inspired to sign up for Chicago over Marine Corps or anything else because I watched it. Whatever be the reason, I watched it every. single. week. of training. Which…
I’ve been wanting to try CrossFit for sometime now. And it was mostly fear that was stopping me. On Wednesday, I gathered up a lot of Dutch courage and went in for an introductory class. I had emailed back and forth with the owner for a while, letting him know that I was nowhere close to doing even 10% of what regular crossfitters seem to do and he was very nice reassuring me that they were not going to kill…
I went out to run a short 3 miles on tuesday with Big Peach Running Company, our local running store. I’ve never usually made it out, but it was a short 3 mile instead of the usual 5 miles and my husband was home early, so I dashed over. The drive was where the dash ended. I wilted about 1.75 – 2 miles into the run. There was a ton of factors – it was my first run/movement in 13…
I LOVE mangoes. Love them! Then I wrote a post on some of my favorite mango recipes, Indian style. And when my husband came home with a big bunch of super sweet mangoes, I had a sudden hankering for mango salsa. But I wanted something more healthy than chips to eat with it. I was initially thinking of quinoa, but I spotted Trader Joe’s harvest blend in my pantry. The blend is a mix of Israeli Couscous, Orzo, Baby Garbanzo…
Does it already feel like summer or do you wish for summer to get here? Why not dress up cool like summer to get your wish? I wore this outfit on plenty of group runs to many compliments. I was told that I looked very like ‘summer’ and another person told me that I looked like a watermelon! So why not? Summer Watermelon it is! Skirt Sports’ Gym Girl Ultra in Pink crush paired up perfectly with a green Tshirt….