15k training: week 5 workouts + 5 minute post-run stretch routine
Recording things meticulously inspires me to actually do what I had in mind to do. The stretching routine I created for this post…
Category: Lifestyle
15k training: week 4 workouts + the beauty of down weeks
A down week, at last! I cut my mileage back 20% for week 4 to give my body a bit of time to…
gentle heart-opening flow
Emphasis on heart openers was no accident in my inaugural group yoga class. For one, I taught to a wonderful community of swimmers…
15k training: week 3 workouts + boat hold benefits
Week three yielded one of my best long runs in quite some time. A few days felt less stifling than prior, though the…
15k training: week 2 workouts + curtsy lunge demo
Florida won’t relent with neither the heat nor the rain. Several days in a row now the streets and sidewalks slicken with puddles…
one day in salida, colorado
Volunteer efforts during the High Lonesome 100 ultramarathon occupied much of our short expedition in Salida. Even so, the small town layered quite…
fort desoto 15k training: week 1 workouts + bloody mary salmon
I promised myself, after running the Big Sur Marathon in April on limited, injurous, highly-flawed training, that I’d approach running more intelligently in…
yoga flow for a hectic day
Time and again I return home from work frazzled. Employment in a high-volume, time-sensitive coffee shop tends to wriggle me into a stressed…
adventures in swimming + four sample workouts
Swimming is harder than most give it credit for. Sure, joint stress is drastically mitigated due to the lack of impact and break…
evening skincare routine (cruelty-free)
Earlier in my morning skincare routine I provided an extensive roundup of all my skin issues: namely, acne, oil, and pigmentation, mostly hormonal…