September 2010

Previous marathon training long runs: 8.0 is better together 10.0 for the win 11.0 miles: Attempt #2 Half Marathon Thursday 10.0 Glorious Miles   Afternoon! This morning, I woke up rather early for this week’s LONG RUN.  If you’re wondering why I’m already running 15.0 miles three months before the marathon, it’s because I’ve become [...]

Hello friends!  I am currently running 15 miles (gulp) but I wanted to leave you with a bit of inspiration.  For my Healthy Tipping Point series, I profile people who have changed their lives and found a healthy balance.  I occasionally profile people who have overcome an eating disorder.  EDs and issues such as depression, [...]

Hello there! Yesterday, Karen sent me this link from the Happiness Project called “Six Tips for Forcing Yourself to Tackle a Dreaded Task.”  It was totally the kick-in-the-pants that I needed to buckle down and get a fair amount of writing done.  Yay!   Lunch was leftover tofu enchiladas from last night:   Which I [...]

My, oh my – I left you hanging about one of my favorite non-food and fitness topics!  Where did we leave off?   Part I (February) – I began to have concerns that I’ve been on the Pill for “too long” and feared I won’t get my period if I go off of it after [...]

Morning!  I woke up early so I could make it to an AM Mixed Power yoga class.  It was a new teacher for me, and I loved the music she played – lots of Snow Patrol!   Last week, I invested in a Yogitoes towel.  For a long, long time, I thought Yogitoes were a [...]

My friend Cindi is training for her VERY first race – a half marathon!   She’s doing the same race that I’m doing in December (I’m doing the full distance), so we’re going to try to do some training runs together.   Cindi is currently running about 5.0 miles max, but on the treadmill.  Of [...]

The Husband and I decided to walk to Providence Cafe for a business lunch today. I think FALL is officially here (although it’s still 85+ degrees in Charlotte): Providence Cafe was great.  I ate here a few weeks ago for a meeting with Girls on the Run and have been dying to take the Hus. [...]

Good morning! So far, I’ve been insanely unproductive this morning, reading fashion blogs and jamming to Brendan James.  Tanner (the famous Tanner of Y2 Yoga) gifted the album to me on iTunes.  I love listening to the music in the studio so it was a pleasant surprise!   Onto breakfast: Yogurt mess of:   Greek [...]

The Husband and I have been staring at ad rates for Natural Awakening magazine for over an hour, trying to decide how big of an ad we should take out for his clinic. Do we go big or go home? Be frugal? Go for a splashy color ad or simple black and white?   Beyond [...]

STRENGTH!   I’m in the middle of training for marathon #2, and this time around, I’m focused on strength.  More than anything, I want to come up to that start line feeling strong and capable.   Cue: Terminator Face (greatly assisted by Terminator Sunglasses). My path to strength?  Running (obviously), lots of hot yoga, and [...]

Wish I might… The long weekend is officially over.  Regular work shall now resume.  :(   On a happier note, I bet a lot of you have four-day work weeks now! Wahoo!  That’s almost better than a three-day weekend, in my opinion.   Breakfast: I haven’t made French toast in so long – I was [...]

The Husband and I wrapped up our afternoon with another hot and sweaty yoga class.  He’s really gotten into the practice and even bought a month-long pass!  Tomorrow, we’re going to both do a series of flexibility tests to assess where we are at the beginning of the month, and then we’ll re-test ourselves after [...]

Our favorite thing about living in Charlotte?  It’s so walkable! We had to run an errand at the clinic, so instead of getting in our car and driving over, we decided to walk.  In total, we covered over 3.0 miles!  It was so beautiful outside, too.  I love sneaky exercise.   Came home and made [...]