Whenever I try a new exercise, I want to do it well. I want to do it competitively, and I want to constantly improve. When I started swimming about six weeks ago, I didn’t expect to immediately be able to swim laps for an hour straight. Sure, I wanted to. But I knew that it […]
Monthly Archives: March 2014
I am not currently in training, specifically. However I am working towards healing my injury and building up my strength, speed and endurance. My focus on endurance training is a bit different from what it was before my injury. My prior strategy was just to hang on for as long as possible. Now, I focus so much […]
I am having one of those days where I just can’t seem to stop eating. This is somewhat atypical for me, and ordinarily brought on due to fighting off an illness or not having eaten enough the day before. I am thinking that the latter is the case here; and if it is, I am […]
One of the best things is life is to see how well others appreciate a person that is special and important to you. I had the opportunity to tag along to one of El Profesor’s lectures today. The sheer joy that I experienced was not just because I was able to watch him in his […]
I am sitting at my desk researching summer course offerings at local colleges. It is likely the first step in the process to “going back to school”… or whatever that means. I am not sure yet. What I do know is that if I actually take the leap, I will not squander the opportunity as […]
A new sport means new gear. Having fallen in and out of love with running over the past sixteen years (we’re going steady now, though), there have been more than a couple of occasions when I have had to restock my supply of gear. This has typically meant spending upwards of $100 on new shoes, […]
I have been known to take a pretty hard stance against wearing race shirts for races that haven’t been run. In my 2+ years of racing, I have missed a couple of races: once for being sick; once for being sore; and thrice (all in 2014) for being injured. I even refused to wear a […]
Courtesy of a mid-nineties episode of Seinfeld, the “big salad” or large New York-style diner salad entered the mainstream. It’s the perfect lunch option for the health-conscious…or is it? The answer is, it depends. The bigger the salad, the more add-ins it likely contains. Each add-in ingredient brings its own nutritional value and adds to […]
I make green smoothies pretty often. I have been on kicks where I will make one every single day for weeks. Any great green smoothie begins with three ingredients: Almond Milk I prefer to use unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze. I am not a fan of overly-sweet foods, so this unsweetened option works well for me. […]
Never underestimate the power of spending the day with one of your best girl friends.
Rachel On and On 