The inevitable side-effect to turning over one’s closet seasonally is that sudden awareness of what’s missing. Nevertheless, it is also an opportunity to reunite with old favorites, and revisit pieces that may not have gotten their proper attention in the past. The opportunities for pairing, for mixing and matching, abound. It has been a while […]
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There are several women at my pool who are truly exceptional swimmers. Their strokes seems effortless. They glide across the pool unimaginably fast. They flip-turn. They arrive with their own apparatus, like pull buoys, swim paddles and resistance gloves. They have clearly been swimming since high school, or even middle school, swim team. And I […]
Ordinarily, my transition to spring running is rather seamless. After training through the winter, I gradually begin to shed layers as the weather warms up. Having spent much of this past winter indoors, nursing an injury, I never really did acclimate to the cold. I never had to. So my transition to spring has been […]
Today I began my “spring cleaning.” This may be the first official year that I have done this in my home; but I feel the need to organize, to turn over. It feels strange to pack away all of my winter things; to empty and then refill cabinets and drawers. But it feels good, too. […]
I am not a fan of the treadmill (a.k.a. the “dreadmill”). When I was in high school and law school I had one in my bedroom and used it almost daily. In college, I used the one in my in-building gym, despite living in one of the most beautiful places in the world to run […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rachel On and On 