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The Slowest Thing on Two Wheels
There are people, like my neighbors, who dress in cycling gear and take their road bikes out for 60-mile rides. Me? Once a week, I hook up the kiddie trailer and lumber around town. I try to spend most of Sunday morning on the bike. It’s the perfect day for a ride, because we rarely […] Read More
Fitness Fix: Yoga
Yoga is an excellent method of exercise, stretching and relaxation contributing to core strength, lean muscles and overall mind-body awareness. It’s also a good way for overachievers to hurt themselves. Yes, I speak from experience. While I’ve long incorporated yoga poses into my post-run stretching, I haven’t been to a proper yoga class in close […] Read More
Ironman
As a kid, I loved Wide World of Sports. This was before ESPN2 showed every obscure sport or pseudo-sport known to mankind. I knew more about diving, ski jumping and boxing than any 7-year-old had any business knowing, but my favorite sport of all was the Ironman. I loved these people. I was just a […] Read More
How to Choose a Sports Bra
Ladies, I didn’t think I’d be going here so soon, but the more time I spend at running and kickboxing, the more I realize that there is a sports bra crisis in this country, and someone needs to say something about it. Because good lord, ladies, you just shouldn’t be bouncing around like that. Why […] Read More
Injuries
The article in Runner’s World came at just the right time. The nagging tightness and discomfort in my twisted ankle wasn’t going away, in spite of warming up thoroughly, stopping to stretch it, and trying to ignore it completely. Injury fact: denial never makes an injury go away. With the words of the article rattling […] Read More
Best Sunscreens
Like Betty, I have freckles. Most of my workouts occur outdoors. This combination could prove disastrous without the proper sunscreen. After all, I just don’t have the sort of skin that should ever be exposed to sunlight. Now, you can read every sunscreen review that’s out there, but here’s a sunscreen tip for you: the […] Read More
Fitness Fix: Running, Part 2
Part 1 of this article can be found here. After my 27-year break from running (if you can call it that), I started seriously running in 2007 at age 33. Lesson #1: I love to be outside. After years in the gym or Pilates studio, it came as a pleasant surprise to realize that I […] Read More
Fitness Fix: Pilates
There seem to be two camps regarding Pilates. The first is filled with people who write it off as some ridiculous celebrity trend. The second is filled with devotees who think that Joseph Pilates was on to something. I fall into the latter camp. Developed by boxer Joseph Pilates in the early 20th century, Pilates […] Read More
Fitness Fix: Running, Part 1
I think I was about six years old when I stopped running. Being a type-A overachiever, I didn’t see any reason to continue to do something when I obviously was not the fastest or best at it. My gangly legs just never moved fast enough to keep up with the other kids who just seemed […] Read More
Improvement = Training x Rest
Improvement = Training x Rest. This is a Team in Training coaching mantra. There’s a lot of emphasis on the importance of rest, and I, being a good little rule-follower, am only too happy to oblige this week. Tuesday night was the big night of circuit training (on top of a morning of kickboxing), and […] Read More
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