Exercise can seem like an enormous demon. Gyms can be intimidating. Fitness DVDs get lost beneath the pile of Things You Actually Want to Watch. Home workout equipment works well as an expensive, dusty drying rack — we once had an elliptical that did a fantastic job of air-drying clothes.
But the older I get, the more I realize that it doesn’t have to be a big deal. Go for a walk. Take a hike. Ride your bike. Shoot some free throws. Do the things that were fun when you were a kid. Just get moving.
Let’s go!
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Beginning Running (Again)
Why Did I Stop? Internet, how many times have I told you to not let me stop running after the race? Huh? And yet here we are, two months after the US Half, taking my first lumbering steps through the hilly vineyards of Livermore. It was a very foggy Saturday morning when I met my […] Read More
On the Move
Tales of a Fitbit Obsessive Everyone in our family has a Fitbit. The Assistant enjoys the fact that school recesses and P.E. classes always kept him at the top of the family leaderboard. The Husband’s coworkers decided to implement a Workweek Challenge. That’s where you compete against a select crew of invitees for 5-day totals. […] Read More
A Little Less Well
In Which I Contemplate Working Less Oh hey, hi! Didn’t see you there, internet friend. See, I’ve been busy. I hate saying that I’m busy. It’s such a cliche. “Oh, I’m so much busier than you are, therefore I must be more important.” Gag. But it’s the kind of busy that’s been going on for […] Read More
Race Recap: US Half Marathon, SF
US Half: The Hilliest, Prettiest Half Marathon Remember yesterday when I told you about running the half marathon that I’d forgotten that I’d registered for? Well, let me give you a little backstory. After forgetting about it completely until I was reminded two weeks ago during Nike, I figured that there were two options. Option […] Read More
Half Plus Half
My 2nd Half Marathon As this post goes live, I’ll be somewhere along Aquatic Park in San Francisco, about to run my second half marathon in a month. Considering that I’ve never even run two half marathons in a year before, this is somewhat uncharted territory for me. It all started last year when my friend, […] Read More
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