2020 intentions | the venturing east takeaway
2019 was a year of plunges. It was a year. I moved forward, away, backwards, and probably diagonal at some points. Sometimes I…
Tag: lifestyle
3 crescent moon variations for core stability
Crescent Moon, Anjaneyasana, presses its way into my practice almost daily. It’s a haven for stability, from feet to shins to quadriceps to…
turkey trot week! workouts + brief race recap
The Tampa Bay Times Turkey Trot officially rounds off my summer/fall racing season, and my body is beyond ready for lower mileage and…
week of 5k workouts + pre-marathon training recovery protocol
Aside from a Colorado run that filled my soul with happiness, this week was not a strong one. My paces, while pretty good,…
the athlete’s travel toolkit: snacks for airplane travel
Much as I love sampling local cuisine, the process of home-to-destination involves a trek through morbidly expensive, often bland airport snack counters. I’m…
week in workouts + the simplest fried egg (in the microwave!)
First week back after the Lake to Lake 10K and I certainly dealt with more fatigue this time around than with the Fort…
how i eat in a typical 15k training day
First and foremost, I am not a number-cruncher. I do not track macros, I only input meals in My Fitness Pal to gauge…
sunflower bliss balls
I used to eat a peanut butter-chocolate chip version of these little oat nuggets religiously every morning. That formula I see most often,…
15k training: week 4 workouts + the beauty of down weeks
A down week, at last! I cut my mileage back 20% for week 4 to give my body a bit of time to…
15k training: week 3 workouts + boat hold benefits
Week three yielded one of my best long runs in quite some time. A few days felt less stifling than prior, though the…