We sat at breakfast one Wednesday morning, and I was recapping the previous night’s Team in Training run with my then 3-year-old son. He listened carefully as I talked about our tempo run, and seemed deep in thought as he ate his oatmeal. “Is running your job?” he asked between bites. “No,” I explained. “I’m…
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Another 40: Day 1
I’m back! Did you miss me? I know that I missed this. My body/brain balance needs a little bit of attention after a month of limited exercise and lots of writing. Some changes since last time: I’m not tracking calories or eating habits this time around. I’m mostly concerned with things that make me feel…
*Groan* (How the Wii Fit Kicked my A**)
The Wii Fit package features four happy people doing yoga poses. They’re dressed in white, smiling and generally having a good time. And I’ll admit, the first time I tried the Wii Fit at my in-laws’ house, I felt the same way. I had loads of fun as I stood there in my street clothes…
Zumba, or being ahead of the curve
A few years back, I owned a Pilates and yoga studio in San Jose. As the child of a mother who died young from heart disease, health and fitness have always been very important to me, and my goal with the studio was to make fitness fun. To vary the offerings a bit, and to…
The New Year
I don’t make new year’s resolutions. I don’t like to make promises that I can’t or won’t keep. Yet this year in particular, I find myself inclined to make promises about my health. You see, there’s nothing quite like sitting through two days of product training for a cardiovascular surgery client to make me acutely…
Training
I frequently run into a woman at the gym. She’s talked about signing on with a personal trainer and wanted to know if I’d be interested in joining her in order to get a pairs discount. In spite of the fact that I really should be training for a half marathon, I’m just not terribly…