by Michele | Dec 31, 2011 | Adventures, Martial Arts, Running, Travel
New Year’s resolutions make no sense to me. Why does a change in the calendar year dictate when we’re allowed to make a new commitment? Why can’t we improve our lives and/or the lives of others, challenge ourselves, or try something new whenever the...
by Michele | Dec 23, 2011 | Running
This morning’s 5 mile run was exhausting. It may have been our general energy levels or the unanticipated heat or the hydration pack I tried to wear with the 2 liter hydration reservoir. Two liters feels surprisingly heavy while running. Now that we’re...
by Michele | Dec 18, 2011 | Running
Eight miles feels so much longer than 7. Four weeks ago, we started training for a half marathon. Over the past year, we ran a few 5Ks and one 8K (and Eric ran a 15K last weekend), but, until recently, distance has not been our focus. However, we’ve always...
by Michele | Nov 20, 2011 | Running
Barefoot Fun Run Background The first race Eric and I ever ran together was the Barefoot Fun Run in November of 2010 [blog post here]. At the time of the 2010 race, Eric had been running for about 6 months and I had been running less than 3 months. We continued to...
by Michele | Jul 22, 2011 | P90X, Running
Today is Day 30 of our P90X training program. 60 days remaining. We began the P90X Lean program on June 16, 2011. We ran through the first 2 weeks splendidly, albeit painfully. We did every workout and didn’t skip days. Since I also do Kung Fu, there were days...
by Michele | Jul 8, 2011 | P90X, Running
Saturday was my first attempt at running since I broke my toe 4 months ago. If you missed how the toe broke, check out the XTERRA Trout Creek post and the post-break update. Eric and I have been doing P90X for over two weeks and we went out of town with our DVDs,...
