All Hail the Hill

I love incorporating hills into my workouts.  In hill running you use body weight as a resistance to push against, so you develop serious leg power and your cardiovascular system becomes improved. In a nutshell, hill training provides the following benefits: it helps develop power and muscle elasticity (the elasticity results from the bouncy effect …

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Going with the Flow

And I don't mean in Yoga class.  Going with the flow simply means that you are able to adapt or adjust during your workout in case things are not going the way you want. For example, I planned a great circuit workout for my class today but the implementation of it was not going as …

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January 10th Check-In

When December 31st rolled to January 1st did you vow to eat better, drink less, move more?  Did you promise to hang up your clothes instead of dropping them in a heap at the foot of your bed or to stop yelling at your kids? We'll we're 10 days in to the new year.  And …

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Utility Runs – Get One

Having 2 or 3 “no need to think about where you’re going” runs are what I call Utility Runs.  I can literally walk outside my door and do a 3 mile, 4 mile, 4.5 mile, or even just a 2 mile “I don’t have time but can’t imagine my day without going for a run” …

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Trail Run Series Begins

As a sneaky way to stay motivated and energized through a 18 week marathon training program, I'm extending an invitation for my fellow runner (and walkers) to join in on some trail runs on the weekends.  For the most part the runs will take place on Sundays but depending on scheduling, there may be a …

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New and Improved

The other day I mentioned goals and what I was hoping to accomplish in 2015.  Here are a few things I've been thinking about. Get My Race On I've joined a team to do a Ragnar Relay that goes from Huntington Beach to San Diego in April and the BMO Vancouver Marathon in early May.  …

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I Knew I Forgot Something!

in 2014 I ran a Mud Run, a Color Run, a12k, a trail half marathon and started running trails with my 15 year old daughter.  But to be completely honest, I was unfocused and not very motivated. So looking back over the year and doing a bit of introspection, I realized that I failed to …

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