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December 2009
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Music To Run With
duplo:
What’s your favorite song to workout to at the moment? I got a new iPod for Christmas and I want to load it up and (finally) hit the road again!
Suggestions?
i just made a new playlist that, at a different time, i would have been embarrassed to post. but i’m old enough now i don’t give a shit.
party in the usa - miley cirus my life would suck without you - kelly clarkson...
November 2009
2 posts
“When you’re running, there are a million things telling you you can’t do it....”
– Kara Goucher, from this Exclusive Interview with Competitor Running
October 2009
1 post
NYTimes Zucchini Pasta Recipe →
lizlemon:
downsizing:
Delicious and easy. I didn’t use the tomato sauce, or the parmesan and I added some garlic. Amazing.
I made this for dinner tonight because I looooove zucchini, but I used frozen garlic from Trader Joe’s* and added cherry tomatoes. No sauce, just parmesan cheese. YUM. Dinner WIN.
*This is easily the best thing I’ve learned about all year, thanks, Sari! One cube of...
September 2009
6 posts
Somewhere around 4 a.m.,
I rolled over and discovered that the only parts of my body that weren’t sore were my hands, my feet, and my face.
Obviously the only thing to do was exercise, so I spent an hour on the bike. All in all, two great days of exercise.
Words of Wisdom →
scenes-from-my-hood:
she said, your body is an organic whole.
you cannot choose bits and pieces.
it all works together.
you’re not a torso and legs.
you’re a whole machine.
i’m an extraordinary machine, at that.
Our return to the road only lasted two miles this...
but it was a good two miles, and pacing a full minute faster than where I’d been when we last ran outside. So that was cool.
And naturally, feeling like a bit of a badass, I decided to do a second workout this afternoon. This Jillian Michaels workout, to be exact. Five full minutes each of bicep curls and tricep presses? I think I’m dead now. And hoping I don’t need to use...
Can music affect your workout? →
yourbestbodyever:
What kind of music do you like to listen to when you workout?
Anything I know the words to so that I can sing out loud and off-key to BF. Rick Astley works really well for this. Also hip-hop, rap, all other eighties pop classics and rock. If it makes me want to dance, jump around, sing or drive fast, it will probably make me want to run.
August 2009
27 posts
“Try to keep pushing… but when that feels like too much…just try to keep going. ...”
– Emphasis Added!: Good Run
My Top 10 Eating Tips
yourbestbodyever:
Experts agree that one of the best ways to ensure a longer, healthier life is to eat well, keep your weight in check, and eat the right foods for your body. While it’s easy to give in to poor eating habits, it’s actually quite easy to eat healthfully, when you pare it down to a few rules. Following are my top 10 healthy eating tips.
1. Eat a variety of nutrient rich foods....
Experimental Brick*: 20 minutes on the bike + 2...
I have even more respect for all of you triathletes out there because of today’s workout. My legs felt like jelly for the first half-mile on the treadmill, and then just death thereafter. It was all I could do to make it through. If swimming had been involved, I may very well have drowned myself just to avoid the rest of the thing. It basically felt as though I had never run before (and...
4 very slow and difficult miles on the treadmill.
One for each day I haven’t exercised. I was hoping spending ten days at high altitude would make my return to Texas running a breeze, but it didn’t. Also, it was 102F today and our air conditioner couldn’t compete. Nonetheless I did manage correctly answer an entire category of Double Jeopardy. That has to be worth something, right?
“Warm up before stretching. Stretching cold muscles can injure them. Warming up -...”
– University of California, Berkeley. 365 Tips for Better Health. (via yourbestbodyever)
so important and so often over-looked.
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better...”
– ~Tim Duncan (via rundanrun) (via yourbestbodyever)
auto-reblog for the greatest power forward of all time.
“You can always expect me to go out and do my best.”
– Usain Bolt
“Training is principally an act of faith. The athlete must believe in its...”
– ~Franz Stampfl from On Running, 1955 (via rundanrun)
treadmill fartlek.
two minutes hard, one minute recovery. nine times. plus sit-ups, lunges, and bicep curls. all in less than an hour.
i definitely made the most of today’s workout.
“When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a...”
– Emil Zatopek
(via rundanrun)
A New Tumblr I'm Following: Your Best Body Ever →
It’s very thoughtful and written by a professional. What more could you ask for?
“You need to recognize your performance is not always indicative of your fitness...”
– My favorite bit from Overcome the Summer Running Slump (via The Nutritionista)
Watchjjae:
Had enough of Goucher yet?
Found this video, thanks to Joel, who may or may not have a little crush on Kara.
I have a huge crush. She totally inspires.
Distance runners make better lovers.
duh. (via caryrandolph)
July 2009
6 posts
Dirty Rice Recipe →
i also just had a massive craving for dirty rice. turns out it’s more complicated than we thought, so it won’t be making the menu tonight. soon though. possibly without the giblets. we’ll see.
Spaghetti with Pinot Grigio and Seafood Recipe →
this looks so yummy. i’m slowly making my way back to the blogosphere, i promise. by way of recipes.