STandin’ on a corner in Winslow Arizona For the first time ever, I worked out with Mitch this morning. Since I ran long yesterday, it was time for an easy hour-long session with a bit of cardio, a bit of strength and a bit of stretching. We met at The Village, warmed up for 10 […]
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The Power of Red
My calf muscles were a little bit sore this morning. I wore my Zensah calf-compression sleeves all day. They are still sore. I didn’t feel like running but ran on the treadmill at The Village. It was a beautiful day outside but I lacked motivation or inspiration. I felt blase; almost lazy. My run mimicked […]
Running instead of biking today
Cloudy skies over McDowell Mountains I had made plans to go biking with Kristi, Katie and Mike in Fountain Hills. I was admittedly lazy this morning and made excuses to chicken out. My left calf had a small niggle but it was nothing that should have held me back. I felt somewhat bad but not […]
When the medicine ball breaks
I’ve been talking about the weather a lot lately. That’s because it has been rainy and dreary and cold here in Scottsdale. Usually when my friends call from un north and ask about the weather, I say “What weather?” Not so lately… Jamie’s class rocked as usual. It was an hour of thumping music with […]
Spectacular sunset and a rockin’ cardio-sculpt class
Sunsets in Arizona are amazing. I have seen tons of spectacular sunsets will brilliant hues of orange, pink and purple. When there is a light layer of scattered clouds during sunset, the colors come alive. As you can see from the picture above, today’s sunset was exhilarating! Right after I saw it, I went for […]
Swimming in a sparse pool after eons at The Village
After months of hiatus from swimming, I took the plunge in the water at The Village. It was a gorgeous day with lovely sunshine and virtually no wind. I dreaded jumping in the water but found it refreshingly easy to swim more than a mile today. I started with a warm-up of 400 followed by […]
Wild heartrate fluctuations during cross training
I went to the Cross Training Challenge class at The Village taught by Mel. Mel is crazy. She is an ultrarunner. She competes in 50-mile and 100-mile trail runs and routinely wins them. She also falls down and cracks her bones regularly. Today she had a cast on her right wrist. It was pink. She’s […]
Jaime’s class gets some Twitter action
Today was my first real workout since the New York Marathon. I went to The Village for Jaime’s cardio-sculpt class. She’s one tough cookie. With some crazy pumpin’ music, my heart was thumping to level 4 at times. As usual, it was a combination of sprints, weights, jumps, burpees, squats, lunges, balances, pushups, twists, etc. […]
Living room is a yoga studio
Before (top) – After (bottom) – Living Room The suspected scorpion-bite from earlier this week seems to have left some residual stiffness in my right leg. If my knee pain was caused by a scorpion-bite, I can still feel it in my right hip and my right calf. It feels as if my right leg […]
Does anyone know how to raindance?
Why is still so hot in Arizona? It was overcast but almost up to triple-digits again today. I’ve had it with the heat. I have lost count of how many times I have overheated this summer. The count is easily into the double-digits! I have started watching the weather in New York for race-day. The […]