All of my life my parents have cooked healthy family meals for my me and my brothers, so I was always the kid that was jealous of her friends who got to chew on those yummy chalk-like Flintstone characters. The envy was very strong. My parents didn’t buy us vitamins for the simple reason that [...]
Archive for June, 2010
16 Jun
Dear running, you are swell. Love, Asia
At some point in time every runner made a conscious decision to begin running, and pinpointing the reasons for this choice is usually not very difficult. Commonly, people cite losing weight, getting fitter, socializing, and being required to join a sports team as their initial reasons for entering the sport, however, after a while the [...]
9 Jun
Airrosti, the needle in my treatment haystack
Every runner, or athlete for that matter, gets hurt as a result of their training at some point in time. It is the inevitable outcome of trying to balance on the tightrope that separates injuries from peak performances. For a distance runner, and a high mileage one at that, I have been exceedingly lucky in [...]
3 Jun
Gimme sum summa’
I will go ahead and embrace the fact that I am probably around the 10 billionth person to say, type, or write this phrase, but here it is: IT IS SUMMER. Now that I got that out there, I will proceed to my point, namely heat, RUNNING, swimming, constant “just took a shower, oh wait [...]
