As December quickly approaches and our workout schedule shifts from easy long miles to longer workouts and faster overall paces I find myself thinking more and more about which shoe I will end up racing in at CIM. A while ago I felt like it would be no-brainer and that I would go with my [...]
Archive for September, 2010
28 Sep
Asia Shah-wow! I am going to be so ethnic ; )
Well, this past weekend was a surprisingly big one because I got engaged! Even though we had been talking about it for a while and he knew that I was down with packing his snacks and making nutella toast until the end of time, I was still shocked when it all went down. Of course, [...]
24 Sep
One Step Closer to an Asia-Pretzel
Alright, let’s start out by getting one thing straight, I am not the yoga type. In fact, my body may even fall into the anatomic category of non-yoga-compatible-muscle/bone interaction type. It is new, so you might not have heard of it ; ) Basically, I am trying to get at just how inflexible I am [...]
21 Sep
Boston Qualifier/Race Prep #1 in the Bag
This past weekend Kamran and I made the journey up to the great state of Wisconsin to not only run the first race prep (of four) of our season but also to get my Boston Marathon 2011 qualifier. Since CIM is too late to qualify, we planned on running a marathon in order to get [...]
13 Sep
24 miles & it’s allll good : )
This past Saturday marked my longest long run to date, and I am feeling good and strong looking forward to Fox Cities, CIM, and eventually Boston. The last three long runs have looked like this: 22.5, 22, 24. I was definitely shocked at how good I felt throughout the whole 24 miler and the fact [...]
13 Sep
When Plants Attack!
If you are of the outdoorsy persuasion, have been forced on a family camping trip, or simply have been near woods and plants in your lifetime, then you probably have heard this mantra, “leaves of three, leave it be,” but you may not have been shown how insufficient this bit of rhyme really is. In [...]
10 Sep
Asia Apple-Seed
Today is the official start of the “Asia eats 100 apples by 2011 challenge” and I’m still not sure how this came about. The good thing is, it really won’t be a huge lifestyle change for me as I tend to eat at least one apple per day as is. The real difficulty will be [...]
6 Sep
Dinner in the RAW
Last night we had some friends over for dinner (and rockband of course) and ended up cooking an entirely raw meal. My friend Sydney is experimenting with one month of straight, strictly raw eating. I wasn’t going to let her eat salad all night, so I decided to make a recipe that I found in [...]
