Category Archives: Fitness
Gift of Rest
I’ve been very good at being completely unproductive. It’s taken some discipline to be this undisciplined. For the last week I have done almost nothing. I haven’t even done some things I though I’d want to do, including blogging. Also … Continue reading
Yoga brain cramp
Ommmmmm I am one. I am at peace. I am balanced. Phppbbbbth. Yeah right. I am increasingly cross-eyed in the process of studying these ancient systems and traditions of peace and balance. In mid September I stared a 230 hour, … Continue reading
YWCA Endurance Sports Social
Hello Twin Cities Friends! I know so many of you have done, would like to do, or are doing such amazing things. Wouldn’t it be great to come together in one place to celebrate our awesomeness or aspiring awesomeness? Sometimes our personal … Continue reading
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Tagged athletics, Endurance Sports, fitness, goals, inspiration, Social, YWCA
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How bike commuting works for me
It was the summer of 2009, Will totaled his car and didn’t replace it. That’s how I ended up being a year round bike commuter. I certainly didn’t choose it, but there’s something about new love that makes you gung-ho … Continue reading
Happy Biker, Awkward Yogi
I don’t hate biking anymore. It’s strange to be missing a feeling I had come to terms with always having. I accepted a vague sense of dread or outright terror as part of biking just like helmets and U-locks. At … Continue reading
Kitten Solution
Deeply in need of silliness. I have a tendency towards seriousness. Sometimes it drives me nuts. Which you’d think would be funny but it doesn’t feel that way. Two weeks ago I started the 230 hour yoga study (aka teacher … Continue reading
7 lessons from racing
Some things feel slightly embarrassing to learn. Sometimes they are things I teach, things I know and somehow I still get to relearn them the hard way. Some things I was surprised it took me this long to really learn. … Continue reading
My Big Tri, with tiny bubbles, a caterpillar, and ice.
We watched the sun rise on the boat as we anticipated the start. Shortly after 6:30am the inevitable got closer one person at a time, three seconds apart. “Really?” I uttered as I was told to jump. I was more … Continue reading
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Tagged athletics, challenge, Duluth, goals, Lake Superior, racing, Superior Man Triathlon, triathlon
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Injury and inspiration
I was sore, then I was stupid. Wednesday morning I woke up incredibly stiff. All day at work I kept moving. I took a yoga class, I stretched, I foam rolled, still sneezing hurt. My body was saying “good job … Continue reading
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Tagged athletics, fitness, inspiration, kettlebell, movement, running, videos, yoga
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Midwest With Zest 