After last weekend's goals vs tasks debacle, I'm being more realistic this weekend. My goals are simple: - Finish The Color Run Nashville with lots of color, a ton of laughs, and many pictures! - Complete a 6 mile training run with my running buddy for the Country Music Marathon next month - Do my …
Continue reading Weekend Goals: A little running, and a lot of fun
No matter how much you love your life, your family & friends, your work, yourself, there will come a time where everything just feels like its wrong. This feeling can last for a day or two, or years, and it can be serious, and you may need professional help to get through it. I am …
If you remember, my weekend goals post was titled "I have too many goals". As it turns out, that was true, partly. Last night, I finally told myself I needed to get some sleep and that it was not the end of the world that some of the things I wanted to do, didn't get …
Continue reading Weekend Recap: Sometimes you just can’t do it all
I've mentioned my post-run yoga practice on a number of occasions, both here and on Twitter (@cldem), and a follower finally asked what some of my usual poses are for this. Amazingly, I'd never thought about posting it. I'm not sure if its because I assume everyone can magically see me doing it, or just …
In 2012, I traveled more than 25 weeks for work or fun. My workouts and nutrition we sporadically good, but often sub-par. I was consistently under a crazy amount of stress, slept an average of 5 hours a night, and, as it turns out, was in a fairly unhappy relationship on top of it all. …
One could not have asked for a more perfect weekend of weather than this past weekend. It was perfect for accomplishing what I set out to do: Friday: 4 mile run & runners yoga My run felt amazing. I hadn't run in 5 days due to a horrible chest cold, so my legs were fresh …
Even though I haven't been great about getting my weekday runs in, I know I need to keep up with my long runs on weekends if I'm going to be ready for the the St. Jude Country Music Half at the end of next month. I consistently have IT band issues, which makes my weekday …
Continue reading If pain is weakness leaving the body, why can’t it leave faster?
I have a bit of an obsessive personality, so when I take something on I go at it really hard for a period of time, then move on to something else. Example: I got really into Bikram Yoga about 2 years ago. I fell in love with the repetition, the fact that it was a …
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