After over three months of not swimming, I got back in the pool again this week - and even joined Masters again after a couple of years of swimming solo. I am not following a training plan currently and it is nice to just show up and have someone else plan the rest. While swimming [...]
This is definitely not our go-to everyday salad, but it is a great treat for every once in awhile, and makes an appearance throughout our summers. It is from the Colorado Collage cookbook from the Junior League of Denver (with a few of my own notes added). Southwestern Ceasar Dressing 3 tsp minced garlic2 shallots, [...]
I'm dealing with some nerves at the moment. Not in a good way like race-day nerves, but I find it fascinating how my body reacts on an unconscious level despite how I might wish my body to react. I'm sharing this article about race day nerves to help if you have a race coming up...or [...]
Spending a little time on the front end can save a lot of time on the back end. Taking time to figure out efficient systems in your life can keep you organized and save time and energy. One strategy I have heard of recently, I believe on this podcast with Gretchen Rubin, is to put [...]
Some decisions are difficult to make and yet, when you finally get around to making it, things fall into place and you realize that it was the right decision at the right time. There could be many signs. But if it is something that you fear doing the most - that's probably a good sign [...]
Considering self-care as a lifestyle; designing something that you love and do not regularly feel the need to escape from.
There is no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs. ~ Julie Rice(via Tim Ferriss podcast episode)
What are you working on today? Arms. How often do you workout? This was the start of a gym conversation between a well-muscled man and a kid in his mid-teens. I turned the podcast I was listening to off to listen in. The older gentleman shared a few tips - he works one muscle group [...]
We see the world through some level of egocentricity. Our default is to view from our own perspective and to think that this is the whole world, that there isn't anything outside of that reality. Then other levels of cognition kick in and we are aware, to varying degrees depending on the person and the [...]
Yesterday I wrote about my dogs aging muscles, but today the signs of my aging were glaringly obvious as well. I was the lady with the ear plugs in an exercise class. Have you ever been in an exercise class and felt the music was just too loud? What did you do? I was recently [...]
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