(G): Last week, I dropped a jar on my bare foot. It hurt like when you stub your toe and you have that millisecond delay. You know, the space of time that’s just long enough for your mind to say “Oh crap, that’s really going to hur…OWWW!” That’s how it went down with the jar. It…
Category: Torture Report
Torture Report: Yoga Challenge, Ultra-Stupid Training Ideas
(G): The last week I innocently entered a recovery week. My mind was full of unicorns and rainbows. And then reality set in as it always does. Actually reality isn’t so much the issue as my husband, John. He makes these random observations that turn into crazy once they get inside my head. Earlier in…
Torture Report: Sun & Perspective; Wild Banshee Mind
(L) The beautiful weather has continued here in Colorado and I have been outside every single day soaking it up! I love the weeks that allow me to do everything I said I was going to do. Now, I realize that I should be able to do everything I say I am going to do,…
Torture Report: Remedial Agility & Getting in the Groove
(G): Oh, how do I come up with this stuff? This year I decided, like a goofball, that I needed to be more agile. And that is a fact (goofball and agility). The idea that agility was something that I could just “acquire” well that’s another story. Those of you how actually know me have…
Torture Report: Chasing Down the Mo’ & Snow
(G): Momentum is a powerful beast. I didn’t realize how much so until I found myself on its bad side. For so long I’ve been lucky. I’ve never really stopped running in any significant way for nearly a decade. Even when I badly sprained my ankle 88 days later I ran a marathon. But late…
Torture Report: Tuned In And Leaving It All Behind
(G) Just like a radio, we all have a frequency that when tuned into we work best. I am at my optimum when dialed into the outdoors, moving, running, walking station. For the past month the reception has been a little fuzzy but in the last week it’s gotten a little stronger every day until…
Lowi & G 