(G) It’s a few days before Christmas and so far the only thing on schedule and accomplished is staying on task with exercise. I consider it to be a public service to stay with it. Otherwise, I tend to be a little dangerous… or at least grumpy. A Running (sometimes walking) I Will Go Our…
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It’s STILL Our Birthday: Torture Report Style
As we may have mentioned a time or two, or 12, it’s our birthday this month!!! And we are reminiscing about the last 365 that were. This week we are revisiting the little gem that is the Torture Report. It was originally born out of the idea of inviting you to follow us on our…
Torture Report: Crack Rehab, Pilates newbie & Yoga for Youth!
(G) Mixing it up and crossing new exercise paths is all the rage for me this week. Pilates What? I know, it’s shocking but this week I have my first Pilates orientation. I have never done Pilates before so there could be high entertainment value. Why, you ask? Well for those of you who don’t…
How do you “know” when you are a runner? #TBT
While we are currently on the road to training for a 50-mile race, I have been participating in 50Ks for the last several years. Today, I am sharing my race experience from a few weeks ago. You’d think all that time running ultra distances would also mean I had acquired some level of confidence… well?…
Tuesday’s Torture Report #3: Hamstrings, short track and promise of booze!
G’s Update: This week my training got serious. For the first time since I started training with 50 miles in mind, things have gotten out of my comfort zone. I have trained for several 50Ks so there is a threshold of work that I haven’t crossed before. Aside from a pretty lofty week of 48…
Tuesday’s Torture Report #2
This week has brought running antics, agony of defeat and not a lot of miles for 1/2 of the 40 for 40 team. Mary, our speedy team member, took a hard fall on her 8-mile run this week. Four miles into her run, she made a U-turn that landed her face first on the sidewalk…
Lowi & G 