* I can’t begin to explain why the formatting is so jacked up on this post, I’ve tried countless times to fix it. The internet decided this is how it’s going to look so my apologies. **freaking hilarious – I spent a good 30mins trying to fix the formatting that was a wreck on this… [Read more…]
November 11, 2010
One of the things that bothers me the most is watching people fail to “bring it” with all of the intensity they can muster. They stop short. They cut their progress off at the knees. They fail to live up to their potential. I’m not saying you have to be “on” and all engines firing towards… [Read more…]
October 8, 2010
And you should too! I have to tell you how happy I am with the conversations that my last post sparked! My main goal is to bring all you lovely readers the tools & motivation you need to get fit in a real way. And since everyone is not me- only child, athlete, type-A, queen of schedule… [Read more…]
October 3, 2010
It used to be that 40 was the real big milestone birthday. Since 40 is the new 30, or is it 50 is the new 30? I don’t know, you can change it all with surgery anyways, so who knows how old anyone really is? My point is, it has always been said that at… [Read more…]
September 26, 2010
I’ve grown to love running without my ipod. It brings me back to when I trained for & ran the Chicago Marathon, and the only way to listen to portable music was to haul around one of those belts that held your cd player. For 20+ miles? No thank you! Sure an ipod is nice for… [Read more…]
September 8, 2010
7 parts ‘positive nutritional mindset’ + 3 -5 parts ‘lifting heavy stuff’ (based on how intense you want your end product to be) + 4 – 6 parts ‘move fast’ (based on how quickly you want your end product result) – 2 parts ‘sabotage’ (the weekend, most likely, but it can jump out at any… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
We’ve been so pumped about cramming as much into this Iceland trip (because really, I mean when am I going back to Iceland? and will it happen before the volcano blows the whole country into the water?) that I just realized yesterday that we may have not left enough time to get workouts in leading… [Read more…]
July 4, 2010
I spent the last 4 days in the middle of nowhere – and had to run a 1/2 marathon distance long run while in nowhere. Well, not really nowhere. ‘Nowhere’ was actually Redbud Motorcross Track in Buchanan, MI where I was for the Pro National Motorcross Race from Thurs-Sunday of the 4th of July wknd.… [Read more…]
June 19, 2010
My head is a little mushy right now so you’re being treated to my workout report & realizations of the day. I decided this morning that I’d move up my long run (11 mi) from Sun morning to Sat evening after work. I swear, my brain makes up challenges just for the sake of making… [Read more…]
June 7, 2010
Re-posted from the Barone Performance blog (where I work) – where we recap the TRX session led by the Barone Performance team at ChicaGo Tri Camp over Memorial Day wknd. First taught at ChicaGo Triathletes Camp – a womens’ triathlon camp put on by my client Jen Harrison & her fellow Tri Coach, Elizabeth Waterstraat.… [Read more…]
November 24, 2010
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