February 2012
10 posts
9 tags
My Super Sweet 16
An Argentine wine and empanada-fueled 16th marathon in Austin, TX.
Be the MVP of your life.
http://walktothemailbox.com/2012/02/23/texas/
Ritual unions got me in trouble again.
6 tags
Why Epsom Salt Baths?
Besides the fact that it feels really good to just chill out in a hot bath for 45 minutes (who does that anymore?) I love taking epsom salt baths the day after a long run, hard race, or marathon. Why?
According to Livestrong.com:
One old home remedy that works is an Epsom salt soak for sore muscles. The scientific name for Epsom salts is magnesium sulfate. When you soak sore muscles in Epsom...
5 tags
13 tags
Exit, stage south
I arrived in Argentina today and what an excitement-filled 11 days it’s going to be! Here’s what I’m excited for:
Sundresses in February Wearing this hat Grass-fed beef and Malbec Meeting up with Hadley Cooking class Bike rides Tango shows Flying home by way of Austin, TX to run marathon #16 BBQ and tex-mex Cowboy boots Wearing a super cute outfit for the race… pic...
Mileage Log: Jan. 30 - Feb. 5, 2012
Hello Birthday Month, I love you! February is set to be a wild ride. Let’s do the tango, drink some malbec, eat a taco, run a marathon, blow out 29 candles and watch some hockey, eh?
Monday:
Run 7 miles: 3 mile warm up, 3x1600 repeat at 6:58/mile, 800 recover.
Tuesday:
Run 6 miles easy
Wednesday:
Unplanned OFF day, work in the way. Grr.
Thursday:
Bikram, 1:30:00
Friday:
Run 16...
6 tags
4 tags
Whole Foods Salad Bar Recipe Swipe
My friends and I have been joking that we treat the Whole Foods salad bar like going “home for dinner”. The only difference though, when I go home for dinner it’s free. At Whole Paycheck Foods it’s most certainly not free. Hence my inspiration to re-create one of my favorite items from the salad bar after a $14.00 salad on Monday night.
I am a frequent lover of the Detox...
7 tags
6 tags
Mileage Log: January 23-29, 2012
Less than a month to go… feeling okay but maintenance programs are hard and frankly, uninspiring. Craving a 30-day yoga challenge. Needing to redeem my last attempt. Spent the weekend learning how to be a more powerful, authentic, compassionate and inspiring leader at the Landmark Education Forum in Chicago.
Monday:
7 miles, 7:42/mile
CP2 at CorePower Yoga, 1:00:00
Tuesday:
5 miles...
January 2012
14 posts
6 tags
Mileage Log: January 16-22, 2012
Cut-back week, and the timing was right.
Monday:
Off
Tuesday:
Run 7 miles with hill repeats
Bikram Yoga, 1:30:00
Wednesday:
Run 6 miles easy
CP3 at CPY, 1:00:00
Thursday:
yogAWAKENING at Equinox, 1:00:00
Hardbody Meltdown, 0:45:00
Friday:
CP2 at CPY 1:00:00
Saturday:
Run 9 miles at 8:05/mile
Tabata at Equinox, 0:45:00
Sunday:
Total: 22 miles 4.5 Hours Yoga
Anonymous asked: I didn't ask you about Daily Mile the other day, but now I'll have to check it out. I second what previous anonymous asker said: you're kind of my hero too. Mostly because your bright orange shoes cause other people to want to voluntarily give up their treadmills for you.
Anonymous asked: Why aren't you on daily mile? How am I supposed to internet stalk your training with ease if you aren't on daily mile? By the way- you're kind of my hero.
10 tags
Horsepower.
Desi, Shalane, Kara. Inspired.
Source: google.com via Gina on Pinterest
5 tags
Mileage Log: January 9-15, 2012
Trying not to get too excited. But I’m excited. Ugh!!!
Monday:
OFF
Tuesday:
10 miles @ 8:13/mile
Bikram, 1:30:00
Wednesday:
METCON3 (some kind of CrossFit-inspried workout) @ Equinox, 0:45:00
Yoga @ Equinox, 1:00:00
Stood on the treadmill, ran for 1 minute, decided I was hungry. Got dinner. #winterrecovery
Thursday:
5 miles, 7:48/mile
CP2 @ CorePower Yoga, 1:00:00
Friday:
Run 6...
9 tags
Desiree Davila? #beastmode
This video is beautiful. So simple but so inspirational. I could watch it a thousand times. She is a horse. She is ready to race this weekend. 5x2 mile repeats at 5:04/mile? Peak mileage at 120 during training? Hawt dayummm.
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/247640-Made-In-Detroit-A-Hansons-Brooks-Series/video/565953-WOW-Desi-killing-5x2mile-before-Houston-Trials
4 tags
Happy 2012 to me.
Source: austinkleon.com
5 tags
Mileage Log: January 2-8, 2012
First week of 2012. Unseasonably warm, unseasonably. Head over heels in love with running on the Chicago lakefront with friends, without a watch and with little plan.
Anxiety level on a scale of 1-10 at this time last year: 12. Anxiety level on a scale of 1-10 this year: 2.
Monday:
HPF @ CPY, 1:00:00
Tuesday:
6 miles, hill repeats (1:00 at 10% incline, 1:00 recovery) x10. 0:48:00
Bikram...
1 tag
7 tags
8 tags
I am Not a Vegan
…but I am *really* enchanted by its philosophies and culture and choices and most importantly, food!
While I’ll never discount my love for the McDonald’s chicken snack wrap or a medium rare Gibson’s steak I am always on a mission to find foods that make me feel good, look good and RUN FAST.
A huge oxymoron to all this plant stuff, my pre-flight meal before Boston Marathon...
5 tags
Mileage Log: Dec. 27- Jan. 1
Holy hell, I survived 2011. «victory dance»
Monday:
Still in Ohio, ran 12 miles @ 8:20/mile
Tuesday:
Off
Wednesday:
Off
Thursday:
Ran 9 miles in Delray Beach, FL with Lizzie B!
Friday:
Off
Saturday:
Ran 8 miles in West Palm Beach, FL
Sunday:
Bike outside 1:00:00
Last run of 2011.
Total: 29 miles 0 hours yoga
6 tags
It's magic.
The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can over come obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph. A hero without flaw is of no interest to an audience or to the universe, which, after all is based on conflict and opposition, the irresistible force meeting the immovable object.
Every. Damn. Day. To the next 365 and...
December 2011
11 posts
5 tags
“This is what Denny says. He says racing is doing. It is being a part of a moment...”
– The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Mileage Log: Dec. 19-26, 2011
Christmas week was lots of work, chores, ends to tie up and homage to pay to the friends who support, inspire, love, motivate, and encourage me.
Did you ever think that maybe we’re not so different after all?
Monday:
OFF —> I cleaned out my closet and now it looks like this:
Tuesday:
Run 7 Miles easy at 8:50/mile with hills
Wednesday:
Hardbody Meltdown @ Equinox, 1:00:00
...
8 tags
#smoothiebeast
The Vitamix love continues. And now, a follow-up to the last post:
I’ve come up with a formula. Here’s how to load the machine for optimum blending and taste results:
1. Choose a juicy, unfrozen fruit for the base adding at least one cup or more.
Green Grapes Red Grapes Any citrus fruit, peeled (oranges, tangerines, clementines, etc) Kiwi Watermelon Cantelope Honey Dew
2....
Mileage Log: Dec. 12-18, 2011
Thanks @RunStrong4Hope for the post-workout stair climbing suggestion. I think it really will help on those Austin (<— wow that’s scary to look at) hills!
Monday:
Vinyasa 1-3 @ Yoga Now, 1:30:00
Tuesday:
6 miles treadmill hill work (3%, 4%, 5% at 1:00 each. 1% at 2:00)x5
10 minutes stair climber
Wednesday:
9 miles treadmill tempo (5 min at 7:03 pace, 3 min easy at 8:00 pace)...
dearworld asked: Hey Gina! I was wondering what your advice is on how much yoga to practice while training for a marathon. Do you see any problem with doubling up on workouts some days?
9 tags
“A true master once told me only those who can internally see who they want to...”
– Scott Sonnon, CEO RMAX International, Coach and Creator of CST, TACFIT via Allison English
8 tags
Mileage Log: December 5-11, 2011
I am thoroughly loving this down time. Sleeping in on Saturday, not wearing my Garmin, just getting in miles but not worrying about how fast or slow they are, drinking wine, celebrating the holidays and spending time with my bffs:)
Last week I fell in love again with running. It’s not that I wasn’t enjoying it, but I seem to be loving it even more than usual if that’s even...
6 tags
4 tags
3 tags
WatchMuscle memory? It’s real.
November 2011
11 posts
12 tags
Training for marathon #16 in Austin, TX starts...
1 tag
“It doesn’t take long for a kid to watch the Muppets before they fall in love...”
– Jason Segel (via meredithbklyn)
(via katiepiemiscellany)
7 tags
I don’t know if there is crossover from this blog to the big girl blog in terms of followers but in case you missed it, here are my musings on marathon #15 in Savannah, GA.
Andale! Andale!
5 tags
alittlechocolate asked: any tips on running during winter in chicago ? i feel very unprepared for the inevitable change in seasons, and i have a feeling that is just going to translate to months on the treadmill..
Anonymous asked: Hi Gina! I just enrolled in the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge and will be running my first marathon in April. I'm excited but terrified. Any tips for a first timer? Your blog is so inspiring to me. What blogs inspire you?
Garmin Data for Marathon #15
Saturday, November 5, 2011 Savannah, GA Marathon
Me likey.
4 tags
7 tags
Race day outfit. The figure skater in me never dies.
“I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on...”
– Harun Yahya (via alicegubler)
October 2011
21 posts
6 tags
Love affair with a VitaMix
Last year when I moved into my new place, my mother bought me a VitaMix as a housewarming gift. Over a year later, I’m finally using it to its full potential. My healthy-living cousins Mark and Kim have been using theirs for years, touting the benefits of making juices and eating clean. Earlier this month, Mark’s parents, my aunt and uncle, came to visit in Chicago and they too had...
Anonymous asked: What are your thoughts on staying with your normal workout regimen while sick?
6 tags
Please, friends both near and far, take this post to heart. Jacki Carr you are a goddess for reminding us, “You cannot love anyone else until you learn to love yourself. You just can’t.” How fittingly appropriate for the conversations I have had in the last 4 days. I hope you see this. Yes you. And you. Love, G.