Sal and I headed out to Forest Park last night for my first cyclocross ride of the year. Actually, it was my first ride of any kind in about 8 weeks. I was a little nervous - recalling my first ride up Thurman last year - how I gasped and sputtered and generally […]
What’s the fastest way to screw up what might otherwise be a mind-blowing, muscle-searing workout? Neglect your pre-workout meal.
Daniel totally called me out on it this morning as I agonized through a torturous round of shoulder-press-squat-combos.
“What did you eat this morning?” he asked.
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I couldn’t sleep last night.
In the muggy thickness of a strange and humid Portland summer my mind traversed continents. Upon entertaining the notion of going back to India I found myself off on a Nepali trek with a witty Kiwi named Peter. Memories and intentions blurred, scraping the surface of dreaming.
This is what you think […]
Daniel destroyed us this morning at boot camp.
It didn’t help that I pulled a rookie move and showed up to the workout without having any sort of snack beforehand. Usually it’s just half an apple or a handful of blueberries - it doesn’t seem like it should make that much difference, but it does.
I […]
I’m an athlete. I play sports. I compete.
First and foremost, that’s how I define myself. That’s where I find value in physical activity. My heart believes that it (the activity) should serve a purpose as a means to end toward a greater goal.
For years I considered myself a purist in this […]
Yes, I mean you.
I have just returned from San Jose and we’ll suffice it to say that staying with Sal’s parents for 8 days was a test of ye olde’ nutrition plan. I went into damage control mode and focused on portions, not content. What are you going to do when you have […]
I know I always talk about getting up in the morning but I have a really good reason; for most people, it’s the hardest part of getting in an early morning workout. This morning was especially hard for me. I wasn’t really tired, I was just *warm*. And it was 44 degrees […]
The phenomenon of attrition at boot camp is pretty fascinating. Today we counted 16 women present. 32 people are registered for the class. Everyone who registered paid either $300 (for all five days per week) or $200 (3 days/week) to join. It’s a four week program - you do the math (or let me do […]
“How hard can it really be?”
That’s the question that I asked myself this weekend. I was thinking about boot camp.
I’ve had a hard time conveying to people how hard it really is. All I know is that it regularly kicks my ass and I consider myself to be in pretty decent shape. […]
When I start to get really stressed out I often have the uncontrollable urge to retreat. Shut and lock the door. Erect social walls. Stop taking phone calls. Cease with all the endless emailing.
I stay in the bathtub longer than I should reading the New Yorker, ZoeTropes All-Story, The Sun Magazine, […]
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